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Assessment Description
After completing your selected activities from the “ESL-540 SEI-Specific Practicum/Field Experience :
• Co-plan a phonics lesson for a K-3 setting.
• Teach a small group phonics lesson for a K-3 setting.
• Teach a small group lesson using the state ELA standards.
Write a reflection about your learning and teaching experiences within all three categories (Introductory Activities, Collaborative Practice, and Independent Practice) to include a connection to the teaching preparation standards and SEI course framework. Your reflection should address the content learned throughout this course. Describe experiences you had throughout your ESL practicum/field experience that reflect effective instruction of English learners. In a minimum of 500 words, address the following:
- Discuss strategies you or your mentor used to celebrate cultural diversity.
- Explain how you or your mentor utilized engagement practices to highlight the assets of home language and/or involve families.
- Discuss how RTI strategies were utilized to support ELs and the accommodations available to help students, particularly with assessments.
- Describe how you or your mentor supported English learners in the classroom through a research-based SEI model.
- Discuss an experience you participated in and how this aligns with at least one of the principles of Arizona’s Language Development Approach: (1) asset-based behaviors and expectations, (2) integrated instruction in disciplinary language and content, (2) targeted and explicit language instruction, and (4) assessment, monitoring, and feedback.
- Describe an experience you participated in where you helped design or implement an integrated or targeted lesson plan and discuss how this plan aligned with the ELA and ELP standards.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines in the APA Style Guide, which is located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Before beginning, review the rubric to familiarize yourself with the expectations for successful completion.
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Rubric Criteria
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Cultural Diversity
13.5 points
Criteria Description
5. Target
13.5 points
Discussion of strategies used to celebrate cultural diversity is innovative.
4. Acceptable
11.75 points
Discussion of a strategy used to celebrate cultural diversity is sound.
. Unsatisfactory
0 points
Discussion of strategies used to celebrate cultural diversity is implausible.
Engagement Practices
13.5 points
Criteria Description
5. Target
13.5 points
An explanation of how engagement practices were utilized to highlight the assets of home language and/or involve families is meaningful.
4. Acceptable
11.75 points
An explanation of how engagement practices were utilized to highlight the assets of home language and/or involve families is significant.
Unsatisfactory
0 points
Explanation of how engagement practices were utilized to highlight the assets of home language and/or involve families is implausible.
RTI and Accommodations
13.5 points
Criteria Description
5. Target
13.5 points
Discussion of how RTI strategies were utilized to support ELs and what accommodations were available to support students, particularly with assessments, is thorough.
4. Acceptable
11.75 points
Discussion of how RTI strategies were utilized to support ELs and what accommodations were available to support students, particularly with assessments, is detailed.
Unsatisfactory
0 points
Discussion of how RTI strategies were utilized to support ELs and what accommodations were available to support students, particularly with assessments, is incoherent.
Research-Based SEI Models
13.5 points
Criteria Description
5. Target
13.5 points
Description of how support was provided to English learners in the classroom through a research-based SEI model is specific.
4. Acceptable
11.75 points
Description of how support was provided to English learners in the classroom through a research-based SEI model is clear.
Unsatisfactory
0 points
Description of how support was provided to English learners in the classroom through a research-based SEI model is incoherent.
Arizona’s Language Development Approach
13.5 points
Criteria Description
5. Target
13.5 points
Discussion of an experience and how it aligns with at least one of principles of Arizona’s Language Development Approach is sophisticated.
4. Acceptable
11.75 points
Discussion of an experience and how it aligns with at least one of the principles of Arizona’s Language Development Approach is descriptive.
Unsatisfactory
0 points
Discussion of an experience and how it aligns with at least one of the principles of Arizona’s Language Development Approach is irrelevant.
Integrated/Targeted Lesson Planning
13.5 points
Criteria Description
5. Target
13.5 points
Vividly describes an experience where an integrated or targeted lesson plan is designed or implemented. Discussion of how the plan aligned with the ELA and ELP standards is discerning.
4. Acceptable
11.75 points
Soundly describes an experience where an integrated or targeted lesson plan is designed or implemented. Discussion of how the plan aligned with the ELA and ELP standards is coherent and logical.
Unsatisfactory
0 points
Fails to describe an experience where an integrated or targeted lesson plan is designed or implemented. Discussion of how the plan aligned with the ELA and ELP standards is incoherent.
Organization
4.5 points
Criteria Description
5. Target
4.5 points
The content is thoughtfully organized. There is a sequential progression of ideas that relate to each other. The content is presented as a cohesive unit and provides the audience with a comprehensive sense of the main idea.
4. Acceptable
3.92 points
The content is logically organized. The ideas presented relate to each other. The content provides the audience with a clear sense of the main idea.
Unsatisfactory
0 points
The content is disorganized with no logical sequencing. The ideas presented are compartmentalized and may not relate to each other.
Mechanics of Writing
4.5 points
Criteria Description
Includes spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, language use, sentence structure, etc.
5. Target
4.5 points
No mechanical errors are present. Skilled control of language choice and sentence structure are used throughout.
4. Acceptable
3.92 points
Few mechanical errors are present. Suitable language choice and sentence structure are used.
