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Consent Decree Activity This activity is aligned to the following ESOL Standards:

TESOL Standard 5.a. ESL Research and History Demonstrate knowledge of history, research, educational public policy, and current practices in the field of ESL

teaching and apply this knowledge to inform teaching and learning.

Florida Teacher Standards for ESOL Endorsement

Domain 3: Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

Standard 1: ESL/ESOL Research and History Demonstrate knowledge of history, public policy, research, and current practices in the field of ESL/ESOL teaching

and apply this knowledge to improve teaching and learning for ELs.

Objective: To demonstrate knowledge of ways to inform and improve teaching of and

learning for ELs in the PreK-12 classroom.

Instructions: Divide into five groups. Each group will review their assigned website(s)

and present how this knowledge may inform and improve teaching and

learning for ELs, i.e., based on the URL you reviewed, what polices,

research, and/or practices should educators be aware of in fostering and

promoting learning for ELs?

Group 1: National Clearing House for English Language Acquisition

http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/ / Go to: Data and Demographics

Group 2: Florida Department of Education: http://www.fldoe.org

Bureau of Student Achievement through Language Acquisition (SALA) at

http://www.fldoe.org/aala/

Go to: Laws/Rules and Legislation (left sidebar),

scroll down to Consent Decree and review the six sections.

Group 3: Lau vs. Nichols (1974)

http://www-tc.pbs.org/beyondbrown/brownpdfs/launichols.pdf or http://www.stanford.edu/~hakuta/www/LAU/IAPolicy/IA1aLauvNichols.htm

Group 4: Casteñeda vs. Pickard (1981) http://www.stanford.edu/~hakuta/www/LAU/IAPolicy/IA1bCastaneda.htm

Group 5: Plyer vs. Doe (1982)

http://www.americanpatrol.com/REFERENCE/PlylerVDoeSummary.html

After class presentations, review other state and federal laws that support the framework

of the Florida Consent Decree (1990). Describe how these laws and policies inform and

improve instruction for ELs.