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Jodi is a ENL coordinator in Jupiter Middle School in FL.
Through this research, I have found that she is very active in Teacher training in the field. There had been few mentions in the feedback people gave me!

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My name is Jody Nolf and I am a former public school educator. I have a degree in English, certification in reading and ESOL, and a master's degree in leadership and administration. For over twenty years, I taught English and reading to middle and high school students in Palm Beach County, FL, the 10th largest school district in the country. Six years ago, I transitioned into the world of ESOL (as it is called in FL) as a full-time coordinator and advocate for ML learners. In 2020, I was named a Champion of Equity by the American Consortium for Equity in Education.

In June of 2022, I began a new career at Vista Higher Learning as the Florida Literacy and Language Sales Specialist, and in October, I became the Literacy Engagement Specialist for the East Coast. This new career allows me to continue to share my passion for literacy and advocate for multilingual learners.

I'm not an expert; rather, I am a passionate learner who is always searching for lessons, strategies, and support from a fellow #ELLWarrior. However, I realized early on that there were limited resources for secondary content and ESL teachers. Search after search brought me to ESL resources that were GREAT--just not suitable to my secondary teachers' needs. I thought, "What do teachers in MY school need?" "How do I think those teachers would like to receive support?" "How would I learn best if I were in their shoes?"

That is why I created these videos and resources to share with all of my teachers. I then realized through social media that so many other educators were struggling just like me. I wasn't alone! So, I later decided to share these videos with all of you. We need to advocate for and support not only our wonderful students, but also each other.

To view videos in this series, simply go the top of this page to find the links. Check back regularly for upcoming videos, and if you would like to suggest a topic that you'd like to see in action, follow me on Twitter at @JodyNolf, hashtag #CollabChat.

Thank you to all of you who continue to support me, but more importantly, continue to support our EL students and their families.

Twitter: @JodyNolf

Email: jtnolf@gmail.com

Padlet: https://padlet.com/mrsnolf/wnggjq2731gu

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My Journey to ESL and the #CollabChat Series

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It seems like Google Docs is the #1 tool for collaboration among the teachers!

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From Live Transcribe to Sound Amplifier, Google this year has released a number of accessibility features. The latest is for Google Docs and helps keep track of real-time updates made by document collaborators.

"Live edits" in Google Docs is designed to be used alongside screen readers ( ChromeVox, NVDA, JAWS, or VoiceOver) or Braille displays. This new sidebar lists real-time updates made by others currently working in the document. Each entry notes a user's name, profile avatar with corresponding accent color, timestamp, and the general change made, like "add" or "replace."

These changes can then be read aloud by the user's assistive device of choice. You can choose to follow just a single collaborator or everybody currently working on the file.

This feature joins existing screen reader support in Docs, as well as other Google Drive applications.

The Google Docs Live edits sidebar begins rolling out today and will be available to all G Suite editions in the coming weeks. This feature will be available by default and can be enabled in Docs settings.

To see live edits, open the Accessibility settings by going to Tools > Accessibility settings and check "Turn on screen reader support." Then, select "Show live edits" from the Accessibility menu.

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Google Docs adds 'Live edits' for accessibility collaboration - 9to5Google

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From Live Transcribe to Sound Amplifier, Google this year has released a number of accessibility features. The latest is for Google Docs and helps keep track of real-time updates made by document collaborators. "Live edits" in Google Docs is designed to be used alongside screen readers ( ChromeVox, NVDA, JAWS, or VoiceOver) or Braille displays.

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This resource comes from a Colorado website for English language learners. It is thorough and has multiple resources for distance learning, offline student learning and my favorite - a needs assessment survey that addresses, the teacher, co-planner(s), families, students, etc. It is a great beginning of the year tool and parts can still be beneficial now.

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This needs assessment will help you identify priorities as you plan distance learning for English learners (ELs).

It accompanies the following articles:

You may wish to complete the survey in collaboration with colleagues, particularly when discussing groups of students across a class, grade, school, or district. However, the questions can help guide planning for individual students or small groups as well.

You may also wish to read through all of the topics first or choose the most relevant topics for your situation. Some of the later sections on students and families might help inform earlier sections on instruction. Feel free to adjust this document and post it to a shared workspace as needed.

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Distance Learning for English Learners: Needs Assessment

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This needs assessment will help you identify priorities as you plan distance learning for English learners (ELs). It accompanies the following articles: You may wish to complete the survey in collaboration with colleagues, particularly when discussing groups of students across a class, grade, school, or district.

