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Consent Decree Activity This activity is aligned to the following ESOL Standards:

TESOL Standard 5.a. ESL Research and History Demonstrate knowledge of history, research, educational public policy, and current practice in the field of ESL

teaching and apply this knowledge to inform teaching and learning.

Florida ESOL Standard Domain 3: Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

(ESOL) Standard 1: ESL/ESOL Research and History Demonstrate knowledge of history, public policy, research and current practices in the field of ESL/ESOL teaching

and apply this knowledge to improve teaching and learning for ELs.

Instructions:

Divide into five groups. Each group should review the assigned website and share how

this knowledge may inform and improve teaching and learning for ELs, i.e., based on the

URL you reviewed, what polices, research, and/or practices should every teacher be

aware of in fostering and promoting learning for ELs?

Group 1: National Clearing House for English Language Acquisition

http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/ / Go to: Data and Demographics

Group 2: Florida Department of Education: http://www.fldoe.org

Bureau of Student Achievement through Language Acquisition (SALA) at

http://www.fldoe/aala. Go to: Laws/Rules and Legislation (left sidebar),

scroll down to Consent Decree and review the six sections.

Group 3: Lau vs. Nichols (1974)

http://www-tc.pbs.org/beyondbrown/brownpdfs/launichols.pdf or http://www.stanford.edu/~hakuta/www/LAU/IAPolicy/IA1aLauvNichols.htm

Group 4: Casteñeda vs. Pickard (1981) http://www.stanford.edu/~hakuta/www/LAU/IAPolicy/IA1bCastaneda.htm

Group 5: Plyer vs. Doe (1982)

http://www.americanpatrol.com/REFERENCE/PlylerVDoeSummary.html

After class presentation, review other state and federal laws that played a role in the

framework of the Florida Consent Decree. Describe how these laws and policies inform

and improve instruction for ELs.