If your child was an ESL student in High School, what would you want for them? In a perfect world, what would their ESL program look like? by Roslyn Marcelo

If your child was an ESL student in High School, what would you want for them? In a perfect world, what would their ESL program look like? by Roslyn Marcelo https://padlet.com/roslyn_marcelo/x13c41n2qjl7 en-us 2017-04-20 17:45:51 UTC 2017-04-25 15:26:15 UTC hello@padlet.com 1.small classes https://padlet.com/roslyn_marcelo/x13c41n2qjl7/wish/168136024 2. Trusted adult, responsible for programming
3. transparency and honesty with progression
4. realistic completion expectations
5. support for post-secondary transition
6. parental support for translation at meetings
7. knowledge about community supports
8. immersive conditions

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a plan
someone to personally connect with them regularly, for the duration of high school
a buddy in the school
someone to help them feel welcome and teach them social norms of the school
a person to communicate with the teachers to figure out the level and adaptation if they need it
the opportunity for frontloading for academic vocab
a pullout situation, intensive language stuff
lots of attention and support
pragmatic discourse, humour, conversation
option classes to be welcoming
training for all teachers to recognize the needs and stages of the student/child
a plan for representation and involvement on the part of those students. extra curricular
the same amount of care as the learning coaches have with coded children
a watchful eye for the ELL kids

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Supports- EA in classroom
Community connections
Appropriate class sizes
Time to graduate (reasonable time)
Pathway tailored to ELL students
Flexible programming/Blended programs
Specific space in building for ELL students.
Completion centers in more areas of city]]> 2017-04-25 15:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/roslyn_marcelo/x13c41n2qjl7/wish/168136265 - want child to be supported & cared for https://padlet.com/roslyn_marcelo/x13c41n2qjl7/wish/168136332 - patient teachers
- classes scaffold: step by step & simply not dropped in class
- moments for immersion & moments with peers & accessibility to others who speak their language
- student services support (learning coach, grad coach, counselor)
- achieve some sort of credential
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