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ESL Prospect Teacher

by Margy Kelly

Oct 27, 2010

Hello, I'm currently a college freshman looking into a career in ESL teaching. As I'm planning my education I was looking for the opportunity to shadow an ESL teacher for the day to observe the day to day routine of the job. I realize this is somewhat of a long shot, but it would be incredibly helpful if anyone in Harford County, MD could contact m...See More

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Inanimate Alice

by Chris Roland

Oct 28, 2010

Hi there

Have any of you tried Inanimate Alice with your students? These are digital interactive readers. There is also a FaceBook page.

BW

Chris

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Cultural Heritage Project

by Pizwit

Oct 29, 2010

I am wanting to do a Cultural Heritage Project for my ESOL students. They are Kindergarten - 5th grade. I am looking for some good lessonplans and maybe some guideline to be able to do this. Since many of my students were born in the US and never been to their "country" I definitely want them to do some research on the areas of their family backgro...See More

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rubric

by delightful4U2

Nov 1, 2010

Does anyone have an oral speaking rubric for beginner ESOL students?

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Computer Programs

by delightful4U2

Nov 1, 2010

Does anyone know of any good computer programs that will help ELL's in elementary/junior high school learn English? We can't be with them 24/7 and we were looking at computer programs that might enhance our instruction. Thanks.

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ESL- Turkish as first language

by SAM

Nov 3, 2010

I would appreciate any help, information or direction anyone could assist me with in finding our son a tutor that is free or much less than $55.00 an hour. This is the fee that a tutor wants to charge us for tutoring our son whom is in kindergarten. Unfortunately, I do not have this money to pay for three sessions a week. So, if anyone can please h...See More

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Kelli Try the Literacy Council. They might not take children but may be able to direct you to other services. Also, there are some times churches offering free tutoring. They probably have ESL services at your school or county but in some situations school officials are ignorant of what ESL actually is. They think it's only for Hispanic kids. Maybe you c...See More

Nov 30, 2010

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st On 11/30/10, Kelli wrote: > Try the Literacy Council. They might not take children but may > be able to direct you to other services. Also, there are some > times churches offering free tutoring. They probably have ESL > services at your school or county but in some situations school > officials are ignorant of what ESL actually is. ...See MoreOn 11/30/10, Kelli wrote: > Try the Literacy Council. They might not take children but may > be able to direct you to other services. Also, there are some > times churches offering free tutoring. They probably have ESL > services at your school or county but in some situations school > officials are ignorant of what ESL actually is. They think it's > only for Hispanic kids

Is he receiving ESL instruction at school but you want him to have more? Or does the school say he is fluent in English and doesn't need ESL?

I hope the answer to one of those questions is "yes". If he is in a public school and he is not yet fluent in English, he definitely should be receiving ESL instruction at his school. Have you talked to his teachers about what they are doing to help him learn English? The comment made above about ESL being "only for Hispanic kids" should not happen in any U.S. public school. It is illegal to only provide ESL to Spanish-speakers, and it's definitely a violation of civil rights.

> > On 11/13/10, Betty Ann wrote: >> What sort of tutoring does your son need? If the situation is >> that he speaks Turkish, but not English, and he is in public >> school, I would think that he would be entitled to ESL >> services FREE at school. Have you talked with the principal >> of his school? >> >> On 11/03/10, SAM wrote: >>> I would appreciate any help, information or direction >>> anyone could assist me with in finding our son a tutor that >>> is free or much less than $55.00 an hour. This is the fee >>> that a tutor wants to charge us for tutoring our son whom >>> is in kindergarten. Unfortunately, I do not have this money >>> to pay for three sessions a week. So, if anyone can please >>> help me in anyway regarding tutoring I would really really >>> appreciate it. We live in Cummings, Georgia. Or if you know >>> of a public library that may offer free tutoring or perhaps >>> a student graduating from college/university whom is >>> willing to help I would really appreciate any assistance. >>> Thank you for your time.

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ESL Abroad

by Jenna

Nov 3, 2010

Have any teachers used their ESL certification from the Praxis test to teach English abroad. Is the ESL cert. interchangeable with the TEFL cert? thanks!

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Depends.. If you just passed the Praxis it might be harder to get an ESL job abroad-- but then again US teaching certification could be an acceptable substitute.

