Standard 3:

3.a. Teachers align their instruction with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. 3.b. Teachers know the content appropriate to their teaching specialty. 3.c. Teachers recognize the interconnectedness of content areas/disciplines.

Since 2017, I have been on the District ESL curriculum writing team. We align our UbD framework to the ELA curriculum Expeditionary Learning (EL) that Wake County adopted. This year we are completed 6th grade ESL II curriculum. Included here is a sample lesson from the C-Mapp 2.0 curriculum, written by me, to demonstrate the alignment with ELA standards and interconnectedness to middle school interdisciplinary subject matter. The 6th grade curriculum will be a model for middle school ESL teachers to use as a guide for aligning with EL.

Teachers make instruction relevant to students. Incorporate life skills which include leadership, ethics, accountability, adaptability, personal productivity, personal responsibility, people skills, self-direction, and social responsibility

In order to establish a respectful environment for all students, I promote synergistic collaboration through discourse moves that encourage collegial conversations, discussions which also empower ELs to be active and engaged participants in their content area classes.