2. STANDARD 1
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Collaboration
Families
Communities
Colleagues
Other
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professionals
Ultimate goal: promote learner development

3. Standard #1
QUESTION:
• How can teachers collaborate with families, communities,
colleagues and other professionals? Provide examples.

4. Standard #1
FAMILY
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Send out letters
•
Conference times

5. Standard #1
COMMUNITY
• Post Assignments Online

6. Standard #1

7. Standard #1

8. Standard #1
COLLEAGUES AND OTHER
PROFESSIONALS
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Schedule meetings
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Ask for advice

9. Standard 2
The teacher understands the differences of
individuals and diverse cultures or communities so
each student can learn to the best of their abilities.

10. Standard #2
To reach this goal, teachers incorporate language
development into their classroom, which will include
access for English language learners and support of
becoming better english speakers.

11. Standard #2
QUESTION
How can teachers meet the needs of English language
learners?

12. Standard #2
Meeting the needs of English language learners:
• Visuals
• Gestures
• Adjust your speech: Speak slowly; enunciate; pauses;
repeat words or phrases; include shorter sentences, fewer
pronouns, and simpler syntax.
• Exaggerate intonations at times.

13. Standard #2
Meeting the needs of English language learners:
(Continued)
• Stress high-frequency vocabulary words.
• Use fewer idioms and clarify the meaning of words or
phrases in context.
• Stress participation
• Maintain a low anxiety level and be enthusiastic!!

14. Standard #2
EXAMPLES
A high school history teacher from Sacramento, California
was teaching his students about the Civil War. He has
several ELL, ESL and EFL students. To help the students
understand the civil war on a deeper level, he had his
students talk about civil wars in their home countries.
http://sacschoolblogs.org/ushistory/2011/12/12/civil-war-question/#comments

15. STANDARD #3 LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT

16. Standard #3 The Learning Environment
The teacher works with others to create
environments that support individual and
collaborative learning, and that encourage positive
social interaction, active engagement in learning,
and self motivation.

17. Standard #3 The Learning Environment
Definition of Collaborative Learning:
“Collaborative learning is an educational approach to
teaching and learning that involves groups of students
working together to solve a problem, complete a task, or
create a product”
(http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/archive/cl1/cl/moreinfo/mi2a.htm).

18. Standard #3 The Learning Environment
QUESTION:
Why is collaboration important?

19. Standard #3 The Learning Environment
• Teaches the bigger picture
Social interaction with their peers/working
together in a positive way
• They get to explore their resources/deep
thinking
“Collaboration is learned in the classroom and
then it is expanded to the rest of the world.”

20. Standard #3 The Learning Environment
Video 1:
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/collaborative-learningstrategy
Video 2:
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/choosing-collaborativegroups

21. STANDARD 4
• Content Knowledge
• Using multiple examples and resources
• Reaching every type of learner: visual, audial, and
kinesthetic
• Effective learning progressions
• Providing different stations for different levels of learners

22. Standard #4 Content Knowledge
QUESTION
How can teachers assess these levels of
development (cognitive, linguistic, social,
emotional, and physical)?

23. Standard #4 Content Knowledge
EXAMPLE
This is a sample lesson that employs Standard 4, that
will teach about the planets in space.

24. Standard #4 Content Knowledge
Visual Representation

25. Standard #4 Content Knowledge
FOR MORE ADVANCED STUDENTS
If any students already know the names and order of the
planets, I would put them in a separate station. If they have
internet permission from their parents, I would give them
something else to learn and explore.

26. Standard #4 Content Knowledge
Visual/Kinesthetic Representation
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/mars-article.html

27. Standard #4 Content Knowledge
Visual/Audial Representation
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/science_s
ongs/educational_videos_planets_song.html

28. Standard #4 Content Knowledge
Music and songs like in this video are a great way to get
students engaged. Music is scientifically proven to increase
cognition. Having students learn songs or listen to them
can help them learn and remember more quickly.

29. Standard #4 Content Knowledge

30. Standard #4 Content Knowledge
The teacher must assess if her resources were effective in
teaching the students.