Data Analysis
When analyzing data, Beth:
- Works with school or district leadership team or ELL coordinator
- Analyzes school wide formative, summative, and/or standardized assessment data for trends, program effectiveness, challenges and opportunities
- Disaggregates data to review trends at different grade levels, language acquisition levels, program participation, etc.
- Uses analysis to develop recommendations for next steps at a school or district wide level
Student Shadowing
When shadowing students, Beth:
- Trains a team of teachers to use the Shadowing Tool
- Uses Shadowing Tool to gather a school wide snapshot of students’ academic language use in all four language domains (listening, speaking, reading, and writing)
- Analyzes and interprets shadowing data as a team or entire staff for implications for instruction
- Develops goals and instructional strategies designed to meet needs identified in shadowing data
- Compares shadowing data from early in the school year to later in the school year
- Uses shadowing data as part of school wide review of language development program
Program Design
When designing language acquisition programs, Beth:
- Facilitates a school or district-wide design team
- Follows Design Thinking to empathize with students, define the challenges, ideate options, and test prototypes of program models.
- Consults with school or district leadership teams throughout the process for constraints and feedback
- Provides resources and feedback to the design team
Beth can offer any of these workshops virtually. To customize any of these frequently requested workshop topics
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