Originally posted March 5, 2013 on Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner On February 26 I was fortunate to attend the Alliance for Excellent Education’s briefing on the CCSS for ELLs in Washington, DC. The briefing focused on how CCSS shifts will affect ELLs, as well as multiple ways in which…
Thanks for your interest in DSF Consulting. Here are some of the ways our team worked to support the achievement of English learners and the educators who work with them last month. Presentations and Group Facilitation Diane and John Segota, TESOL International Association’s Associate Executive Director for Public Policy and…
Originally posted February 22, 2013 on Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner This post is my second of two about how the shifts of the English Language Arts CCSS are playing out in classrooms with ELLs. My first post was about teaching informational text to ELLs, and this post will…
Thank you for keeping up with DSF Consulting! As always, our team was busy in January working on multiple projects to support English learners’ academic achievement. Blogs and Other Writing Colorin Colorado: Diane posted four lengthier blogs related to the Common Core for ELs on Colorin Colorado website, a popular bilingual…
Originally posted January 28, 2013 on Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner The implementation of the Common Core means that all students, including English language learners, will face new demanding academic and cognitive requirements across content areas and grade levels. For ELLs, English language development (ELD) standards provide a tool…
Originally posted January 21, 2013 on Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner In the recent article titled “Educators Tout IB’s Links to Common Core,” Education Week described the intersection between the standards used in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program and the Common Core. In case you’re not familiar with IB, the program has been…
