Nicole+Smith

Nicole's Journal




 * __Project Proposal__**

My project will be a teacher resource for English Language Development (ELD). Last year the Reynolds School District implemented a new ELD curriculum K-12 and the Focused Approach to Systematic English Language Development framework. Throughout the year last year 06-07, various teachers teaching ELD asked the ELL Department on help in implementing the curriculum and framework. Teachers asked for a plethora of things to help them do their jobs more effectively and efficiently. Why do we need to keep reinventing the wheel? Teachers asked for a curriculum map that included the Oregon state standards, which are the functions of English; the forms of English; thematic units; grade level; English proficiency level; Structured Language Practice games, etc. Teachers also asked for picture cards, visual examples (i.e. pictorial input charts) they could use in their classrooms, and ELD lesson plans to be shared. Therefore, I have decided to work with the ELL Department and Technology Department in meeting teachers needs. I will use the district’s “Eye on the District” site to post a curriculum map, picture cards (from Microsoft clip art) with vocabulary, various chart examples including all of the elements- Language function, language forms used, proficiency level, sentence frames, structured language practice and grade level. I will then communicate with the teachers in the district teaching ELD that this resource is available, so they can start accessing it. The media I intend to use to present this project to the EDFL 675 group will be text as well as some slides.