andersen mn esl bilingual migrant conference 4 30-13

Andersen United Community School

Agenda

Guiding questions:– What was our starting point and what was the

change process? – What did it take to place EL needs front and

center? – How has our principal prioritized ELs?– What practices are happening now? – What are the results?– Next Steps– Questions

Andersen United Community School

• Minneapolis Public School• 1170 students PK-8• 98% Free/Reduced Lunch• 72% ELs

Turning it around…

• Andersen Elementary and Andersen Open Schools merged in 2009-10

• Restructuring of the Bilingual model to meet with nation-wide standards

• Restructuring of the ESL model to comply with MDE and OCR audit

Two Roads, One Destination

English Language Development Program

and

Developmental Dual Language Program

Our Vision:To provide high quality academic instruction and academic language development for every student.

How has Principal Wells prioritized English learners?

• Sets professional development goals around ELs• Participates in on-going national & local PD for ELs• Established building-wide focus on interactive

strategies• Provides time and structure for ESL teachers to meet

every Friday for a PLC• Elected to observe ESL teachers for the teacher

evaluation process• Gradually built up ESL co-teaching model

through science and social studies• Developed innovative

programming for dual eligible

students

What practices are ESL teachers carrying out?

• WIDA: Making it kid-friendly – translating and using for student goal-setting

What practices are ESL teachers carrying out?

• Technology integration for language development

What practices are ESL teachers carrying out?

• Aligning formative assessment in k-8 – articulation and alignment; using WIDA for self-assessment

What practices are ESL teachers carrying out?

• Creating and using interactive structures to share building-wide

What practices are ESL teachers carrying out?

• Attend grade level PLC & ESL PLC

What practices are ESL teachers carrying out?

• Becoming content experts in science and social studies

What practices are ESL teachers carrying out?

• Developing academic writing skills through content area instruction

ESL Co-planning

•to develop learning and language targets that are standards based •to create and utilize formative assessment to monitor student progress and adjust instruction•to plan activities that are differentiated

Co-teaching

• to provide support to students• to differentiate instruction in a classroom setting• to ensure students are getting the core instruction

ANDERSEN MAP DATA

% making at least one years growth

State target = 8.33%

For K-8, Andersen met the state target for both progress and proficiency.

AMAO 1: Progress

31.1

47.08

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Andersen MPLS

% met progress

AMAO 2: Proficiency

8.7 8.88

0

5

10

15

20

25

Andersen MPLS

% met proficient

State target =30.56%

State target = 8.33%

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100

83.8

40.4

78.5

24.7

54.2

9.7

21.7

31.1

58.3

84.9

44

84.6

33.1

43

20.6

25.221.4

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

KG 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Andersen MPLS

Progress by Grade level

Proficiency by Grade level

2.9

01

14.9

21.1

22.8

3.8

6.9 6.5

3.29

0.1

3.17

17.4318.42

15.69

6.08

3.35 3.65

0

5

10

15

20

25

KG 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Andersen MPLS

AMAO 3: AYP measurements for the EL (LEP) subgroup• AMAO 3 includes 6 measurements:

– MCA Math participation– MCA Reading participation– MCA Math proficiency– MCA Reading proficiency– Attendance– Graduation

• District must meet all 6 of these AYP measurements must meet their respective targets to have met AMAO 3

• For 2012, MSP did not make AMAO.

A history of ESL at Andersen2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09

 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

 2012-13

Andersen Elementary (PK-5) and Andersen Open (PK-8)(two schools in one building)

Transition Year: Still two schools

Andersen United Community School

(PK-8)

Number of ESL teachers at Andersen

5 ESL teachers

8 ESL teachers

11 ESL teachers

14 ESL teachers

16 ESL teachers

WIDA at Andersen Purchased MODEL in middle of the year

Started the year with MODEL

1st year if ACCESS

2nd year of ACCESS

ESL teachers only attended PLCs with their grade level teams.

Started ESL PLCs mid year

Weekly ESL PLC

Weekly ESL PLC

A history of ESL at Andersen

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 

2012-13

K 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

8th grader in NLL and DDL

No ESL

No ESL

No ESL No ESL ESL through co-taught reader’s writer’s work-shop

ESL co-taught through reader’s workshop

ESL co-taught through Math

ESL co-taught through ELA

ESL co-taught through social studies

K 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

8th grader in ELD

30 minutes ESL through guided reading

30 minutesESL through guided reading

45 minutes preview LA and Science

45 minutes preview LA and Science

30 minutesESL through guided reading

ESL co-taught through reader/writer work-shop

ESL co-taught through Math

ESL co-taught through ELA

ESL co-taught through social studies

A history of ESL at Andersen

2007-08 2008-09 

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 

2012-13

K 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

5th grader in Bilingual Program

No ESL No ESL ESL through corrective reading

ESL co-taught through Science

ESL co-taught through science

ESL co-taught through social studies and science

K 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

5th grader in English Language Develop-ment Program

ESL through guided reading

ESL through guided reading

ESL through guided reading

ESL through guided reading

ESL co-taught through social studies and writing

ESL co-taught through social studies and science

A history of ESL at Andersen

2010-11 2011-12 

2012-13

K 1st 2nd

2nd grader in Developmental Dual Language Program

ESL with a focus on oral language development

45 minutes ESL co-taught through science

+ support for level ones and twos

ESL co-taught through science/social studies

+ support for level ones and twos

K 1st 2nd

2nd grader in English Language Development Program

ESL with a focus on oral language development

ESL co-taught through science

+ support for level ones and twos

ESL co-taught through science/social studies

+ support for level ones and twos

Continuation of what we’ve begun…

– Co-planning and co-teaching– Interactive Structures– Language Objectives– WIDA

Looking to the future…

– Academic Language for Native English Speakers– Contrastive Analysis and The Bridge– WIDA SALSA

“Lenguaje es Aprendizaje”

“Language is Learning”