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SchoolTool and Online Learning for ELLs
SchoolTool and Online Learning for ELLs
Format: Self Directed
Category: ELL
CTLE Hours: 0.5
Description: Explore the unique challenges and opportunities that online learning presents for ELLs.
Part 1: Finding Student Information in SchoolTool
Example ENL student profiles:
Identifying appropriate goals and scaffolds for ELLs:
When you finish complete the form to the right.
Part 2: Strengths and Challenges of Online Learning for ELLs
Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning for ELLs
Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning for ELLs
Format: Self Directed
Category: ELL
CTLE Hours: 1.0
Description: Dive into how synchronous learning, asynchronous learning, and co-teaching looks like for ELLs.
Part 3: Synchronous Learning
Synchronous Learning Resources:
When you finish complete the form to the right.
Part 4: Asynchronous learning + Co-teaching
Identifying appropriate skills, goals, and scaffolds for ELLs:
Native language reading & vocabulary resources:
When you finish complete the form to the right.
Communication and Social-Emotional Support for ELLs
Communication and Social-Emotional Support for ELLs
Format: Self Directed
Category: ELL
CTLE Hours: 0.5
Description: Learn ways to engage and communicate with parents of ELLs and how to meet the social-emotion needs of ELLs.
Part 5: Parent Engagement & Communication
Over-the-phone Interpreting service: Propio Directions
Best Practices: Communicating with ELL Families about Academics
When you finish complete the form to the right.
Part 5: Parent Engagement & Communication
When you finish complete the form to the right.
Nepali/Bhutanese Refugee Culture
Nepali/Bhutanese Refugee Culture
Format: Self Directed
Category: ELL
CTLE Hours: 3.0
Description: The ELL population in Rush-Henrietta has more than doubled in the past 14 years, growing from 144 ELLs in 2004 to over 340 ELLs in 2019. While our students represent more than 40 languages spoken, our most common languages are Arabic, Nepali, and Chinese. Did you know that our "Nepali" students are not actually Nepalis, but rather, Bhutanese refugees of Nepali ancestry? In 2015, the city of Rochester accepted more than 5,000 Bhutanese Nepali speaking refugees. In the past 3 years, this population has moved into our district and is quickly replacing Arabic with Nepali as the most common language among our ELLs. Who are these Bhutanese refugees? What makes their culture unique? What do I need to understand as an educator? How might their experiences affect their education?
This offering is provided through a Google Classroom. The code to join this class is zv7dt7j. If you have specific questions please reach out Jamie Scripps at jscripps@rhnet.org.
Supporting ELL Students and Families Living with Trauma
Supporting ELL Students and Families Living with Trauma
Format: Self Directed
Category: ELL
CTLE Hours: 1.5
Description: For the past 2 years, the world has been experiencing the collective trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of our English Language Learners and their families were already dealing with traumatic experiences before the pandemic, and this has added additional stressors. In this online professional development, we will explore the different types of trauma your ELLs may have experienced as well as possible strategies for supporting them in a culturally responsive manner at school.
This online course was developed by Jamie Scripps (District ENL TOSA), Dr. Diane M. Wynne (Director of Wellness and Equity) and in collaboration with Jennifer Raponi from Midwest RBERN. It consists of 5 short videos, each followed with multiple choice and short answer questions on a Google Form.
Multicultural Community Panel Supporting ENL Students and Families
Multicultural Community Panel Supporting ENL Students and Families
Format: Self Directed
Category: ELL
CTLE Hours: 1.5
Description: Join us for a conversation with parents, students, and educators representing the diverse cultures within the Rush-Henrietta community. Members from our multicultural community will share their experiences of acculturating into a new country, language, culture, and school. Explore the unique strengths offered by our multicultural community and the strategies used to support families facing an unfamiliar educational system and culture.
(Go to the CTLE Reporting and Certificates page to do the reflection form for CTLE credit.)
Considerations and Best Practices for Teaching Literacy Skills to ELLs
Considerations and Best Practices for Teaching Literacy Skills to ELLs
Format: Self Directed
Category: ELL
CTLE Hours: varies
Description: The following webinars are from a series presented by Dr. Nancy Cloud, Ed.D./Professor Emerita/Rhode Island College, as well as other leading researchers in the field of literacy for English Language Learners. Each of Dr. Cloud’s sessions is 3 hours and includes a pdf of the slides along with an audio recording and a padlet of resources.
This series can be taken separately or in succession. It is highly recommended that you at least take session 1 for the foundations of literacy for ELLs. Session 2 is not included as it was not recorded.
Other webinars are also included from leading researchers in the field. Each of these sessions is 1-1.5 hours and can be taken separately.
Please contact Jamie Scripps, jscripps@rhnet.org if you have any questions or would like more information regarding literacy for ELLs
(Go to the CTLE Reporting and Certificates page to do the reflection form for CTLE credit.)
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