WIDA and Teacher Preparation: UNC Charlotte Faculty Resources
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WIDA and Teacher Preparation: UNC Charlotte Faculty Resources
WIDA and Teacher Preparation: UNC Charlotte Faculty Resources Development Dr. Joan Lachance Assistant Professor of TESL [email protected] The Shapes of Teacher Preparation with UNC Charlotte • The UNC Charlotte College of Education enrolls over 3000 graduate and undergraduate students in professional education programs. Our programs are regionally accredited and approved by the NC Department of Instruction • Leading force in teacher preparation in North Carolina • Programs include those leading to initial licensure, add-on licensure, as well as doctoral studies • Strong partnerships with NCDPI and the Charlotte Community ELs and Critical Pedagogy: The Intersections for Language and Culture • EL Student Diversity • Teacher Demographics • A Focus on Equality vs. Equity • Student-centered teaching and learning • Critical Pedagogy for 21st Century Skills in Teaching and Learning ELs: The K-12 Context in North Carolina 60000 50000 40000 Born in US 30000 1st Generation 20000 10000 0 Gr K-5 Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12 The Context of Teaching in an Urban Setting Enrollment Statistics in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Language minority students 30,371 English language learners (ELL) Pre-K–12 14,830 Native languages spoken by students in CMS 169 Countries represented in CMS 157 h"p://www.cms.k12.nc.us/cmsdepartments/ci/ells/ic/Documents/Fast%20Facts.pdf ELs: The K-12 Context in North Carolina ELs: The K-12 Context in Charlotte • • • • • • • • • • Spanish Vietnamese Arabic/Egyptian/Lebanese/Syrian French Jarai (Vietnam Central Highlands) Russian Korean Nepali Hmong/Homng-Mien/Hmongie/Chaug (Vietnam, China, Thailand, and Laos) Hindi/Indian/Urdu The Historic Focus on Academic Language Development The New Focus on Academic Language Development ALL teacher candidates are asked to understand academic language development edTPA for Teacher Candidates • A portfolio system for teacher candidate assessment (program completion) • Tasks 1: Planning • Task 2: Instruction • Task 3: Assessment *Academic Language Development What are the Essentials For Teachers Candidates? • What do ALL teacher candidates need to know and understand about working with English Learners? • How will these notions also support native speakers of English who are still acquiring academic English? The Need for Support • Teacher preparation coursework—how can we add more when there is no room to add more? • Finding creative ways to support both faculty and students The Moodle Modules • Designed to be used by both faculty and students • Specific Topics • Resources within each module • Accessible information (can be pulled into current courses) • Small increments Ideas and Voices • Think about the topic on your card • What would you say is most-important for teacher candidates to know about this topic? • What would you tell the professor instructing the class? WIDA—An Overview • What are these standards and why do we need them? • How they work with content standards • Focus on shifting to what students CAN DO Second Language Acquisition—The Basics • The relationships between languages • The importance of being multilingual (cognition) • The true understanding of how languages are acquired • Learning language through content • Understanding the domains of language WIDA’s CAN DO Philosophy The Socio-cultural Context—The Heartbeat of the Classroom • The context of school • The context of the classroom • Cultural connections and community assets • Funds of Knowledge!! • Tapping IN for meaningful lessons Understanding English Learners: Getting to Know your Students • Understanding interests and backgrounds • What are the students’ goals for learning English? • What do students LIKE? • What are the levels of students’ language? The Features of Academic Language • Understanding Language Functions • Understanding Word/Phrase levels, Sentence Levels, and Discourse Levels • What exactly will the students DO with the language in the lesson and how will they USE it? WIDA—Understanding the English Language Development Standards Model Performance Indicators and Transformations • Helping candidates understand the relationship between MPIs, PIs, and specific language objectives for lessons Academic Conversations in the Classroom • Promoting engagement • Understanding the connections between speaking and writing • Applying language for academic oracy More language supports! Language Support—the Importance of Engagement • Multiple supports within each lesson • Connections to PIs • The importance of peer interaction as a support • How to truly scaffold instruction Connections to edTPA • English as an Additional Language • Portfolios is all areas within education • A system of rubrics— independently scored for Tasks 1-3 Connections to edTPA • Creating a focus of appreciation for diversity • Focusing on cultural relevancy • Viewing students’ experiences as assets • ACADEMIC LANGUAGE In the end… • Faculty and teacher candidates need support for how to bring academic language development to life in the classroom. • This approach to providing WIDA resources will support this development. Questions? Comments? “Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Noam Chomsky Dr. Joan Lachance Assistant Professor of TESL [email protected] Thank You!! 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