Aspire: Professional Development for Bilingual and ELL Paraprofessionals

DAVID IRWIN

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES LLC

Goals Learn three principles to assist ELL students

Learn the webbing method

Learn the Aspire requirements

The Set-up

When do you have the kids?

When do you get time to check in with the teacher?

What does the teacher want you to do with them?◦ WHO are the teachers you work with? ◦ Dave will contact them about this course & the requirements

This all affects how far we can go with improving things…

What tasks do you do now in your job?

What ELL strategies do you use?

What one district says…

Three Principles Increase thinking and study skills

◦ Webbing (background knowledge)◦ Vocabulary

Increase comprehensibility◦ Visual, hands-on◦ Graphic organizers

Increase interaction◦ Academic conversation

Webbing – Before the lesson

Lesson preview

Checking background knowledge

Brainstorming

Checking in on the kids’ language use◦ Vocabulary◦ Discourse

Add pictures when you can

Kids do the grouping/categorizing – ◦ let them talk

Webbing – After the lesson Add new learning:

◦ more words and/or categories

Correct errors

Write a short summary of the lesson◦ Kids can draw pics to assist them

Aspire requirements Practice the skills

Keep a journal

Bring student work samples

Name of story/assignment

For next time (Oct 21) Use the webbing strategy

◦ Plan content with the teacher

Bring student work samples (web charts)

Bring classroom materials

We will be working on vocabulary strategies