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Accommodating English Language Learners

EDZU 9959 (3 credits / 45 hours)

Location: Online
Instructor: Vanessa Pizzo & Marcella Biordi

Start Date: 12/06/2023
End Date: 01/09/2024

Course Syllabus

Imagine being in a room where everyone is speaking a language completely unfamiliar to you. Many students in our schools face this problem on a daily basis. We will help prepare you to help children in all grades (K-12) to overcome language barriers and what to expect from students coming from different countries and educational backgrounds. You will develop a greater awareness of their needs in your multilingual/multicultural school district. We will provide you with strategies that you will find helpful to implement into your own lessons. We gear this class toward discussing the best practices for English Language Learners/Bilingual Learners. We will address co-teaching strategies and supports, and scaffolds that support ELLS/MLLs (Multilingual learners) in mastering core content. We will cover the identification process for ELLS/MLLs, Language Learning vs. Disability, and integrating language and content instruction for ELLs/MLLs. We will also address cultural responsiveness and cultural competency.

Professional Development Options:

	Graduate: $580.00 Only courses taken for professional development graduate credit can receive an official university transcript.
In-Service or CTLE Professional Development You can only receive one type of certificate, please register accordingly. There will be no switching of certificate status after the start date of a class.
	In-Service: $275.00 Completion of this course taken for in-service credit will provide an NYCTD, Inc. Certificate of Completion

	New York CTLE: $275.00 Completion of this course taken for CTLE credit will provide a New York State Verification of Hours Certificate* from NYCTD, Inc.*

Teachers enrolled in this course will...

Know

How ELLs are identified, tested and screened
Different strategies that can be applied to the different levels of proficiency
Cultural Awareness
How to adjust their lessons to accommodate ELLs
How to collect progress data on your ELLs

Understand

The challenges ELLs and teachers face (regressions/silent period/testing etc.)
Understand ELLs level of proficiencies & language acquisition
Various cultures and their customs
Student’s home life
Co-teaching models and the role of the general education and ENL teacher in this setting

and Be Able To

Develop culturally empathetic lessons
Use fun and innovative tools to engage learners
Create a community of diversity
Implement differentiated strategies and interventions to support ELLs
Take away from the class a variety of printable documents and resources for lesson design, interventions, and other supportive resources for ELLs and other struggling students

and much, much more!

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