WGU D096 Fundamentals of Diverse Learners Latest 2024 Graded A
What is Title III of ESSA (Every student succeeds act)? Ensure English learners attain
... [Show More] English proficiency and develop high levels of academic achievement including migrant children and youth
Requirements: -Consistent methods to determine whether students are eligible of EL services -Grater emphasis on parent/family communication -Options to assess Els in native languageWhat laws are in place to support ELL's 1. No Child Left Behind 2. Every Student Succeeds Act 3. FERPA What are the 4 different program options for ELLs? 1. English as a second Language 2. Structure English Immersion 3. Transitional Bilingual Education 4. Dual Language (2way immersion) What is English as a second language program?
1 | P a g eGOAL special curriculum to teach ELLs about the English language: academic vocab,
develop
English proficiency in speaking writing, reading listening with little use of ELL's primary
language.
What is structure English immersion (SEI) program?
Implemented to ELL can transition and succeed in an English-only mainstream classroom
with
little use of ELL primary language.
What is Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE) program?
Program that maintains and develops skills in primary language while introducing,
maintaining
and developing skills in English. The goal is to transition into English instruction as skills
build
up.
What is a dual language or two-way immersion program?
A bilingual program where the goal is for the student to develop proficiencies in two
languages.
Normally classroom is 1/2 English and 1/2 other languages.
What is WIDA (World-class Instructional Design and Assessment)?
A group of state depts. of education to the design and implementation of high standards
and
equitable educational opportunities for ELL
What are 5 steps to ensure instruction and assessments are aligned to state or
national Englishlanguage development standards
1. Instruction focuses on providing ELL's with opportunities to engage in discipline-specific
2 | P a g epractices designed to build conceptional understand and language competence.
2. Instruction leverages Ell's home language, cultural assets, and prior knowledge. Make
Connections.
3. Standards-aligned are rigorous, grade-level appropriate, and provided deliberate and
appropriate scaffolding.
4. Instruction moves ELLs forward by analyzing English proficiency levels and prior school
experience.
5. Instruction fosters ELLs autonomy by giving them strategies necessary to comprehend
language.
What is ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
Civil Rights law prohibits disability discrimination by schools, employers and anyone who
offers
goods and services to the public.
What is Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)?
Replaced No child left behind. Its purpose is to make sure public schools provide a quality
education for all kids.
What is important about a 504 Plan?
Rehabilitation Act (civil rights law)
Provides Accommodations
Focuses on HOW the student learns
No Funding
3 | P a g eImpairment limits involvement in activities
What are the major differences between 504 and
IEP?Special education law-IDEA.
specialized instruction.
Focuses on WHAT the student is learning
States receive funding
Delineates specific
IEP will turn into an after-school graduatiterm-109on success plan.
students must have one of 13 specific
qualifications.4 levels of least Restrictive
Environment
1. General Ed. Classroom with support-Spends entire day in the classroom and gets
supportservices
2. Partial mainstream- spend part of the day in gen. ed then.
3. Special education classroom- specialized for instruction for kids with similar needs.
4. Specialized program outside of district- private schools, programs, or hospital
programs.
What 4 Guidelines for discipline issues for students with disabilities?
4 | P a g e1. Every child has the right to know the rules beforehand.
2. A change in placement might be used as discipline if protocols are followed.
3. Manifestation Determination must be considered
4. Drugs, weapons, or serious injury must be handled immediately with 10-45
suspension13 characteristics needed for IEP under IDEA
1. Autism
2. Intellectual disability
3. Haring Impairment
4. Deafness
5. Speech or language impairment
6. Visual Impairment (including blindness)
7. Emotional disturbance (including anxiety/depression)
8. Orthopedic impairment
9. Traumatic brain injury
10. Other health impairment-due to acute/chronic health problem
11. Specific Learning Disabilities (dyslexia, auditory processing)
12. Deaf-blindness
13. Multiple Disabilities- More than one condition under
IDEAWhat is dysgraphia?
A specific learning disability related to writing; mainly with handwriting legibly and
at age-appropriate speed.
What is OCR (office for Civil Right) ?
Enforces section 504 of the Rehabilitation
5 | P a g eact.
