At-risk middle school Latino students and their NNEST teacher

Tünde CsepelyiTESOL, 2010

Tünde Csepelyi will discuss challenges and explain strategies for teaching at-risk middle school Latino students in the US. 

Tünde’s background: Education

Education: Undergraduate studies from HungaryGraduate studies from Nevada, USTeaching license:

Main subject: Geography Endorsement: ESL

Tünde’ background – Teaching

Teaching Experience: High school teacher in HungaryAdult ESL in Nevada, US

Teaching license: At-risk middle schoolESL

At-risk middle school: Ethnicity Free/reduced lunch

Math: This middle school: 43School district: 61State: 53

Reading:This middle school: 42School district: 63State: 57

CRT/2007 (8th Grade)

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My strategies

Theoretical framework:An ethic of care by Nel Noddings

Teaching strategies:Sheltered Instruction Observation

Protocol (SIOP)

An ethic of careMaking connections

SHARE:my language learning experiencemy daughter’s language learning experienceimmigration experience

REACH OUT:bilingual staff: aids, custodiansparents: call, write, be available

EXPLORE:students’ background

SIOP

Good teaching:PreparationBuilding backgroundComprehensible inputStrategiesInteractionPractice/applicationLesson deliveryReview/assessment

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Value of education:

From Day One: COLLEGE

“Dear Ms. Csepelyi, Thank you for helping me and showing me things I’ve never learned. Thanks for encouraging me to do my work in class and telling me I should graduate and go to college to get a better life.”

Tünde Csepelyitunde@unr.nevada.edu

References:Echevarria, J., Vogt, M., & Short, D. (2004). Making content comprehensible for English learners: The SIOP Model (2nd

ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.Noddings, N. (1984). Caring. A feminine approach to ethics & moral education. Berkley, CA: University of California

Press.

Value your NNEST background and rely on it.