In One Voice: Mainstream and ELL Teachers Work Side-by-Side in the Classroom, Teaching Language through Content

Autor/in	Pardini, Priscilla
Titel	In One Voice: Mainstream and ELL Teachers Work Side-by-Side in the Classroom, Teaching Language through Content
Quelle	In: Journal of Staff Development, 27 (2006) 4, S.20-25 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0276-928X
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Language of Instruction; Public Schools; Non English Speaking; English (Second Language); Academic Achievement; Teaching Methods; School Districts; Professional Development; Teacher Collaboration; Language Teachers; Elementary School Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Schulleistung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; School district; Schulbezirk; Lehrerkooperation; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	Narrowing the achievement gap between students who are native English speakers and those learning English as a second language is one of the biggest challenges facing U.S. educators. This article discusses the approaches used by the Saint Paul (Minn.) Public Schools in narrowing this achievement gap. Saint Paul (Minn.) Public Schools has one of the best records for closing the achievement gap between native English speakers and English language learners. According to Valeria Silva, director of the English Language Learners department of the Saint Paul (Minn.) Public Schools, the key to the district's success at improving the achievement of non-English speaking students is a professional development program, run largely by the ELL department, that is site-based, authentic, and targeted to individual school needs. Furthermore, Silva and her staff say that being considered one of the best is the result of their widespread use of collaboration between mainstream teachers and ELL teachers. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Staff Development Council. 5995 Fairfield Road Suite #4, Oxford, OH 45056. Tel: 513-523-6029; Fax: 513-523-0638; e-mail: NSDCoffice@nsdc.org; Web site: http://www.nsdc.org/news/jsd/index.cfm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10