ELD

Very exciting news is coming to our elementary teachers to support English learners and all students needing differentiated learning to make content comprehensible. It is called Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP), a scientifically validated model that is not another new program, but is a means for bringing a variety of methods and practices together. It is a means for organizing instruction and is an umbrella under which effective practices reside. Features include teaching to objectives, focusing on vocabulary development, explaining academic tasks in a clear fashion, explicitly teaching and using learning strategies, asking higher order questions, grouping students to achieve differentiated instruction, and assessing student comprehension. The 3-day training will be offered this April at the county (1 teacher per site) and this summer in June for the first group of 30 teachers. More details will be coming.