Since I am not in the classroom this school year, my essential question is going to focus on a whole school site. I would like to put my focus on English Language Learners and what can be done across a whole school to help support their learning and extend their educational growth in ALL subjects. I have chose to focus on this group of individuals because they are a group, that as a whole, are academically not performing as strongly as their English only peers. This is going to help point me to my driving question. I will need to know what systems are already put into place by the school to support this group of students. I will need to know how these systems are being used and how much success the school has seen throughout the years using these systems. I have completed a capstone on teaching Math to EL students and I have read many books and discussed with peers on how to support EL learners, so I feel strong about my knowledge of how to support EL learners in a classroom. However, I haven't looked at how to make a positive change within a whole school system for EL learners. What can I do as an Academic Specialist to support all EL learners in ALL subjects? My scope is now larger than just my own classroom, so my knowledge and view needs to adjust as well. I plan to look into how I can support and coach teachers to ensure that they are putting the necessary systems into their own classrooms to support all of our EL learners. Maybe this leads me to my first draft of my driving question: What systems can be put into place at a middle school to best support our EL learners in all subjects? Again, this is my first draft. I know it will change as I explore this more, but this is where I am beginning.
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AuthorKathy Martin is an educator in Napa, Ca. She has taught all ages, K-8, in her past 14 years of teaching. She looks forward to exploring more about the world of education. Archives
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