1) Look at jobs you might want (try [link removed].

2) If your goal is to just go to a country for 6 months, you might want to get the TEFL anyway.. many jobs require it, and it ...See More

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Question about Biliteracy Seal on high school diploma

by Daniel Hanson

Nov 4, 2010

Dear colleagues,

Our school district is trying to implement a Biliteracy Seal program, where native speakers as well as foreign language students can get Biliteracy Seals on their high school diploma. Has anyone heard of such a program? What are the pros and cons? Pretty much, our county Office of Education is trying to copy a nearby count...See More

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Students from El Salvador

by Jenny

Nov 15, 2010

Have any of you had students from El Salvador before? I would love some insight into their culture and education system. The two boys I have (12, 13) are very low in all areas.

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eslteacher On 11/15/10, Jenny wrote: > Have any of you had students from El Salvador before? I > would love some insight into their culture and education > system. The two boys I have (12, 13) are very low in all > areas.

I've just had a handful of students from El Salvador, so I am not sure if they are typical. I've found their academic...See More

Nov 17, 2010

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ESL teacher's schedule

by drama queen

Nov 18, 2010

I'm wondering what kind of schedule other ESL teachers have. I teach on a 1st-2nd grade campus. Our ESL teacher's schedule has 11 hours of instruction per week. She has a 30 minute lunch and an hour of conference time each day. She also has 14 hours per week of nothing scheduled. On Fridays, nothing is scheduled for the entire day. She is a former ...See More

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st Similar to Charlene: an hour a day planning time, 30 minute lunch, with students the rest of the time. But my school also has an ESL coordinator; she teaches only five hours a week but the rest of the time she does paperwork (such as for reclassification of students, EL funding, documentation of services, EL accountability, etc), testing for placem...See MoreSimilar to Charlene: an hour a day planning time, 30 minute lunch, with students the rest of the time. But my school also has an ESL coordinator; she teaches only five hours a week but the rest of the time she does paperwork (such as for reclassification of students, EL funding, documentation of services, EL accountability, etc), testing for placement and progress monitoring, monitoring academic progress of reclassified students, coaching teachers in EL strategies, some translating for parent meetings, and coordinates the ELAC committee. If your ESL teacher has some of those same responsibilities, that's probably what she's working on in her "unscheduled" time.

On 11/18/10, Charlene wrote: > On 11/18/10, drama queen wrote: > Everyone's schedule is different. I am an ESL teacher as > well. My contract time is the same as the classroom > teachers. In other words, I have a 30 minute lunch break and > 5 hours of planning time per week. The rest of the time I > see kids. There is a lot of paperwork that I am responsible > for, and I normally take care of that during my planning time > or on my own time. Have you actually looked at her schedule > to justify that she has all this free time? I wouldn't just > jump to conclusions and say she does nothing for several > hours per week? Do you know anything about ESL? THere is an > extremely large amount of paperwork that we are responsible > for. Perhaps she is fortunate in her position to have that > time during the week and on Friday to work on it. > Furthermore, do you know anything about ESL strategies? She > maybe using these strategies in her reading instruction that > you may not even be aware of. If you are that curious, I > would ask her about her schedule. I know that for myself, if > any teacher thought that I sat around and did nothing for > most of the day, I would gladly share my schedule with them. > Good LUck! > > >> I'm wondering what kind of schedule other ESL teachers >> have. I teach on a 1st-2nd grade campus. Our ESL >> teacher's schedule has 11 hours of instruction per week. >> She has a 30 minute lunch and an hour of conference time >> each day. She also has 14 hours per week of nothing >> scheduled. On Fridays, nothing is scheduled for the >> entire day. She is a former reading coach. On M-TH she >> goes into different teacher's rooms and teaches the >> reading lesson to the entire class without focusing any >> attention to the ESL students. She does not pull out any >> ESL students at another time. This does not seem right to >> me. What do you think?

Nov 18, 2010

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Jenny On 11/18/10, st wrote: I agree with the other posts. I teach ESL but I also coordinate our school's ESL program, which means I monitor about 50 students who I don't see on a daily basis. I do a LOT of emailing teachers to see how kids are doing, schedule teacher meetings, parent meetings, etc. I do home visits during the day and in the evenings. I ...See More

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