Andersen United Community School
Dec 04, 2014
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%
257/452 2631/5588 706/794867/772
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”