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This may seem ridiculous or insignificant but we must anticipate running into colleagues who are tech phobic etc. Additionally, we sometimes encounter colleagues who are resistant to collaborating. This tutorial can at least inform those who are tech deficient and ensure that resistant teachers attend set collaboration time.

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Google Translate Chrome Extension Tutorial

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Google Translate Chrome Extension Tutorial

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Perfect resource for a beginning educator and student/parent to make school remote learning platforms visible in their own language.

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Google Translate Extension for Google Chrome Web Browser Tutorial

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One of the biggest concern for Novice teachers was how to finish the curriculum on time. It is interesting that many of the novice teachers feel 'pressed for time'.

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Unlike being in-person at the school, there is not much help from admin, where no time is set aside to collaborate. So, teachers are asked to make and find time to meet via Zoom.

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Offers a variety of translation extensions to peruse

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Best Translation Extensions for Google Chrome

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There are many websites with native language content. When you come across such regional sites, it becomes harder to get around. In such scenario, translation extensions can be really useful. In this article, we are going to discuss some of the ...

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Since we are in a remote environment, it seems like the novice teachers feel more hesitant to ask for advice.  They may have a list of sites or apps, they don't know how effective they are, or how they can modify them to fit their students' needs.

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What was inquired - "Hive Mind" Parameters

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What was inquired - "Hive Mind" Parameters

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Focus:

ENL/ELL Social Media Educator Groups

Posted general questions about collaboration, strategies, and tools

Reviewed posts by other teachers as well
Framing of inquiry was around best supporting new/novice educators in supporting multilingual learners remotely

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Provides various templates to create and SIOP lesson plan.

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Among all the lesson plans that are made, the SIOP lesson plan (the sheltered instruction observation protocol) is a plan that has been widely used for by teachers who were teaching students that were learning English. This plan template is specifically made for applied linguistics. You may also like Physical Education Lesson Plan Templates.

95+ FREE PLAN Templates - Download Now Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word (DOC), Microsoft Excel (XLS), Google Docs, Apple (MAC) Pages, Google Sheets (SPREADSHEETS), Apple (MAC) Numbers, Microsoft Publisher

SIOP Lesson Plan Template

An SIOP lesson plan is designed based on the teacher's necessity. Before you download one of the sample SIOP lesson plan templates that we have got for free, you should know what a Lesson Plan Templates such as that is usually made up of. Here are all the components of an SIOP lesson plan listed out. If you have any DMCA issues on this post, please contact us!

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10+ Siop Lesson Plan Templates - DOC, Excel, PDF

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Among all the lesson plans that are made, the SIOP lesson plan (the sheltered instruction observation protocol) is a plan that has been widely used for by teachers who were teaching students that were learning English. This plan template is specifically made for applied linguistics. You may also like Physical Education Lesson Plan Templates.

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Success stories vs not-so-success stories

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Success stories vs not-so-success stories

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People who responded to the posts or surveys WANTED to share their success stories. All of them were great, inspirational stories. But, there is something to be said about learning from teachers/schools/groups that are struggling. How do we reach those people?

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I tried to phrase the question with a personal tone.  "What are YOU doing to collaborate with other teachers?" "What is the most important piece of advice you can give a novice teacher?" "What are some resources that would be helpful for novice ELA teachers?"  (this question nobody responded to...)

Responses noted:

Agreed upon and set common planning times to scaffold, modify and accommodate

Outreach to families:
**understand barriers to support at home
**insight into ways students learn best from families/student

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Overview of SIOP with strategies and assessments.

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1. What is sheltered English instruction?

Sheltered English instruction is an instructional approach that engages ELLs above the beginner level in developing grade-level content-area knowledge, academic skills, and increased English proficiency. In sheltered English classes, teachers use clear, direct, simple English and a wide range of scaffolding strategies to communicate meaningful input in the content area to students. Learning activities that connect new content to students' prior knowledge, that require collaboration among students, and that spiral through curriculum material, offer ELLs the grade-level content instruction of their English-speaking peers, while adapting lesson delivery to suit their English proficiency level.

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1. What is sheltered English instruction? Sheltered English instruction is an instructional approach that engages ELLs above the beginner level in developing grade-level content-area knowledge, academic skills, and increased English proficiency. In sheltered English classes, teachers use clear, direct, simple English and a wide range of scaffolding strategies to communicate meaningful input in the content area to students.

