highlights from year two of the esl stem success grant
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Presented at the spring 2013 meeting of the ESL STEM Success Grant Advisory Board by Co-Directors Kristin Lems and Jason Stegemoller.TRANSCRIPT
Highlights from Year Two2012-2013
Design of the Grant
ELL Student
parapros
Admini-strators
STEM teachers
Parents and
families
Elementary teacher ed
faculty
University ESL teachers
Design of the Grant
ELL Student
parapros
Admini-strators
STEM teachers
Parents and
families
Elementary teacher ed
faculty
University ESL
teachers
Find potential paraprofessionalsfrom STEM and less common language backgrounds
Provide a grant for 18 s.h. of ESL endorsement coursework with a STEM focus
Work with paraprosand administratorsto find successful models for academic assistance to ELLs
Give administrators of multilingual districts chances to network and problem solve together and provide topics of mutual interest
Provide focus on language of STEM and how to teach it to ELLs
Provide opportunities for families to interact meaningfully with the school in bidirectional relationships (all learn from each other)
Provide workshops in aspects of second language acquisition and instruction of English language learners
The Grant TeamJason Stegemoller and Kristin Lems, Co-directors
Annie Noorts, Grant Coordinator
Margie Bouchard, Administrator and Paraprofessional leader
Leah D. Miller, Lead Adjunct Trainer
Corrie Wallace, ELL Parent Center Director and Partnership Liaison
Paul Gross, Lead Data Analyst
Grant Team meeting at ELL Parent Center, spring 2013
At District 219 introducing Margie Bouchard, fall 2012
2012-2013 ~ The Year in Review
• Goal: help in-service teachers complete the ESL endorsement– 20 students in Cohort A completed courses in June 2013!– 21 students in Cohort B in second year of grant coursework– 21 students started Cohort C this fall
• Goal: provide professional development for inservice teachers– 14 inservice teachers for Parents as Educational Partners 2 day
training– 19 inservice administrators for Perfect March 6 session
administrative training
The Year in Review
• Goal: provide support for paraprofessionals and potential paraprofessionals – 10 community members became
paraprofessionals or substitute teachers in Year 2
• Goal: provide professional development for education school faculty about ESL– 6 NCE faculty took part in a book group and
discussion
The Year in Review
• Goal: provide coursework leading to ESL endorsement for pre-service students – 5 students began coursework in Summer 2013
• Goal: develop an evaluation plan for the ELL Parent Center– Submitted and received permission from
Institutional Review Board to conduct parent surveys, survey written and administered for first time in June 2013
The Year in Review
• Goal: provide bidirectional support for parents, community members, teachers, and students to enrich role of community for STEM success for ELLs – Three large public presentations by nationally known
presenters open to the public and streamed/podcast • Additionally, data to assess performance of
students by teachers trained in the STEM focused ESL cohort has been designed
Grant CohortsCohort A – finished last course June 12, 2013
20 completers
Cohort B – finished third course (of six) June 12, 2013
20 current students
Grant goal: 45
Cohort A in small group discussion
Professional development
Parents as Educational Partners
Administrative Task Force meeting May 2013, held at D68
Topic: The Parent Mentor program – grant funded by State of Illinois
One of the parent mentors speaking
Training ESL course adjuncts about paying more attention to STEM content in teacher training
Pulling rubberbands at math training, Cristina Sanchez-Lopez, fall 2012
Programming and Public Events
Soo Hong Eventtopic: Parental Engagement
• Evening keynote for:– National Louis students in endorsement
coursework– students in Grant Cohorts A and B– Faculty and staff at National Louis from other
departments
Lunch meeting with Soo Hong and Grant Team, Feb. 2013
Dr. Anita Pandey, Morgan State University
Two presentations:
Spring Advisory Board Meeting, June 28, 2013
Afternoon workshop for endorsement classes
Topic: early childhood biliteracy and academic language
Anita Pandey
Research and evaluation
Evaluation Plan and data collection• Post-cohort interview with each completer from
Cohort A– Already transcribed
• Survey and interview designed for course takers at ELL Parent Center– Has been given 8 times already
• Design of evaluation asking about “value added” for ELL students taught by cohort members…Paul Gross, Analyst
Conference Presentations during 2012-
2013
Language at the Intersection of WIDA and the Common Core
Leah Miller and Kristin LemsITBE 2013
Teachers developing classroom practices that promote additive bilingualism
in a highly diverse multilingual context
W. Jason Stegemoller & Kristin Lems
National Louis University Skokie, IL
NABE 2013 Lake Buena Vista, FL
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Preliminary Findings from the ESL STEM Success Training Grant
IAMME ~ Dec. 4, 2012, Oakbrook, ILMargie Bouchard, Kristin Lems, Leah Miller,
Jason Stegemoller, Corrie WallaceESL STEM Success Grant, National Louis University and Niles Township
ELL Parent Center
Presenting at Illinois TESOL 2013 about “SIFE Math” in District 68
Presenting at National Association for Bilingual Education, Dallas, Feb. 2013
Seeking your input about:
• Format for professional development of ESL adjuncts for winter and spring– Early childhood– More STEM
• A fourth cohort in CPS ~ explain!
• The teacher education project for this year
Here’s to another great year!