Teacher Leadership for School-Wide English Learning, First Edition

Contents

Chapter 2: Teacher Professionalism, Distributed Leadership, and Peer Coaching
Chapter 3. The SWEL Model of Academic Language Instruction
Chapter 4: Teacher Dispositions Needed to Effectively and Respectfully Serve English Learners
Chapter 5: Teacher Knowledge Needed to Effectively and Respectfully Serve English Learners
Chapter 6: Teacher Skills Needed to Effectively and Respectfully Serve English Learners
Chapter 7: Setting Up Teachers for Success
Chapter 8: Drafting an Annual SWEL Action Plan
Appendixes
Resources Index

Chapter 2: Teacher Professionalism, Distributed Leadership, and Peer Coaching

Appendix A: SWEL Support Tool

Chapter 3: The SWEL Model of Academic Language Instruction

• Appendix B: Building Leveled Academic Language Objectives
• Appendix C: Word-Level Academic Content Form
• Appendix D: Sentence-Level Academic Content Form
• Appendix E: Discourse-Level Academic Content Form
• Academic Language Demands Inventory
• Academic Language Video Lecture
  
  
• Figure 1. SWEL Teaching and Learning Cycle
  

Part B. Application of Teacher Professional Development of Dispositions, Knowledge, and Skills: Professional Development Plans

Chapter 4: Teacher Dispositions Needed to Effectively and Respectfully Serve English Learners

Educators Empathize With Circumstances Related to Immigration

• Article: Ten Myths About Immigration
• Immigration Myths Cards
• Trauma Simulation Guide

Educators Are Culturally Sensitive and Sustaining

• Handout: I didn't know - Think Pair Share
• Video: Making Sure Each Child Is Known

Educators Believe That Marginalization and Oppression Affect the Educational Experiences of English Learners

• Handout: Critical Incidents in Immigrant Education
• Critical Incidents in Immigrant Education Activity Teacher Trainer Guide

Educators Support Their Students’ Home Language Development

• Article: Getting to Know Your ELLs: Six Steps for Success
• Video: I CAN'T SPEAK MY MOTHER TONGUE (Music Video) - Fung Bros ft. Dough-Boy
  
• Video: What to Do First in the ELL Classroom
  
• Handout: Getting to Know the ELs in Your Classroom
• Video: Importance of Students’ Home Languages
  
• Handout: Crafting School Language Policies
• Article: Classrooms Need to Reflect the Different Home Languages of Students

Educators Recognize the Challenges of Learning English and Content Simultaneously

• Printout: Vowel Sort Cards
• Vowel Sort Answer Key
• Image: My Morning Routine
  
  Image by Ryan McGuire from Pixabay

Educators Are Committed to Ongoing Professional Development

• Handout: Uncovering Education Myths
• Know Better Do Better Cards

Chapter 5: Teacher Knowledge Needed to Effectively and Respectfully Serve English Learners

Educators Know About Second Language Acquisition and Approaches to Teaching Language Through Content

• Video: Stages of Second Language Acquisition: ESL, ELL, LEP & Bilingual
  
• Handout: ELD Matrix of Grammatical Forms
• Handout: Five Stages of SLA Activity Sheet
• Handout: Vitamin D Passage
• Handout: Content Area Language Challenge

Educators Know About Approaches to Supporting First Language Literacy

• Guide: Translanguaging: A CUNY-NYSIEB Guide for Educators
• Video: Andy Brown Translanguaging A multilingual Learning
  
• Video: Session 5: Classroom Examples
  
• Article: Why Bilinguals Are Smarter
• Article: MIT Scientists Prove Adults Learn Language to Fluency Nearly as Well as Children
• Infographic: 10 Amazing Benefits of Being Bilingual
• Article: Bilingualism: What Happens in the Brain?

Educators Know About the Theories of Cultural Relevance and Sustainability

• Video: Funds of Knowledge
  
• Handout:Funds of Knowledge Activity Sheet
• Handout: Funds of Knowledge Plan
• Handout: Windows and Mirrors Activity Sheet
• Article: Curriculum as Window and Mirror

Educators Know Who Immigrants Are and How Immigration Happens

• Video: Hand Model of the Brain
  
• Video: Animated Map Shows History Of Immigration To The US

Educators Know Systems of Oppression and How They Affect the Educational Experiences of Els

• Handout: What I Should Have Said
• Video: Standing Up: What Is Calling in vs. Calling Out?
  
• Video: Students Learn a Powerful Lesson About Privilege
  
• Video: What Is Privilege?
  
• Video: Why Does Privilege Make People So Angry? | Decoded | MTV News
  

Handout: Understanding Privilege Reflection

Educators Know Approaches to English Learner Advocacy and the Legal Requirements for Adequately Serving English Learners

• Article:ABC's of Family Engagement: Key Considerations for Building Relationships With Families and
• Strengthening Family Engagement Practices
• Article: An Evening With ESL Parents: A Framework for an Orientation Program
• Handout: Influential Court Cases Summaries

Chapter 6: Teacher Skills Needed to Effectively and Respectfully Serve English Learners

Educators Can Plan for Academic Language Instruction

• Profession Cards
• Image: Mulberry Street, New York City
  
  Image from Wikipedia.
• APPENDIX B: Building Leveled Academic Language Objectives tool

Educators Can Teach and Assess Academic Language

• Handout: Venn Diagram Listening Activity
• Video: Said Salah Ahmed: The Lion’s Share in Somali
  
• Handout: Plargs Quiz
• Plargs Vocabulary Cards
• Plargs Quiz Answer Key

Educators Can Differentiate for English Learners

• Handout: Modality Audit
• WIDA Can-Do Descriptors
• Video: WIDA Can-Do Philosophy
• WIDA Can-Do Name Charts

Educators Can Support First Language Literacy

• Guide: Translanguaging: A CUNY-NYSIEB Guide for Educators
• Handout: Dispelling the Myth of “English Only”: Understanding the importance of the First Language in Second Language Learning

Educators Can Support First Language Literacy

Handout: Issues that Impact ELs

Educators Can Enact Culturally Relevant Practices

• Handout: English Learner Profile Template
• Handout: Sample English Learner Profile

Part C. Application of Peer Coaching Using a Directed, Cyclical Approach

Chapter 7: Setting Up Teachers for Success

• Academic Language Teacher Observation
• SWEL Lesson Plan Inventory

Part D. Putting SWEL to Work in Your School: Setting the Stage With Intentional Planning

Chapter 8: Drafting an Annual SWEL Action Plan

SWEL Action Plan

Appendixes

• Appendix A: SWEL Support Tool
• Appendix B: Building Leveled Academic Language Objectives
• Appendix C: Planning for Word-Level Academic Language Guide
• Appendix D: Planning for Sentence-Level Academic Language Guide
• Appendix E: Planning for Discourse-Level Academic Language Guide
• Appendix F: The SWEL Lesson Plan Inventory
• Appendix G: School-Wide English Learning (SWEL) Action Plan

Resources Index