The School District of Philadelphia Office of Multilingual Curriculum and Programs Leslie Kirshner-Morris Lovinda Weaver

Innovative Approaches to Intervention: A Standards

Based Approach

Overarching Thoughts…

Language development must be the shared responsibility of all teachers, not only those in bilingual and ESOL classes.

Cummins, 1994; Krashen, 1991, Thomas and Collier, 1997

Three-Step Interview • A interviews B • B interviews C • C interviews A • Answer the following questions: 1. What’s your name and where are you from? 2.What do you know about a Multi-Tiered System of Support? (MTSS) 3. What would you like to know about MTSS?

Benefits of Three-Step Interview • Lower affective filter •  Increased interaction • Scaffold for sharing with the whole group • Opportunity for academic language

• Provide sentence frames and/or modeled language, as needed

• Balance language load with new activity: • Make it social the first time • Use with content and language in subsequent sessions

Why A Multi-Tiered system for ELLs?

“ …has the potential to affect change for ELLs by requiring the use of research-based practices based on individual children’s specific

needs.” (Brown & Doolittle, 2008)

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Multi-Tiered System Approach

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RTII Model for ELLs

Core Instruction

Strategic

Intensive

Expectations for Tier I Strong core program that will: Facilitate their social and academic language acquisition in ESOL and general education curriculum classes. Includes accommodations and modifications based on their level using the WIDA Can Do Descriptors for each grade and language proficiency level

Academic Language Activity

Directions:

• Please form yourself in groups of 6 •  In your groups count off by 6. • Put number on your cards and give them to your

recorder •  Look at the image • Ones describe the image •  Twos describe the image through the lens of a poet •  Threes describe the images through the lens of an

architect •  Fours describe the image through the lens of an

ecologist •  Fives describe the image through the lens of an historian

Features of Academic Language

Five Essential Components of Literacy • With your group, read about and then discuss your

assigned component:

• Phonemic Awareness • Phonics • Fluency • Vocabulary • Comprehension

The Iceberg Model of Culture

ELL Factors

The learning environment created for

ELLs

Personal and family

factors

Physical and psychological

factors

Previous schooling

factors

Oral language and literacy

development factors

Academic achievement

factors

Cross-cultural factors

How are our students impacted by new cultural norms or expectations?

RtII and English Language Learners in the School District of Philadelphia/ School Level Planning

• In your groups, discuss what evidence is present, and what next steps are needed.

• Do you need to gather more evidence at your school?

RtII and English Language Learners in the School District of Philadelphia/

Tier 1 Instruction for ELLs

• In your groups, discuss what evidence is present, and what next steps are needed.

• Do you need to gather more evidence at your school?

Reflection and discussion • Questions? • New insight?