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ELL Success in the Content Classroom

Teacher Toolbox Series

Claire McLaughlin and Ellen Manos

Plan lessons, activities and assessment with the ELL in mind, and create an engaging and welcoming environment for the ELL and their families.

This Specialization covers lesson planning and assessing with the ELL in mind as well as engaging the ELL student and their families in the school and community. In the final Capstone Project, you’ll apply the skills you learned by creating an annotated lesson plan and assessment with appropriate modifications for the ELL students. You will also develop a bank of resources for engaging the ELL in your school and community.

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Four courses

Lesson Planning with the ELL in Mind

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In this course, you will learn how to design lesson plans around the needs of your ELL students and their language level. You will learn how to align language objectives to the adopted standards of your school and content area. You will learn how to modify existing course materials as well as develop graphic organizers and languages frames to support ELLs’ access to content.

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Assessing Achievement with the ELL in Mind

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In this course, you will learn how to design assessments for your ELL students. You will learn how to incorporate language and content requirements for both formative and summative assessment types. You will learn to assess your ELL students through the use of project and task-based assignments. You will learn to use and modify rubrics to align to and measure student achievement of your language and content learning objectives.

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Engaging ELLs and Their Families in the School and Community

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In this course, you will learn how to engage your ELLs and their families in the school and community. You will learn how to engage your ELL student in the classroom setting as well as in various aspects of the school including extracurricular activities and the inner workings of the school and education system. You will also be introduced to strategies for engaging the families of your ELL students in the school community and the wider community of your city and state.

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ELL Success in the Content Classroom: Capstone Project

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As teachers, it is essential to have a wide range of resources to modify for specific students and classroom contexts. In this capstone project, you will apply the concepts learned throughout the specialization to create your own toolbox designed with the ELL in mind.

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Time

32 hours

Level

Intermediate

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Coursera

Institution

Arizona State University

Instructors

Claire McLaughlin

Ellen Manos

Level

Intermediate

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