The Who, What, and Why of Academic Language Development: Recent Episodes
The WCPSS AL Podcast
Welcome to the first Academic Language Coaching Podcast. Today we are going to give you the basics: the Who, What, Why, Where, and How of academic language coaching in WCPSS. Once you listen to this episode, we hope you’ll feel like you know us and why we do what we do. Sometimes you will hear us say academic language and at times we will say al. It’s the abbreviation for (academic language). Starting in Episode 2, we’ll begin to explore some academic language development strategies you might want to try in your learning space.
Listen in as Mr. Boyer and Ms. Solano share insight on their planning process for academic interactions in the classroom.
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Listen to today's final podcast for the season as the academic language coaches chat about the 2020 - 2021 school year. We will reflect on the topics we covered in the podcasts and discuss how this learning impacts the face-to-face and virtual learning environment. We will also have a brief discussion on how we can take what we learned this year and use this new learning for the 2021 - 2022 school year.
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As Academic Language Coaches, we support Elementary and Middle Title I Schools and teachers as they provide AL support and research based instructional strategies for all students. How might this align with the work of our colleagues in the ESL department? Join us as we interview two of our Sheltered Instruction Specialists about the ins and outs of their work supporting
Middle Schools, High Schools, and their respective teachers.
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Purposeful interaction may seem easy but being intentional with critical thinking, building up ideas, and having that equitable environment for all students is quite another story. In today's episode, academic language coaches will begin the conversation around purposeful interaction and discuss some of the early steps taken to support and develop engaging classrooms.
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Listen in to this episode to hear how Semone Liquet from Powell ES takes shy, reluctant, and uninterested students and creates a vibrant and collaborative learning environment using purposeful interaction strategies.
Mrs. Gordiano, a second-grade teacher from Yates Mill Elementary School, tells us how she uses language supports both face to face and virtually.
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In this episode, we discuss research around the effect size of language supports as an instructional strategy and the importance of using differentiated language supports so that all students are engaged, participating, and learning at high levels.
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Learn how protocols increase student engagement, as well as support learning content and developing language. You will hear from 2 teachers at Adams Elementary School who have been using protocols in both face-to-face and virtual instruction.
Listen as the AL Coaching team dives into the connection between a positive classroom community and academic language development. We also hear from a WCPSS fourth grade teacher and learn how she builds community within her online learning environment.
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Welcome back to More Than Words! Today we have joining us Tori Smith, a Title I Academic Language Cohort teacher. Tori teaches 1st grade at River Bend Elementary School. She will be sharing her experiences with leveraging academic language to build relationships and classroom community virtually as well as face-to-face.
Episode 2 Show Notes
This is an introduction to the academic language coaching podcast called, More Than Word! Today we will give you the basics: the Who, What, Why, Where, and How of academic language coaching in the Wake County Public School System. Once you listen to this episode, we hope you’ll feel like you know us and why we do what we do.
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