SIOP Overview

Humble ISDSara Smith-Frings

ELLs in Humble I.S.D.

Fall 2001ELL 1226 Fall 2002ELL 1438 Fall 2003ELL 1578 Fall 2004ELL 1750 Fall 2005ELL 2146 Fall 2006ELL 2423 Fall 2007ELL

2824 Fall 2008ELL

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Statutory Requirement

19 Texas Administrative Code §74.4

Chapter 74. Curriculum Requirements

Subchapter A. Required Curriculum

§74.4 English Language Proficiency Standards

Adopted December, 2007

These took the place of the ESL TEKS.

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ELPS: English Language Proficiency Standards

Components IntroductionSchool District ResponsibilitiesCross Curricular Second Language

Acquisition Essential Knowledge and Skills

Proficiency Level Descriptors

A. Introduction

ELPS part of required curriculum K-12 ELLs need to know social and academic

language Integrate second language acquisition with

content area instruction for all language skills The ELP standards require all teachers to provide instruction to

ELLs in listening, speaking, reading, and writing

ELLs must read, write, listen and speak with increasing complexity

BICS and CALPBasic

Interpersonal Communicative

Skills

(1-2 years)

Cognitive Academic Language

Proficiency

(5-7 years)

B. District/school responsibilities

Identify students’ proficiency levels (TELPAS)

Provide linguistically accommodated (sheltered) content instruction

Targeted language instruction for beginning and intermediate ELLs (3-12)

C. Cross-curricular Second Language Acquisition Essential Knowledge and Skills

1. Language learning strategies 2. Listening 3. Speaking 4. Reading 5. Writing

D. Proficiency level descriptors

Kindergarten-Grade 12. ELLs may be at the beginningintermediateadvanced, oradvanced high

stage of English language acquisition in:Listening SpeakingReadingWriting

What is Sheltered Instruction?

Sheltered instruction is an approach for teaching CONTENT to English Language Learners (ELLs) using strategies: • that make the subject matter

easier to understand AND

• that promote the students’ English language development.

What is the SIOP Model?

Research-based framework (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol)

Identifies 8 components and 30 indicators of effective instruction in the K-12 content areas

Fits well with existing initiatives

SIOP® Model Components

PreparationBuilding BackgroundComprehensible InputStrategiesInteractionPracticeLesson DeliveryAssessment

A common response….

SIOP is JUST good

teaching

SIOP is good teaching PLUS+

Purposeful teaching of the language necessary for English Learners to understand content.

A LEP student can not fail a course if she/he has not been provided

instructional and testing accommodations to the student.

Remember that….

Dates for SIOP

At AMS 8/17 and 20District (limited to 4 or so from each

campus) August 12 & 13