ESL PLC Meetings on RC Days

August 2013

Tying it Together

• PLC Calendar---Not Mandatory, but Not Optional

• ESL To Do List: August/September

Ali on Candid Camera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWe7TGvrqWk

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

Muhammad Ali

A Different Pathway?

Carol Dweck: Discovering the Importance of Mindset

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jDVd-nCEYc&list=PLD635C5E0C42D4E50

Carol Dweck: The Effect of Praise on Mindsets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTXrV0_3UjY&list=PLD635C5E0C42D4E50

How Can You Change From a Fixed Mindset to a Growth Mindset?

• http://www.mindsetonline.com/changeyourmindset/firststeps/index.html

Back in an hour!

We are the Experts!

We are the Resources, the ESL Leaders in our Buildings!

Teacher Evaluation Instrument

Essentials for the ESL Teacher*Common Core/Essential Standards =

OUR CURRICULUM

*WIDA is EVERYONE’S Responsibility

*SIOP is our TOOLKIT

Essentials for the ESL Teacher

*Foundations of Reading is for EVERY Teacher/EVERY Student

*What’s Different About Teaching Reading to Students Learning English?

is our Differentiation for LEPs

Essentials for the ESL Teacher

Lesson Plans are the Expectation forEVERY Teacher

If you fail to plan, You plan to fail…

Hearing a Different Drummer…

Why Do English Language Learners

Struggle With Reading?

Be a Leader! Teach a Teacher!

Will Smith: Hard Work Beats Talent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTyN0upf8Ws

My Vision for Myself

Burning Questions???