Office of Field Support Jose Ruiz Executive Director

Cheryl Watson- Harris Senior Executive Director Nancy Saffer, Deputy Executive Director

Supporting and Engaging English Language

Learners at IS 206

Facilitated by:
Jill Schimmel, ELL Services Administrator
Bronx Field Support Center

Session Objectives:
 Build understanding of big ideas in ELL instruction:
o What is the ELL experience?
o Guiding principles for instructing ELLs in the 21st century
o All teachers are teachers of ELLs
o Advanced Literacies: why and how?

 Utilize ELL resources that will serve as a guide for the entire year
and beyond.

http://intranet.nycboe.net/SpecialPopulations/ELL/Resources/default.htm

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Cheryl Watson- Harris Senior Executive Director Nancy Saffer, Deputy Executive Director

Guiding Principles for Instructing ELLs in the 21st Century

A.Nani ga wakarimashita ka? B. Douyatte? C. Eigo
What I understood How? English

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Debrief: How was Who are your ELLs? What are they capable What are their needs
the JLL experience of? (opportunities)?
for you?

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Please also see Disciplinary Literacy Brief and other research briefs on DELLSS website.

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Cheryl Watson- Harris Senior Executive Director Nancy Saffer, Deputy Executive Director

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