Education ReEnvisioned BOCES

Program Description

The English Language Learning Professional Development course will focus on identifying and incorporating promising practices into teacher lessons and the culture of the school. The following ten promising practices will be the focus of the course:

1. Target language and literacy development across content areas;
2. Incorporate authentic curriculum, instruction and assessment;
3. Infuse cultural relevancy across curricular, instructional and assessment practices;
4. Develop and build on students’ native languages;
5. Integrate varied, appropriate, and high-level curricular materials;
6. Provide structure and maximize choice;
7. Include role models to facilitate language learning and foster positive identity;
8. Promote asset orientations toward MLs, their families and communities;
9. Enact high academic standards to prepare MLs for postsecondary options;
10. Advocate for holistic approaches to the academic success of MLs.