Implementing EL Learning Site

In a Learning Site, educators come together for a full day in a live classroom around a common area of practice (also can accommodate a ½ day model). Participants talk with the host teacher and set goals for their own classrooms. Participants who continue the learning through virtual follow-up sessions are also able to earn an academic ladder credit.

Implementing EL Learning Site: The Telescope Network, in partnership with EL Education and the ELA Department, are co-hosting a Learning site on 3/20/24 which places the question of "How do we implement the EL curriculum to increase access and engagement with grade-level content for all students?" The site will demonstrate a school’s approach to answering this question while thinking through a productive coaching relationship that empowered educators to adapt the curriculum effectively. After the observation educators have a chance to think through and debrief with the 4th grade team around the hows and whys of their teaching practice and how they made this work possible. The intended audience of this learning site are coaches and one of their mentees.

Time: One half school day (sub $ available)
Feedback: 99% recommended
Credits: Up to 12 PD hours or 1 ALC
Capacity: 10-15 per session
Mode: In-person
Resources: Learning Site Packet, Debrief Notes, Debrief Notes 5/8

3/20 + 5/8

THANK YOU to the educators who attended our Learning Site at the JFK Elementary School in Jamaica Plain on the topic “How do we implement the EL curriculum to increase access and engagement with grade-level content for all students?” Our host teachers were Caryn Simmons (4th Grade Gen Ed@ JFK), Stephanie Jarvis (4th Grade SEI @JFK) and instructional Coach was Jillian Geraghty. We had 27 participants join from 11 different BPS schools/departments join this session.

After the session, 100% of participants (21 out of 21 exit ticket responses) said that they would recommend this session to a colleague. Additional comments from participants:

"This was one of the most effective and efficient PD's I have ever attended. I would love to attend another, specifically looking at the grades we personally teach. "
"I really enjoyed the observations and learning from students in the classroom. I also liked the q and a with the teachers."
"One thing that went well is the teaching and learning I was able to witness in the SEI strand classroom and the way the teacher supported the students to do the heavy lifting in the lesson."

See the Full Event Summary Here

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