Guest Speaker: Deborah Short
Member, TESOL Board of Directors, Noted ELL Researcher and Co-Developer of the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol(SIOP)
Main Session:
Using the SIOP Model to Reach Common Core Standards
This session explains how the SIOP Model can address the Common Core ELA and Math standards with techniques that support vocabulary development, oral language skills, and content area literacy.
K-12 Breakout I:
Getting Started with the SIOP Model
*Deborah Short
This session provides an overview of the SIOP Model and demonstrates some techniques that teachers can use to integrate language and content.
K-12 Breakout II:
Sheltered Instruction Strategies to Meet Common Core Standards
*Flavia Molea Baker, ESL teacher, Cumberland High School *Christine Dowding, ESL Teacher, Park School, Warwick
Adult Breakout III:
Language Learning and Building Academic Skills for College Readiness
*Kathy Evans, ESOL Instructor Rhode Island Family Literacy Initiative, Cranston