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NYC DOE ENL (ESL) Teacher Group (Private Group)

998 members

Leading ELLs (Private Group)
5.1K members

NYS ENL Network by Teachers for
Teachers : Advocacy, Resources, Research (Public Group)
402 members

Advocating For ELLs  (Private Group)

6.3K members

Engaging ELLs - ESL Teaching Resources for K-12 (Private Group)·

1.5K members

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Focus on support for educators who have some experience (intermediate level) and more refined strategies.

From the group posts, it seems regardless of experience level, there was a need for concrete tools,  brainstorm ideas, and specific strategies during remote learning. Educators are willing to share resources. What can get lost in critiquing social media is the availability of communal knowledge and experience (the "hive mind") in education, etc. Across the country teachers and districts have created so many useful pedagogical tools that we all could benefit from. This begs the thought of a need for a sort of "safe space" where educators would be able to share ideas and resources outside of the uncomfortable social media monopoly structure.

The one drawback or rather difficulty to communal share is each regions use of terms and jargon that would complicate the growth of the novice educator.

The posts should have focused on more specific criteria: grade level, reading level, language stage, etc. Then the findings would have really catered to a specific demographic, however, it would limit the overall usefulness of the research. As it is now, all the posted resources would   benefit most educators regardless of content area, grade level, etc.

Though there is a lot of "rah-rah" support in terms of collaboration , there were no concrete or ideas of support. Most of the responses tend to be of the grind through it variety:

set a time

communicate often

keep it simple

It would be interesting to see the responses to a post dealing with a reluctant/unmotivated/etc. collaborator and how they overcame or made it work. As Yumiko noted, there is a reluctance to express a sort of "growth mindset" example of failing and learning from the failure. As a social media novice, the amount of support and ideas was a welcome and comforting sight, but there was a missing vulnerability or unwillingness to express when things don't work out - which is a more reflective tone that might be even more beneficial to group members.

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What is a strategy or tool that you would recommend to a novice educator to assist them in remote instruction?

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What is a strategy or tool that you would recommend to a novice educator to assist them in remote instruction?

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Asynchronous learning videos should utilize sheltered instruction

Build relationships and establish bonds first

Build bridges to content by trying to utilize student first language in tech/apps, etc.

SIOP lesson plan templates, etc.

Translation: how to translate website, translation videos (Read and Write Chrome extension)

Basic guidance on technology use and setup and Internet connectivity (translated in home language)

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Resource with overview, research lessons templates etc.

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SIOP Lesson Plans and Activities

Our collection of SIOP lesson plans and activities includes exemplary SIOP lesson plans developed by teachers who were involved in the foundational SIOP research study, as well as new updates from our current research and professional development projects. We invite you to read these lesson plans and activities individually or with your colleagues in order to learn more about the SIOP Model. You may want to discuss why these lessons are effective for English learners or how to incorporate the SIOP strategies these teachers used in your own lessons.

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Spotlight

CAL was a partner in the Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners (CREATE). CREATE researchers developed curriculum to build the language and literacy skills of English learners in the middle grades. Lesson plans and materials were infused with instructional features of the SIOP Model including language objectives, explicit vocabulary instruction, student interaction, building background knowledge, and comprehensible input.
Learn more.

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Our collection of SIOP lesson plans and activities includes exemplary SIOP lesson plans developed by teachers who were involved in the foundational SIOP research study, as well as new updates from our current research and professional development projects. We invite you to read these lesson plans and activities individually or with your colleagues in order to learn more about the SIOP Model.

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While it was a struggle to get people to respond to posts (or at least provide answers that would further drive this inquiry, the posts from other educators did provide some insights and ides.

As an English teacher with very little collaboration with ELL educators, I am a bit of a novice in best practices to support multilingual learners.

After seeing responses and educator posts on social media about SIOP, I felt that some background on SIOP with some practical samples, guide, and lesson templates would be beneficial for new educator.

Additionally, people on the posts as well as colleagues have mentioned a lot about chrome extensions. I decided that a new teacher would need some general support in Chrome extensions especially since most of our schools have a Google education account.

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My questions were more like 'please share YOUR experiences' and so I was able to hear many different situations people were in.

All of them were very positive, using phrases like "I LOVE my collaborative team" or "We have so much respect for what we do for the students"

The biggest takeaway I felt was that in order for collaboration/mentoring to be successful, all the parties involved must set aside the time to do so. And they don't have to meet frequently. Some groups met once a week or every other week. Others met every day for 10 min. It seems like that is the first step to collaboration/mentoring - to decide how frequent you will meet.