4 Identifying factors for a Gifted/Talented student?
1. Cognitive. Keen power of abstraction
2. Creative Acceleration
3. Unusual emotional depth and intensity empathy to others.
4. Behavioral- intensely focused on passions resist changing activities
(Leadership skills, High levels of language supports, heightened sense of
awareness)Challenges facing gifted /talented students
Boredom
Finding intellectual
peers Finding a balance
betweenPerfectionism
respect/
ability
Sensitivity
What is interest based selection?
Students choose an assignment from a range of
topicsWhat is Mixed grouping?
Teacher groups students based on ability levels or mastery of
the skill.What is a tiered lesson?
Teacher assigns each student an assignment of varying complexity levels depending on
studentreadiness.
6 | P a g eWhat are the levels of Multi-tiered system of supports?
Tier 1- Diagnostic support
Tier 2- Targeted support (interventionist)
Tier 3- Highest support. Geared toward skills growth and acquisition much more
narrowlyfocused.
What are 5 examples of multi-tiered support strategies that enable educators to
provedappropriate intervention or acceleration?
1. Understanding by design
2. Universal design for learning
3. Differentiated instruction
4. Social-Emotional Inclusion
5. Physical Inclusion
What is Understanding By design? (UBD)
Framework for planning that begins by thinking about the desired end goals of
instruction in terms of 'Big ideas'. Teachers need to consider the content and level of
understanding studentsneed to reach end goal.
What is universal design for learning? (UDL3)
In planning instruction & assessments
proactively by1- engagement
2- representing
3- expression
What is differentiated instruction?
Adjust curriculum and instruction to meet the needs of individual students. HELPS ALL
supportUDL and UBD
7 | P a g ePyramid Bottom- all students will learn most important
conceptsPyramid middlemost students will learn complex
content/vocab
Pyramid top some students will learn abstract detailed and incidental
concepts.What is social-emotional inclusion?
Ensures all students have the opportunity for development of authentic friendships with
a aboardrange of peers in a variety of settings.
What is physical inclusion?
All students have equitable access to all facilities, services and
activities.What is Positive Behavior Intervention Support? (PBSI)
The goal of PBSI is to improve school safety and promote positive behavior.
Prevention notpunishment.
What are the three tiers of PBIS?
Tier 1- Universal school-wide system for everyone- basic
behaviorTier 2- Extra/targeted support for struggling
students
Tier 3- The most intensive, for students who need individualized supports and
services forongoing behavioral concerns.
What are 4 characteristics of ELLs?
1. Most speak Spanish
2. Most likely to attend urban schools
3. Nearly 60% are from low-income families
8 | P a g e4. Strengths in native language academic skills. high level of resilience. Lack of
effectiveconsistent language instruction
What are the 5 different stages of second language acquisition?
1. Pre-production
2. Early production
3. Speech emergence
4. Intermediate Fluency
5. Advanced fluency
What happens in the Pre-production stage of Second Language Acquisition?
Student has minimal comprehension w/o scaffolds and doesn't verbalize 'Silent Period' 6
weeks
What happens in the early production stage of Second Language Acquisition?
Student has limited comprehension without supports, 1-3 word sentences.
6months-1yearWhat happens in the Speech emergence stage of Second Language
Acquisition?
Student has good comprehension, and makes more frequent with more word in
sentences andmakes grammatical errors. 1-3 years
What happens in the Intermediate Fluency stage of Second Language Acquisition?
Student has excellent comprehension and makes few grammatical errors. 3-5 years
mostly fluentin social situations
What happens in the Advanced Fluency stage of Second Language
Acquisition?Near native level of speech 5-7 years
9 | P a g eWhat is acculturation?
An individual's adjustment to a new culture while also retaining important cultural
beliefs,customs and native language. A blending of two cultures.
What are 4 key issues that may influence ELL's?
1. Cultural fatigue
2. Language Shock
3. Role Shock
4. Education shock
What is cultural
fatigue?
ELLs feel they do not want to participate or enjoy school events
What is language shock?
ELLs realize how limited they are in their English abilities and that learning the
language is notan easy task.
What is role shock?
ELLs might experience stress when they begin to see that their position in their school
and sociallive have dramatically changed
What is education shock?
ELLs experience this form of shock when they begin to adjust to life in an
academicenvironment that is different from their own.
Describe six key elements in an inclusive and diverse classroom culture
Create a cultural frame for
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