Taking Center Stage—Act II : Building Effective Programs for English Learners in the Middle Grades

Presenters

Carol Abbott (Primary)

Educational Program Consultant
California Department of Education

Jeanette Ganahl (Primary)

California Department of Education

Description

Learn about a unique website designed to help educators close the achievement gap in the middle grades so that students are prepared to succeed in high school. Carol Abbott, author of Taking Center Stage—Act II, and consultant with the Middle and High School Improvement Office of the California Department of Education, and Jeanette Ganahl, Administrator of the English Learner Accountability Unit, the California Department of Education will guide participants to key English learner resources and best practices on the Taking Center Stage—Act II middle grades website. The presenters will answer questions about best practices for engaging middle grades English learners, as well as share several examples and strategies that school leaders can use to guide their staff members in using this free, online resource that was developed by the California Department of Education for middle grades educators and administrators.

NCLB Accountability Requirements for English Learners

Understanding How to Navigate the Map of Standards for English Learners (Introductory)

Understanding How to Use the Essential ELD Standards for Teaching and Assessment (Intermediate)

Using Technology to Support English Language Arts Adoptions (Morning Session)

Using Technology to Support English Language Arts Adoptions (Afternoon Session)

English Learners and the Language Arts

English Learners and the Language Arts (Follow-up Presentation)

Preparing Students for College: An Online Approach to Filling the Gaps in California High Schools

Evaluating English Learner (EL) Services & Results for Accountability & Instructional Improvement, Part 1

Evaluating English Learner Services & Results for Accountability & Instructional Improvement, Part 2

Teaching Science: How to Really Give Universal Access to English Learners

Using Flexible Technology to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners

Double the Work: Challenges and Solutions to Acquiring Language and Academic Literacy for Adolescent ELLs (Research from CREATE)

Findings from the National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Children and Youth (Research from CREATE)

Promising Technology Practices for Struggling Readers

Tools for Literacy: Technology to Support Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

The Envision Schools Approach to Project-Based Learning

Building Oral Language into the Basal (Research from CREATE)

Using Formative Assessments to Accelerate the Academic Achievement of English Learners

RTI Process Steps: A Small Elementary School's Approach to Implementation

RTI in a Secondary School Setting: Riverbank High School Story

English Learners and the Language Arts

English Learner Literacy Development through Formative Assessment of Oral Language

Making Standards-based Lessons Understandable for English Learners: The SIOP Model (Encore Presentation)

Doing What Works: Teaching Elementary-School English Learners

Building Oral Language into Content Area Instruction (Research from CREATE)

What the Research Does—and Does Not—Say About Teaching English Language Learners

English Learners in Secondary Mathematics: Rigor and Excellence

Quality Teaching for English Learners: High Challenge and High Support

Closing the Learning Gap: Steps That Work

Engaging Diverse Learners in Group Instruction Utilizing Interactive Whiteboards

Signal Hill Elementary School: A Road to Results

Cesar E. Chavez High School: High Expectations, Empowerment, and Excellence

Turning Around Chronically Low-Performing Schools: Resources From Doing What Works

Recommendations for Addressing the Needs of English Language Learners: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

English Learners and the Language Arts (Encore Presentation)

Assessing 21st Century Skills to Maximize Student Readiness for Higher Education and Careers