ELLLA+at+Future+Pathways

=ELLLA at Future Pathways =  **Team Members:** Erin Stoen, Teresa Peterson, Steve Carnahan, Sarah Mach-Smith, Valerie Robinson, and Michelle Griswold

** World Café Responses ** //Question One:// What is it we can only accomplish because we are all teachers of language development versus teachers of content only or teachers of language only?

It is only together that we can create a cohesive program/model that responds to the needs of all students, not simply our ELLs. By working together to better the teaching practices of all, we can more effectively meet the needs of the learners we serve.

//Question Two:// What will we expect to see in our school when we are all teachers of language development?

When we are all teachers of language development, we will be setting clear targets for our learners and the language they use on a daily basis. We will work with all students to develop their academic vocabularies through creating projects that clearly establish the key words needed for successful project/course completion and asking tiered questions that help guide our students to the appropriate information.

//Question Three:// How will you use this process at your school?

Through our work as a PLC, we will be establishing pre-planned projects that help our students gain traction in our program. We will work with our curricular teams to ensure that these projects meet the goals of our courses and with our room teams to ensure that ambiguity is not present in the questions, terms, or GRASPS plan.


 * Session 3 Question A: ** What actions will you take as a leadership team to create demand for the implementation of the ELL strategies? Why, how and when will you do it? How will you measure the degree to which your efforts are successful?

Our plan at Future Pathways will begin with an analysis of our data. We will look for trends regarding student age, courses needed, course completion rate, graduation rate, commitment, student needs, and the level of language development for our ELLs. This will be completed by a few members of our team and from the data analysis, we will develop a growth goal. The next step in our process will be to organize a teaming concept between our ELL teacher and either one of our SPED teachers or a room team. A detailed action plan (SIP) will be created over the summer, with implementation beginning Fall 2010. Our final stage will include in-service opportunities facilitated with our ELL teacher and other teacher leaders to assist the staff in growing and developing their skills to work with ELLs, rippling these skills out to the rest of the student body as well.