DataWORKS SB 472

Guiding Principles

English Learners need:

1. Explicit Direct Instruction in English Language Development
2. Explicit Direct Instruction in academic content
3. English Language Development embedded in all lessons
4. Effective Instructional Strategies

SB 472 DataWORKS ELPD Academy: Who should attend?

• K-12 teachers who have already completed an initial 40-hour AB 466/SB 472 training
• Instructional support coaches
• Site and district administrators

What Is the SB 472 ELPD Academy?

The DataWORKS SB 472 ELPD 40-hour academy is designed for K-12 teachers who have completed the initial 40-hour AB 466/ SB 472 training. DataWORKS SB 472 training focuses on using effective research-based instructional practices to teach grade-level content and English language development (ELD) aligned with California State Board-adopted content and ELD Standards, and California State Board of Education (SBE)-adopted or -approved instructional materials. This training includes evidence-based practical information, structured reflection, demonstration lessons, planning time, and opportunities to practice new strategies.

The 40-hour training investigates the essential components of effective instruction and links this foundational teaching methodology with proven strategies and tactics used to bring English Learners along with their grade-level, English-proficient peers in grade-level academic core content. The methodology accelerates student progress toward full academic proficiency and optimizes student potential to perform on state standards tests each year.

Schools and districts may choose to participate in our SB 472 ELPD training with or without follow-up support in the form of an intensive Practicum. The Practicum hours may be used by the participants to complete the supplemental 40 hours required for SB 472 completion.

What do participants learn at the DataWORKS SB 472 ELPD Academy (40 Hours)? (See daily agendas)

The DataWORKS English Learner Professional Development Academy is built upon the premise that English learners learn the most when provided with well-crafted lessons day after day after day. The Academy training shows teachers how to work with their SBE-adopted materials:

1. To provide lessons built upon effective, research-based lesson design components including Learning Objective, Activate Prior Knowledge, Concept Development, Importance, Skill Development, Guided Practice, and Lesson Closure.
2. To incorporate research-based lesson delivery strategies into lessons including Modeling, Explaining, Demonstrating, continuous Checking for Understanding (to verify students are learning), Differentiation, and Active Participation.
3. To include Cognitive Strategies in lessons so students will remember what they were taught (Rehearsal, Elaboration, and Organization).
4. To add English Learner Strategies to all lessons to make English easier to understand (Comprehensible Input, Contextual Clues, Supplementary Materials, Adaptations of Existing Materials)
5. To support English language acquisition all day, every day through listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English.
6. To embed English vocabulary development in all lessons (Academic, Content, and Support vocabulary words).

SB 472 ELPD participants will gain knowledge and understanding of:

• Confirmed research findings on how EL students learn language and content (ELs learn the same way as non ELs, all students learn best from well designed lessons; English Learners need to be explicitly taught) and how to apply this research to classroom practice.
• The language and content teaching demands needed for English learners to access grade-level appropriate academic content standards and English language development (ELD) standards.
• The relationship between state-adopted English Language Arts and English Language Development Standards; math, science, and social science.
• How standards are supported through the curriculum frameworks with regard to differentiating instruction through universal access related to mathematics and reading/language arts for English learners.
• How to write language learning objectives that are related to the learning of grade-level content.
• Specific strategies to address listening and speaking.