At the last PLC meeting, our Beg. Lit and Low teachers at our BESST-evening site came up with a great a culminating group project. Their students will make a Moving on Up movie that introduces beginning literacy students to the beginning low level. This project capitalizes on the power of project based learning. It gives students a [...]
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Our ESL Curriculum Planning Team will meet this Wednesday at the BESST-Center, Room 116, from 2:30-4:00pm. To view/download our CPT Agenda, click on the below hyperlink:
CPT Agenda (March 19)
CPT Meeting Minutes (March 19)
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Our professional learning community (PLC) teams meet twice a month for 40 minutes of collaboration time. They analyze data, evaluate progress, and share best practices. For specific ideas on how we spend our time, please click on the following document:
PLC Wrap Session Ideas.
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Our curriculum planning team is working to provide additional tools for our Beginning Literacy teachers. Here is a draft of our ESL Beginning Literacy Expected Learner Outcomes. Read on for more information.
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Posted in Adult School - NMUSD, Assessments, Curriculum, ESL, WASC - All Categories, WASC - Category B, WASC - Category C, tagged Adult Education, Assessments, ESL, level placement on January 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In our adult ESL program, we use a variety of assessments to evaluate student learning. During the last week of the semester, our teachers and ESL students work together to review these assessments and jointly determine whether the students have met the exit criteria for their levels.
In this article, you can read about our next-level placement [...]
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