2. Tünde Csepelyi will discuss
challenges and explain strategies
for teaching at-risk middle
school Latino students in the US.
3. Tünde’s background: Education
Education:
Undergraduate studies from Hungary
Graduate studies from Nevada, US
Teaching license:
Main subject: Geography
Endorsement: ESL
4. Tünde’ background – Teaching
Teaching Experience:
High school teacher in Hungary
Adult ESL in Nevada, US
Teaching license:
At-risk middle school
ESL
5. At-risk middle school:
Ethnicity Free/reduced lunch
CRT/2007 (8th Grade)
Math: Reading:
This middle school: 43 This middle school: 42
School district: 61 School district: 63
State: 53 State: 57
+ Tünde
7. An ethic of care
Making connections
SHARE:
my language learning experience
my daughter’s language learning experience
immigration experience
REACH OUT:
bilingual staff: aids, custodians
parents: call, write, be available
EXPLORE:
students’ background
8. SIOP
Good teaching:
Preparation
Building background
Comprehensible input
Strategies
Interaction
Practice/application
Lesson delivery
Review/assessment
9. +1
Value of education:
From Day One: COLLEGE
“Dear Ms. Csepelyi, Thank you for helping me and
showing me things I’ve never learned. Thanks for
encouraging me to do my work in class and telling
me I should graduate and go to college to get a
better life.”
10. Value your
NNEST
background
and rely on it.
Tünde Csepelyi
tunde@unr.nevada.edu
References:
Echevarria, J., Vogt, M., & Short, D. (2004). Making content
comprehensible for English learners: The SIOP Model (2nd
ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Noddings, N. (1984). Caring. A feminine approach to ethics
& moral education. Berkley, CA: University of California
Press.