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Fall 2023
Jan 15, 2025 |
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| TESL 943 - The Role of the English as a Second Language Teacher: Collaboration, Co-teaching, and Advocacy |
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An examination of the nature of the role of the English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher in today’s schools. Specific instructional delivery models are studied and discussed such as co-instruction, co-planning, and co-assessment, team-teaching and collaboration in the light of ‘best practices’ research. Policy, leadership, and advocacy strategies are analyzed and developed, as well as tailored action plans for family and community involvement for all the grades and beyond graduation. World-Class Instructional Design & Assessment (WIDA) tools and guiding principles, proficiency level assessments, Can-Do descriptors, Key Uses of Academic Language, model performance indicators, ACCESS for ELLs 2.0, Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education ESL Model Curriculum Units (MCUs) and ESL Collaboration Tool are foundational for this course.
1.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate, Non-Matriculated Schedule Types: Lecture World Languages Department Course Attributes: Graduate Level Course, TESL (MEd) |
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