SEI Endorsement Course

This course provides the knowledge and skills to effectively shelter content instruction, as well as methods and strtegies to integrate language and literacy development into content-area instruction when teaching English learners (ELs) in kindergarten through Grade 12. Participants will develop a better understanding of social and cultural factors influencing EL students, the stages of second language acquisition, including developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive approaches to teaching and supporting ELs. Specifically addressed are instructional planning and assessment, the relationship between speech and print, word identification and vocabulary comprehension, reading and writing practices, and content-area reading-writing technology connections. Offered annually.