The SIOP® Model

Continuing Professional Development

Think about your implementation plan. In what ways would you like for it to be modified?

• Where are we?• Where do we want to go?• How are we going to get there?

Now what?

Where are we?

• Just completed initial training • Draft Implementation plan• Materials – MCC 4th ed, PD toolkit, 99

Ideas, Coaching, WIDA 2012• Ready to start initial implementation

Now what?

Where do we want to go?• Deeper understanding of the SIOP model through

application of the components and their features with reflective analysis

• Ongoing support and continuing PD• Know our students!

Culturally responsive teaching through SIOP leads to students’ increased academic language

Increased understanding of needs of ELLs• Begin Program Evaluation

Data collection

Now what?

USE IT!

Study Groups/PLCs/TL

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Structured Discussion

Co-Planning/

Co-Teaching

Observe Peers/Coac

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The ELL Support Team

Demo Lessons

Reflect/Mentor/

SIP

Culturally Responsive Teaching

Now what?How are we going to get there?

THE SIOP

MODEL

Ideas for Implementation:

• USE IT! Feel confident to try!• Study Groups/PLCs/TLCs• SIOP Training Workshops• Co-planning/ Co-teaching• Culturally Responsive Teaching• Demonstration Lessons• Coaching/Mentoring• Focused Class Visits/Peer Observations• SIPs• The ELL Support Team• Structured Discussions (Quarterly Conversations, book study, online

forums)

Training and Support for…..

• Teachers Content ESL

• Administrators• School Counselors • Coaches

Site / District Peer / Practiced veteran

Professional Learning Communities

Teachers meet to explore the SIOP Model.

• Small group• Book study• Regular meeting• Planned agenda

What Teachers Accomplish in Study Groups/PLCs

• Examine teaching strategies Share success and celebrate small steps of

progress Explore areas for improvement

• Explore and realize beliefs and biases about students

• Analyze willingness and success in improving teaching and learning

SIOP Workshops

• Explain SIOP component and features• Share strategies• Celebrate successes• Foster collaboration

Co-planning• Plan instruction together• The focus of planning is student-centered

and culturally responsive• Write lesson plans and objectives together• Link content concepts across the curriculum• ESL teacher + content teacher• Content teacher + content teacher• Grade level teachers

Co-teaching

• Teachers plan a lesson together and share responsibilities of lesson delivery Content teacher + ESL teacher Content teacher + coach

Demonstration Lessons

• A coach or “practiced teacher” demonstrates a specific SIOP feature

• Builds familiarity and comfort with SIOP

Coaching

• A coach observes a SIOP class and provides feedback in a debrief session.

• Coaching is supportive in nature. Provide objectivity in the data observed. The person being coached evaluates his/her own performance.

What I hear, I forget:What I see, I remember:What I do, I understand.

- Old Chinese proverb

Focused Class Visit

Peer:• observes previously identified aspect(s) of

colleague’s class• records observational data• debriefs in post conference

Reflections

Audiotape / videotape yourself and rate yourself using the SIOP protocol.

Keep a journal of your implementation of the SIOP Model

Coaching Time Supports

Administrators must schedule coaching at convenient times; ideally during the school day.

Protected planning periods After-school meetings Release time for peer observations

Administration Buy-In is Key

• Promote the SIOP Model school-wide

• Support teachers during training and in implementation stages

• Recognize the needs of teachers as adult learners

• Ensure follow-up support

Activity:NC Professional Teaching Standards

• Standard I: Teachers demonstrate leadership• Standard II: Teachers establish a respectful

environment for a diverse population of students• Standard III: Teachers know the content they teach. • Standard IV: Teachers facilitate learning for their

students.• Standard V: Teachers reflect on their practice.

The NC Teacher Evaluation Process

SUPPORT FROM NC DPI

NC ELL Support Team offers assistance:

• Face to face and virtual training/follow-up• Implementation guidance and support• Component Enrichment• Coaching• Measures of Student Outcomes

ELL Support Team

Contact: Dr. Joan LachanceAssistant Professor of TESL

UNC Charlotte704-293-6141

JLachance@uncc.edu

Implementation Plan

• Work with your school team to discuss your next steps based upon what you have learned in the training.

“Every path to a new understanding begins in confusion.” -- Mason Cooley