Sheltered English Immersion in the General Classroom

Catalog description

Seeks to prepare Massachusetts teachers across pre-K–12 classroom settings to effectively teach and assess English-language learners, ensuring students’ abilities to access grade-level curriculum, achieve academic success, and build upon and contribute their cultural strengths and skills to their learning settings. Uses evidence-based principles to offer participants an opportunity to plan Sheltered English Immersion lessons in a Sheltered Instructional Observation Protocol template using the WIDA English Language Development Standards. This course meets DESE requirements for the SEI endorsement as a stand-alone course. Requires fieldwork in an appropriate pre-K–12 setting.