principals making a difference for esl teachers presented by j.c. harville berky hernandez-owolabi
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Principals Making A Difference for ESL Teachers
Principals Making A Difference for ESL Teachers
Presented by
J.C. Harville
Berky Hernandez-Owolabi
Our historyOur history
• Berky Hernandez -Owolabi– Bilingual student– Bilingual teacher– Assistant principal– Principal
Our historyOur history
• J.C. Harville– Bilingual Teacher– Program Director and Director of Multilingual
Services (Central Office)– Assistant Principal– Principal
ProgramsPrograms
• What kind of ESL program do you want to have?– Self-contained
• All ESL• Mixture of ESL and mainstream
– Pull-out– Push-in– Sheltered Instruction for secondary schools
A question to ask . . .A question to ask . . .
• Discuss at your table, should you or should you not allow native language to be used in the classroom?
Comprehensible InputComprehensible Input
• Stephen Krashen’s theory of Input Hypothesis.
BICS versus CALPSBICS versus CALPS
• Playground English
• School language
Materials in the ESL ClassMaterials in the ESL Class
• Books, books, and more books
• ESL adoption – our district uses Avenues. Which ever one you adopted, there are many great aspects of the adoption.
Materials in the ESL ClassMaterials in the ESL Class
• Strong Phonics program– Saxon Phonics– SRA Phonics– Direct Instruction (Reading Master)
• High interest/low readability– Leader at Secondary Level
Specific ResourcesSpecific Resources
• Some specific programs that have worked– Sing, Spell, Read and Write (primary)
• Pearson Learning
– Scholastic Transitions (Late elementary/early middle school)
• Website at Scholastic
– Scholastic Read 180 • Expensive, but it works
– Auto Skills – computer based program we are using in Spring ISD
• Academy of Reading and Math
– Voices in Literature and Science/Math - Heinle
Training – Staff DevelopmentTraining – Staff Development
• Attend Staff development with your teachers
• ESL specific in language acquisition• Professional Reading
– Journals– Books– Other
Some strategies that workSome strategies that work
• Verbal Visual by Maria Montana Harmon• Total Physical Response• Graphic Organizers
Writing resources from TEA• Scaffolding• Story Star• T Chart• KWL• Summarization with paper• Everything ESL website Web Site
ESL EndorsementESL Endorsement
• At our schools (elementary) it is an expectation that teachers will work on their ESL endorsement.
• At the middle and high schools, subject area teachers are also encouraged by principals.
• Two ESL TExES reviews per year – one on each side of the district.
• District office pays for workbooks, test and certification (once complete). Title III money is used for this.
Being involved in organizationsBeing involved in organizations
• SHABE (local) for us Website
• TABE
• TexTESOL
Contact InformationContact Information
• Berky Hernandez-Owolabi– [email protected]
• 832-764-8390
• J.C. Harville– [email protected]
• 832-764-8210