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MASSACHUSETTS NEXT GENERATION ESL CURRICULUM PROJECT RESOURCES
MASSACHUSETTS NEXT GENERATION ESL CURRICULUM PROJECT RESOURCES
In the OLA Curriculum and Instruction page, you will find:
In the OLA Curriculum and Instruction page, you will find:
This comprehensive document provides:
This comprehensive document provides:
o Information about the project's context, the curriculum design framework, and how to use that framework to develop additional ESL units.
o Information about the project's context, the curriculum design framework, and how to use that framework to develop additional ESL units.
o Description of a continuous improvement cycle prompting critical questioning and strategic decision-making that can be used to improve instructional design.
o Description of a continuous improvement cycle prompting critical questioning and strategic decision-making that can be used to improve instructional design.
o A collection of collaborative templates, tools, processes, protocols, and other resources used in the development of ESL MCUs (e.g., Collaboration Tool, unit template, unit lesson plan template, language unpacking tools, unit and lesson-level protocols, etc.).
o A collection of collaborative templates, tools, processes, protocols, and other resources used in the development of ESL MCUs (e.g., Collaboration Tool, unit template, unit lesson plan template, language unpacking tools, unit and lesson-level protocols, etc.).
o Resources for professional learning communities (PLCs) to support collaborative ESL curriculum development.
o Resources for professional learning communities (PLCs) to support collaborative ESL curriculum development.
o Information about other key topics related to the project, such as text complexity, Universal Design for Learning, guidance related to instruction and assessment of dually identified students (ELs with a disability), critical stance, social justice, and other significant components of effective ESL curricula.
o Information about other key topics related to the project, such as text complexity, Universal Design for Learning, guidance related to instruction and assessment of dually identified students (ELs with a disability), critical stance, social justice, and other significant components of effective ESL curricula.
The Next Generation ESL MCU Collaboration Tool
The Next Generation ESL MCU Collaboration Tool
Collaboration Tool V2: This is a multi-layered, multi-purpose tool designed to help curriculum writers operationalize WIDA standards in conjunction with state academic standards. The goal of the Collaboration Tool is to support curricular planning with the intentional, simultaneous development of language and standards-based analytical practices and concepts. It highlights the need for collaboration between language and content educators and helps teachers prioritize and strategically plan around WIDA's Key Uses of Academic Language in the context of key academic practices (Cheuk, 2013) common across the disciplines. The Collaboration Tool and related processes are planning resources that, among other uses, can help educators prepare to create clear, standards-based language learning goals for developing curricula using the ESL unit template. For more information, please visit the Massachusetts Next Generation ESL: Project page.
Collaboration Tool V2: This is a multi-layered, multi-purpose tool designed to help curriculum writers operationalize WIDA standards in conjunction with state academic standards. The goal of the Collaboration Tool is to support curricular planning with the intentional, simultaneous development of language and standards-based analytical practices and concepts. It highlights the need for collaboration between language and content educators and helps teachers prioritize and strategically plan around WIDA's Key Uses of Academic Language in the context of key academic practices (Cheuk, 2013) common across the disciplines. The Collaboration Tool and related processes are planning resources that, among other uses, can help educators prepare to create clear, standards-based language learning goals for developing curricula using the ESL unit template. For more information, please visit the Massachusetts Next Generation ESL: Project page.
Interactive Guide to the Collaboration Tool: Use this guide to explore the Collaboration Tool in more detail. Be sure to have the Collaboration Tool in front of you for reference. This guide will walk you through how you can use the Collaboration Tool in curriculum development, starting with Focus Language Goals.
Interactive Guide to the Collaboration Tool: Use this guide to explore the Collaboration Tool in more detail. Be sure to have the Collaboration Tool in front of you for reference. This guide will walk you through how you can use the Collaboration Tool in curriculum development, starting with Focus Language Goals.
Check out the Next Generation ESL: Model Curriculum Units
Check out the Next Generation ESL: Model Curriculum Units
12 ESL Model Curriculum Units (ESL MCUs) are housed in the Model Curriculum Unit Page. (You will be asked to register. Access is free and granted immediately. Scroll down to find "ESL Units.")
12 ESL Model Curriculum Units (ESL MCUs) are housed in the Model Curriculum Unit Page. (You will be asked to register. Access is free and granted immediately. Scroll down to find "ESL Units.")
o See 8 ESL MCUs different in action.
o See 8 ESL MCUs different in action.
o Hear directly from the families of our multilingual learners, including discussion of the importance of the schooling experience, as well as hopes and aspirations for their children. It is our hope that this video can help build enthusiasm for change, strengthen our commitment to the academic success and immense potential of ELs, and compel and support equity and rich, abundant educational experiences for all our students.
o Hear directly from the families of our multilingual learners, including discussion of the importance of the schooling experience, as well as hopes and aspirations for their children. It is our hope that this video can help build enthusiasm for change, strengthen our commitment to the academic success and immense potential of ELs, and compel and support equity and rich, abundant educational experiences for all our students.
See additional guidance from OLA in our Guidance and Laws page.
See additional guidance from OLA in our Guidance and Laws page.
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