• Foundations of Education for Emergent Bilinguals
  • Cover
  • Session One: Exploring My Culture and ELs Strengths
  • Session Two: Developing Understandings of Culture--Mine and My ELs
  • Session Three: Considering ELs as a Resource in My Teaching
  • Session Four: Developing Knowledge of Assets and Legal Obligations
  • Session Five: Attending to Standards and Classifications with WIDA
  • Session Six: Positioning ELs within the School Game
  • Session Seven: Promoting ELs Learning through My Learning
  • Session Eight: Celebrating and Presenting My Learning
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    Welcome to TELL
    Course Syllabus: Foundations of Education for Emergent Bilinguals
    Explanation of the Template
    Total Points Sheet
    Session One: Exploring My Culture and ELs Strengths
    LA 1.1: Welcome to TELL
    LA 1.2: Belief Statements
    LA 1.3: Questions About Culture
    LA 1.4: Considering a Framework for Meeting the Needs of My Students
    LA 1.5: Considering Concepts as Tools
    HW 1.1: Reflection on My Learning
    HW 1.2: Find and Share Cultural Artifacts
    HW 1.3: Building Vocabulary About Culture
    HW 1.4: Assessing My Knowledge and Beliefs
    HW 1.5: Representation of My Learning in the Course
    Session Two: Developing Understandings of Culture--Mine and My ELs
    LA 2.1: Share Cultural Artifacts
    LA 2.2: Building Vocabulary About Culture
    LA 2.3: Examining Definitions of Immigrants
    LA 2.4: Discuss Stereotypes and Culture
    LA 2.5: Articulating Classroom Issues of Cultural Misinterpretation
    LA 2.6: Resolving Questions about the Major Project and Homework Assigments
    HW 2.1: Reflecting On My Practice
    HW 2.2: The State's Changing Demographics
    HW 2.3: Danger of a Single Story
    HW 2.4: Cultural Patterns of an EL
    Session Three: Considering ELs as a Resource in My Teaching
    LA 3.1: Water as a Problem, Right, and Resource
    LA 3.2: Language as a Problem, Right, and Resource
    LA 3.3: Mr. Chacon's Story
    VS 3.3: Social Theories Part 2
    LA 3.4: Norma's Story
    LA 3.5: Jean Anyon Study
    HW 3.1: Teacher Reflection
    HW 3.2: Considering the Myths and Realities Concerning ELs
    HW 3.3: Reading about Poverty PhDs
    HW 3.4: Discovering Assets in My Community
    HW 3.5: Considering the Difference between the North Star and the Map to Philadelphia
    Session Four: Developing Knowledge of Assets and Legal Obligations
    LA 4.1: Sharing the Assets of Our School Neighborhood.
    LA 4.2 : Reviewing the Changing Demographics
    LA 4.3: Exploring Learning about EL Myths and Realities
    LA 4.4: Examining the Meaning of a Supreme Court Decision
    LA 4.5: Common Compliance Issues from the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and the Department of Justice (DOJ)
    HW 4.1: Teacher Reflection
    HW 4.2: Understanding the Myths and Realities of Enrollment
    HW 4.3: The World Outside and Inside Schools
    HW 4.4: Reviewing and Analyzing Landmark Cases/Legislation Involving ELs
    HW 4.5: Implications of Court Decisions for ELLs
    Session Five: Attending to Standards and Classifications with WIDA
    LA 5.1: Enrollment, Placement, Staffing Myths
    LA 5.2: Program Models
    LA 5.3: The World Outside and Inside Schools
    LA 5.4: Introduction to WIDA standards
    HW 5.1 Teacher Reflection
    HW 5.2: Creating a WIDA Strand
    HW 5.3 Exploring Practice Through Technology
    HW 5.4 Learning about Classifications and Standards
    Session Six: Positioning ELs within the School Game
    LA 6.1: Sharing Thinking about Program Models
    LA 6.2: Critical Learning Domains
    LA 6.3: Standards for Effective Pedagogy
    LA 6.4: Connecting ELs to the School Game
    HW 6.1: Teacher Reflection
    HW 6.2: Reconsidering Beliefs and Practices
    HW 6.3: Learning a New Language
    HW 6.4: Collecting Evidence for My Portfolio
    Session Seven: Promoting ELs Learning through My Learning
    LA 7.1: Re-Examining My Learning about Inclusive Pedagogy, WIDA, SEP, & My Beliefs
    LA 7.2 Developing My Portfolio
    HW 7.1: Teacher Reflection
    HW 7.2: Representation of My Learning in the Course
    Session Eight: Celebrating and Presenting My Learning
    LA 8.1: Sharing Displays of Learning
    LA 8.2: Summarizing Ideas
    LA 8.3: Revisiting Course Survey