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Classroom teachers were offered to get their ESL certifications and took advantage of the opportunity through Rowan university. 

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Classroom teachers were offered to get their ESL certifications and took advantage of the opportunity through Rowan university. 

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1. Classroom teachers were offered to get their ESL certifications and took advantage of the opportunity through Rowan university. 

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1. Classroom teachers were offered to get their ESL certifications and took advantage of the opportunity through Rowan university. 

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2. What is the advantage of this is that ELLs get strategies throughout the day
3. Students are placed in the same classroom where the teacher is certified
4. Disadvantage might be that number of ELLs in the same class.

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ELLs Pre- Teach vocabulary
Incorporation of the listening, speaking, reading and writing
1. Articles are pulled at their reading level
2. How do you provide grammar instruction?
Options *
1. Through the context of  conferring about writing
2. Through modeling of the appropriate grammar
3. Through bringing students attention to the grammar in reading materials.

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1. Resisting co teaching how do you handle
2. Bringing materials and suggestions and finding resources to help the teachers
3. Different in every class
4.  Makes it very difficult
5. speaking to administration and asking them for the collaboration time
6. PLC with the grade level teams helps with the collaborative options

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What are the guidelines in terms of pullout rules. In some districts they are not allowed to pull during LA
1. Some pull out during SS/Science and teacher utilizes SS/Science curricula and some districts utilize their own ESL curricula

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WIDA Model

1. ACCESS - concern was discussed that the speaking portion might not be a true
2. Practicing speaking  utilizing  technology
Technology options: Vocaroo, RaZ kids
3. DRC - Are the Kinder students loaded into the DRC?
Some districts indicated that they saw Kinder rosters in DRC

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1. RTIsquared and Special Ed Considerations for English Language Learners 

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1. RTIsquared and Special Ed Considerations for English Language Learners 

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2. https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oela/english-learner-toolkit/chap6.pdf
3. Teachers are given a heads up about students in terms of their proficiency levels and histories in the beginning of the year to ensure students don't fall through the cracks
Question: How do you make your voice heard at the I&RS meetings about ELLs with the suspected disabilities.
1. Utilizing coaches or other teachers to observe the offer their perspectives
2. Utilize researched based resources
3. Facilitate PD sessions with the focus on sharing researched based resources about special ed considerations for ELLs

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1. Using bilingual books
2. Offering a bilingual library  to the students
3. Reading a to z has a spanish an and English component

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Parent Meetings:
What topics do you usually discuss at the Parent Advisory Meetings aside from PARCC and ACCESS?

1. Library resources
2. Math resources online
3. Parent Portal
4. Scheduling of the conferences online
5. Schoology and Google Classroom

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1. Phonics program is being utilized and using supplemental materials to help students practice the sounds in ontexts
Options for practice in  context  1. Utilizing Explode the Code in conjunction with the Fundations program
2. orton gillingham methodology was shared as a way of teaching phonics vs utilizing phonics programs
3. Utilizing decodable readers to give students practice opportunity

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ESL Program Materials
1. Reach - Thematic Elementary
2. Inside - Thematic Bilingual

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Entering Students
* Question: If the in class support teacher who is ESL sees that the gaps are not being addressed.
* Communicate with the classroom teacher and advocate for the collaboration time to discuss the needs of the students and planning lessons that will allow to address the gaps
* Provide the classroom teacher materials that might be helpful
* For Some districts it depends on the schedule as well as

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What students should be in the ESL Teacher's SGO? 

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What students should be in the ESL Teacher's SGO? 

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SGO Implementation Toolkit - Achieve NJ Site on the DOE website

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High School volunteers supports kids during reading
1.  STEM and science experiments
2. Homework support
3. Techonlogy - Raz Kids and extra math and prodigy
Parents are thrilled and attendance rate is 95% and transportation was initially provided but now parents have to pick up

ESL Summer School
1. Taking students to the museums