IU Southeast ENL Programs

PROGRESS / ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
• Professional development for mainstream teachers
• Professional development for other school personnel.
• Building school-family partnerships
• BECA
• The faculty revise course syllabi
• Planning and instructional coaching
• Resources

• Enrichment activities
• Summer School
• Reminders
• News Letters:
• Fall 2008
• Spring 2009
• Summer-Fall 2009
• Summer-Fall 2010
• Spring 2011
• Fall 2011
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The Network Capacity Building for ENL Best Practices (NCB) started in July 2007.

Several programs and activities are being implemented to improve the learning environment of English Learners to facilitate their educational success according to state and ENL academic standards.

The Network of three districts and eight schools benefiting from targeted initiatives for students, teachers, other educators, staff and parents are: 
Greater Clark County Schools, New Albany-Floyd County Schools, and Seymour Community Schools.

Regular Classroom Teachers (RCTs) complete a 6-day PD series every spring.

Sessions are conducted by ENL specialists following a targeted  needs' assessment.

Latino and Japanese parents have shared experiences with RCTs.

Visits to the IUS Center for Cultural Resources and Network schools enrich the program.

ENL teaching license (in partnership with IU Bloomington):
By August 2010, 23 Candidates completed the program.

Follow-up sessions are held in the spring to advise candidates on clinical placements and requirements.

Scholarship opportunities are available to qualifying candidates. Contact Project Director or ENL Academic Coordinator.

School psychologists worked with Dr. Rebecca Martinez, from IU Bloomington, on a session she addressed assessment for ELLs.

Speech Pathologists worked with Dr. Raquel Anderson.

98 Bus Drivers and 36 Food Services employees participated in professional development in-services and received materials to assist them in working with ESL students and families.

Office staff, school nurses, food services personnel, and paraprofessionals have attended sessions on cultural awareness led by Angie Silver, Susana Lunja, Sau Hou Chen, and Gioconda Guerra.

Gioconda Guerra joined the team (fall 2010) acting as a socio-cultural specialist and parent liaison in the Network schools.

A needs-based curriculum has been developed for family education sessions, which take place in each network school. Family literacy is stressed and parallel sessions with children complement "parent nights."

Bilingual children's books are distributed to families during "parent nights" and community events. Sets of textbooks were donated by the Mexico consulate and have been made available to the Network schools.

Dozens of the PNC bilingual educational videos  were distributed among the Network schools.

The Bilingual Center for Adults opened its doors in fall 2009 thanks to a gift from the Horseshoe Foundation of Southern Indiana. Series of workshops on parenting and individual consultations have been offered at BECA.

In 2010, the Horseshoe Foundation provided specific funding for the family literacy program "Families Read, Kids Succeed," which is also bringing books to homes along with strategies and guidance for parents on how to promote reading and school success.

Near 80% of the IU Southeast education faculty has participated in professional development activities and made syllabi revisions to reflect best practices in ENL education.

They have also conducted workshops and participated in "brown bag" sessions with the goal of sharing their experiences and improvements with other colleagues.
 

The purpose is to address the needs of English Learners in different courses and in all education programs.

Following each seminar-workshop led by experts, faculty members of the School of Education revisit course syllabi, which are then tested in their respective courses.

Network ENL teachers meet in the fall for planning purposes.

Teachers share priorities and initiatives for the school year.
 

Instructional coaches work closely with teachers on the planning process.

Teachers and coaches design annual plans and implementing school-based initiatives.

Each network school receives annually resources directed to improve the education of English Learners:

Binders with instructional strategies for ENL and RCTs teachers.

Health information in English and Spanish for use by the school nurse and/or other school personnel.

SIOP manuals, Read 180 method and other materials are rgularly distributed to network schools.

Rosetta Stone program and dozens of instructional and reading resources are part of the school libraries, ENL and mainstream classes.

This exciting programs include hands-on activities at the Center for Cultural Resources (CCR), classroom activities with education elementary majors, a visit to the Ogle Center, talks by IUS international students about the college experience, and a pizza party!

Jackie Love, Director of Diversity for GCS, Education faculty and their classes, as well as volunteers join our project team in welcoming the children and their accompanying adults.

Experts in the fields of reader’s theater and art education, respectively, have led daily activities for elementary children. IUS students were actively involved assisting and learning.

In the context of the New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation’s summer school program, we have provided ten sessions of language and art based enrichment activities for ELs.

Each network school may request funds for materials and resources every school year. Please check with coaches.

Spring professional development series for regular classroom teachers: check with coaches for deadlines and dates.