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- 1. Helping English Language Learners Succeed! Outreach Resources for ELL Educators Presenters: Lydia Breiseth, WETA [email_address] Ginny Thomas Dallas, TX
- 2. The American Federation of Teachers, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO, represents nearly 3,000 local affiliates nationwide, 43 state affiliates, and more than 1.4 million members. WETA is a community-based public broadcasting TV and radio station serving the Washington, DC area. ColorinColorado.org is a bilingual website offering free resources to educators and parents of English language learners (ELLs).
- 4. What do you think the different shades represent?
- 5. Language Needs of School-Age Children Robert A. Kominski and Hyon B. Shin, U.S. Census Bureau; Karen Marotz, SUNY Albany Retrieved from U.S. Census Website. http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/paa2008/Language-Needs-of-School-Age-Children-PAA-2008.pdf
- 6. The Growing Need for Resources to Help ELL Students Over the past 15 years, ELL student enrollment has nearly doubled.
- 9. Why is the AFT so concerned with this issue?
- 13. So, the Reading Rockets Project of PBS Station WETA and AFT decided to collaborate to create practical, online, research-based information for educators on how to teach English Language Learners to read, learn, and succeed in the classroom…
- 14. It was the start of a beautiful partnership!
- 16. Why is it called Colorín Colorado ? Most Spanish-speakers recognize the playful phrase “colorín colorado” from the verse that many children and adults say after reading or sharing a story: “ ¡Y colorín, colorado, este cuento se ha acabado! ” (This story has ended!) Those who grew up speaking Spanish often smile when they hear the name of our site, because the verse brings back happy memories of childhood for people of all ages.
- 26. Research-based, ready-to-read articles about ELL reading instruction
- 34. Making research accessible: Our growing collection of research and reports brings you the latest news from the ELL field!
- 35. Reaching Out to Hispanic Students and Families
- 43. Watch video clips from Becoming Bilingual , hosted by Rita Moreno!
- 44. Other Resources for Educators on Colorín Colorado
- 50. FREE Monthly E-newsletter For Educators Featuring: News from the ELL Field ELL Strategies Books and Authors Recommended Resources New Research Reports
- 62. Boletín informativo sobre la lectura FREE Spanish language newsletter for parents …With a summary in English so educators can pick articles to share with their students’ parents! Includes information about reading and helping children succeed in school
- 64. Multilingual Reading Tips for Parents
- 68. Colorín Colorado & Parent Involvement Small Group Presentations E-Mail Updates Literacy Workshops Newsletters Parent Workshops After School Programs Parent/Teacher Conferences Back-to-School Night Large-Scale Events
- 69. How to Use Colorín Colorado for Staff Professional Development
- 70. Here are some ideas! Book Club Grade-Level and Department Meetings Conferences and Conventions Newsletters and E-Mail Faculty Meetings Staff Training & Orientation
- 74. WETA Learning Media Websites
- 76. Thank you!
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- We realized this was a golden opportunity to forge a formal partnership. Given that one of the goals of the AFT is to enhance the professional skills of our members and improve the institutions in which they work, this was a chance to do just that.
- These are not factors that will forever doom this population to failure, however. It will take a lot of work and wherewithal, but you are the experts and this is simply a bill of health to let you know what you’re up against.
- We realized this was a golden opportunity to forge a formal partnership. Given that one of the goals of the AFT is to enhance the professional skills of our members and improve the institutions in which they work, this was a chance to do just that.
- So is there a resource that helps you put everything together and help you? YES!! How else are we helping our members? We recently launched a web-based tool to help with instruction – the new educator’s area of the web site ColorinColorado.org – a web site developed by the AFT in partnership with the main PBS station in Washington, DC - WETA. By making high-quality material available online, for free, 24 hours a day, AFT and WETA can begin to address the pressing need for professional development in this field.
- A downloadable version of a new AFT Toolkit for Teachers called “Reaching Out to Hispanic Parents of English Language Learners.” The kit includes suggestions for how to conduct a workshop for Hispanic parents on what they can do at home to help their kids read and achieve. The toolkit includes handouts as well as a videotape – which is available on-line as downloadable video segments on the web site. For many people, it helps to see models of what you’d like them to do. The videotape contains short video clips in English and Spanish that show how parents can encourage reading at home.
- While Colorin Colorado is aimed to PK-12 educators, the sections on literacy are specifically targeted to K-3 educators because we know how extremely important it is to address the reading needs of young students
- But we need you to keep up our success and popularity and reaching the teachers, paraprofessionals, other school-related personnel and parents who need all this information.