Inclusive Classrooms for ESOL

Supporting ESOL Students: Creating an Inclusive Classroom

with Nicole Misra

Open Ended

What is one of your biggest challenges in supporting ESOL students in the classroom?

Topics Discussed Today

• Inclusive Language

• Students' Legal Status

• Grouping in classroom

• Vocabulary Strategies

• Interpretation/Translation Services

"American Students" vs. "The Foreign Students"

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Open Ended

Why might using this type of language be problematic?

Suggestions

• Students who receive ESOL services

• ESOL Students (still imperfect though)

• Non-ESOL students

• Let's not alienate students from each other.

• As teachers, we set the bar.

Legal Status of Students

• "School personnel have a legal obligation to protect student privacy. Staff members should not request, report, or share a student's immigration status. There is no legal obligation to report someone with undocumented status. Furthermore, doing so could [...] be a violation of students' privacy, educational, and civil rights." (Colorado Colorin)

Student Groupings

• ACCESS Test

• You can fill out a form to request this information for students from ESOL teachers.

• Take proficiency into consideration when grouping.

• Use mixed grouping: ESOL w/ non-ESOL

• High, mid, low

Vocabulary Strategies

• Previewing vocabulary-good for ALL students

• Cloze worksheet, multiple choice

• Words of the Week

• Frayer Model

• Sentence frames/Starters

  Let students choose!

• Be aware of language as you teach

Poll

What language access services do you CURRENTLY utilize?

• Phone calls by the district interpreter

• Telephonic interpretation

• Translated forms

Translation/

Interpretation

• Families MUST be notified in a language they understand.

• If you have students with these languages, use district interpreters.

Telephonic Interpretation

Use ONLY for languages we don't have a district interpreter for:

-Kunama

-Kinyarwanda

-Kirundi

-Nepali

Multiple Choice

Can you ask a student about their legal status?

• Yes.

• No

Multiple Choice

If you need to make a phone call in Kunama, Nepali, or Kinyarwanda, what should you do?

• Use translated form

• Contact the district interpreter

• Use the telephonic interpretation service

Multiple Choice

Vocabulary instruction is....

• beneficial for ALL students

• great for ESOL students only

Multiple Choice

If you need to make a phone call for a language available through district interpreters, what should you do?

• Use a translated form on the district website

• Email the interpreter for the language, include the student name, and family contact info

• Use the telephonic interpretation service

Resources

• Mrs. Barrios will add the folders I've created with the resources to the Staff Teams page under the General Channel

• We will also send out a form where you can

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References:

• https://www.colorincolorado.org/immigration/guide/rights

• https://www.slps.org/Page/27448

• https://djgteaching.wordpress.com/2020/01/20/lesson-evaluation-1-the-frayer-model/