ESL PD

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Your ESL Team
Cherie Watkins
-Taught Elementary 12
years
-ESL- 3rd year
-Married w/two boys
-Currently back in School

Open Ended

Can you share a few things about yourself?

Multiple Choice

True or False: ESL Teachers are solely responsible for multilingual learners English Language Development and academic success.

• True

• False

ILPs

Individual Learning

Plans

Multiple Select

What is an ILP? Please check all that apply

• Document that helps us identify who the multilingual learners are.

• Legal document that describes the academic and language goals for, an English Learner.

• Document used to grade ESL students.

• An ILP details ESL services, accomodations, strategies, and more.

WHAT IS AN ILP?

❑ In MSCS, ILPs are created and generated in the TN

Pulse platform (new this year)

❑ Content teachers can also access the ILPs.

❑ ILPs are living documents that change as student’s

English Language development progresses

❑ Schools should implement an oversight plan that

outlines the development, implementation, and
monitoring of ILPs

Compliance

ILP – Monitoring Forms

Every EL must be monitored at least quarterly.

❑ All teachers shall monitor the academic and English

language proficiency growth of EL students through
benchmarking, progress-monitoring, formative
assessments, and/or summative assessments at least
quarterly (Chapter 0520-01-19: English as a Second
Language Programs).

❑ All teachers in core subjects can provide input on

student progress monitoring for their ELs every quarter

❑ ESL Teachers will update the ILP in TN Pulse to reflect

input

Compliance

Word Cloud

What are some scaffolds you use in your classroom already?

Read it!

Spell it!

Write it!

over

1.FL.PWR.3.g Recognize
and read grade-
appropriate irregularly
spelled words.

HIGH FREQUENCY
AND VOCABULARY
WORDS WITH
PICTURES.
MULTIPLE TIMES
FOR THEM TO
PRACTICE THE
WORDS INCLUDING
WITH GESTURES.

How can ESL teachers support you?

o Collaboration & Co-planning
o Provide copy of ILPs
o Provide information about Language Line

Open Ended

I will send you a current copy of the ILP for your student. Please provide your contact information: Name, grade, and email address

Thank you!

Question?