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Clinical Field Experience B: ELL Instructor Interview

Interview an ELL instructor from a Title I school about how assessment is used for placement. You may interview one of the instructors that you have observed during your observations for this course. Inquire also about how placement and accommodations are determined for both special education and gifted ELLs. Your questions might include (but should not be limited to) the following:

1. What are the indicators of exceptionality a classroom teacher should look for when a student also has a language barrier?
2. How can informal as well as formal assessment results factor into placement?
3. What role do parents and teachers have in placement?
4. What are some primary factors that are exhibited in underachievement that may not necessarily signal special education needs?
5. What are some examples of classroom assessment techniques utilized for ELLs with special needs and gifted ELLs?
6. How are changes among individual ELL proficiency levels over the course of the school year accounted for?
7. How are diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments integrated for ELLs in mainstream classrooms?
8. What are the benefits of the SIOP protocol for native English speakers as well as those for whom English is an additional language?

Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the mentor teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.

Consolidate your findings in a 750 word essay, supporting your findings with at least three current sources from your readings and the GCU library to support your reasoning.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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Clinical Field Experience A: Data Informed Lesson Planning

Do this for Davis Early Learning Center in Beaufort SC. The teacher is Mrs. Burns she has a Kindergarten class.

Using multiple sources of student data helps educators develop lesson plans best suited to their students’ individual needs. Observing, assessing, and analyzing data is a part of the learning cycle.

Allocate at least 2 hours in the field to support this field experience.

Observe a lesson in a K-3 classroom. After your observation, collaborate with your mentor teacher to discuss the assessment cycle. Keep your data from your clinical field experiences, as it will be used in the benchmark assignment in Topic 5.

Ask your mentor to identify a student who would benefit from targeted teaching. Targeted teaching provides an opportunity to intervene and support the learning of one student more closely.

Discuss with your mentor teacher how anecdotal data for creating targeted teaching strategies (intervention activities) for students have been collected and organized. Important information to consider might include strategies the teacher has used in the past, students’ responses to the teacher’s selected strategies, level of students’ engagement, and things that motivate the students. This information will help you develop appropriate strategies to enhance the learning of identified students.

Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the mentor teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.

For this assignment, write a 250-500 word narrative explaining how the teacher uses data-informed decision-making and data organization systems to create lessons. Describe how your mentor teacher collects data on individual students to create instruction to meet their needs. Discuss the benefit of creating lesson plans that are aligned to the learning objectives and serve the learning needs of students.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.

Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to the LMS in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.

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