highlights from year two of the esl stem success grant

Highlights from Year Two2012-2013

Design of the Grant

ELL Student

parapros

Admini-strators

STEM teachers

Parents and

families

Elementary teacher ed

faculty

University ESL teachers

Design of the Grant

ELL Student

parapros

Admini-strators

STEM teachers

Parents and

families

Elementary teacher ed

faculty

University ESL

teachers

Find potential paraprofessionalsfrom STEM and less common language backgrounds

Provide a grant for 18 s.h. of ESL endorsement coursework with a STEM focus

Work with paraprosand administratorsto find successful models for academic assistance to ELLs

Give administrators of multilingual districts chances to network and problem solve together and provide topics of mutual interest

Provide focus on language of STEM and how to teach it to ELLs

Provide opportunities for families to interact meaningfully with the school in bidirectional relationships (all learn from each other)

Provide workshops in aspects of second language acquisition and instruction of English language learners

The Grant TeamJason Stegemoller and Kristin Lems, Co-directors

Annie Noorts, Grant Coordinator

Margie Bouchard, Administrator and Paraprofessional leader

Leah D. Miller, Lead Adjunct Trainer

Corrie Wallace, ELL Parent Center Director and Partnership Liaison

Paul Gross, Lead Data Analyst

Grant Team meeting at ELL Parent Center, spring 2013

At District 219 introducing Margie Bouchard, fall 2012

2012-2013 ~ The Year in Review

• Goal: help in-service teachers complete the ESL endorsement– 20 students in Cohort A completed courses in June 2013!– 21 students in Cohort B in second year of grant coursework– 21 students started Cohort C this fall

• Goal: provide professional development for inservice teachers– 14 inservice teachers for Parents as Educational Partners 2 day

training– 19 inservice administrators for Perfect March 6 session

administrative training

The Year in Review

• Goal: provide support for paraprofessionals and potential paraprofessionals – 10 community members became

paraprofessionals or substitute teachers in Year 2

• Goal: provide professional development for education school faculty about ESL– 6 NCE faculty took part in a book group and

discussion

The Year in Review

• Goal: provide coursework leading to ESL endorsement for pre-service students – 5 students began coursework in Summer 2013

• Goal: develop an evaluation plan for the ELL Parent Center– Submitted and received permission from

Institutional Review Board to conduct parent surveys, survey written and administered for first time in June 2013

The Year in Review

• Goal: provide bidirectional support for parents, community members, teachers, and students to enrich role of community for STEM success for ELLs – Three large public presentations by nationally known

presenters open to the public and streamed/podcast • Additionally, data to assess performance of

students by teachers trained in the STEM focused ESL cohort has been designed

Grant CohortsCohort A – finished last course June 12, 2013

20 completers

Cohort B – finished third course (of six) June 12, 2013

20 current students

Grant goal: 45

Cohort A in small group discussion

Professional development

Parents as Educational Partners

Administrative Task Force meeting May 2013, held at D68

Topic: The Parent Mentor program – grant funded by State of Illinois

One of the parent mentors speaking

Training ESL course adjuncts about paying more attention to STEM content in teacher training

Pulling rubberbands at math training, Cristina Sanchez-Lopez, fall 2012

Programming and Public Events

Soo Hong Eventtopic: Parental Engagement

• Evening keynote for:– National Louis students in endorsement

coursework– students in Grant Cohorts A and B– Faculty and staff at National Louis from other

departments

Lunch meeting with Soo Hong and Grant Team, Feb. 2013

Dr. Anita Pandey, Morgan State University

Two presentations:

Spring Advisory Board Meeting, June 28, 2013

Afternoon workshop for endorsement classes

Topic: early childhood biliteracy and academic language

Anita Pandey

Research and evaluation

Evaluation Plan and data collection• Post-cohort interview with each completer from

Cohort A– Already transcribed

• Survey and interview designed for course takers at ELL Parent Center– Has been given 8 times already

• Design of evaluation asking about “value added” for ELL students taught by cohort members…Paul Gross, Analyst

Conference Presentations during 2012-

2013

Language at the Intersection of WIDA and the Common Core

Leah Miller and Kristin LemsITBE 2013

Teachers developing classroom practices that promote additive bilingualism

in a highly diverse multilingual context

W. Jason Stegemoller & Kristin Lems

National Louis University Skokie, IL

NABE 2013 Lake Buena Vista, FL

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Preliminary Findings from the ESL STEM Success Training Grant

IAMME ~ Dec. 4, 2012, Oakbrook, ILMargie Bouchard, Kristin Lems, Leah Miller,

Jason Stegemoller, Corrie WallaceESL STEM Success Grant, National Louis University and Niles Township

ELL Parent Center

Presenting at Illinois TESOL 2013 about “SIFE Math” in District 68

Presenting at National Association for Bilingual Education, Dallas, Feb. 2013

Seeking your input about:

• Format for professional development of ESL adjuncts for winter and spring– Early childhood– More STEM

• A fourth cohort in CPS ~ explain!

• The teacher education project for this year

Here’s to another great year!