[Closed] Do You Work with English Learners in Grades 6-12? Participate in Our Survey!

We have reached participate capacity. Thank you for your interest in CSEL!

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We invite you to participate in a research study to understand the experiences of English Learner (EL) students as they navigate coursetaking in middle and high school.

YOUR ANSWERS ARE CONFIDENTIAL • YOUR PARTICIPATION IS VOLUNTARY • YOUR EXPERIENCES ARE IMPORTANT

We also hope to learn about the supports, challenges, and overall experiences of the teachers and adults who support English Learners at school. Your participation will provide important information about how to improve experiences for English Learners.

Who Can Participate?

You may participate if:

• You are a middle school or high school (grades 6-12) educator. This includes: general education teachers, ENL/TESOL teachers, EL specialists/ELPAC coordinators, school administrators, and guidance counselors;

• You work at a public (non-charter) school in the United States;

• You work with students officially classified as English Learners.

What You'll Do:

Participate in a 30-minute survey with questions about:

• How English Learners in your school access grade-level content courses;

• Your experience taking the survey.

Compensation:

Educators who participate will receive a $25 Amazon gift card delivered to their email.

YOUR ANSWERS ARE CONFIDENTIAL • YOUR PARTICIPATION IS VOLUNTARY • YOUR EXPERIENCES ARE IMPORTANT

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If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Jeremy Miciak via email, Jeremy.Miciak@times.uh.edu

Cross-Subject-Area Course Requirements & Their Implications for Diploma Options in Texas for ELs

This presentation was given at the 2022 AERA Annual Meeting on April 22, 2022.

The Center for the Success of English Learners was funded in 2020 by IES to carry out a focused program of research on Middle and High School ELs. This program has both a Policy and an Instructional Focus. The primary instructional focus is on improving outcomes in Science and Social Studies drawing on findings from recent consensus reports of the NASEM. This work leverages the role of content area instruction in the development of language proficiency.

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AERA TX CSEL Presentation Final

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Webinar Recording: How Policy Affects Access to Learning for English Learners

In this first of several webinars on Teaching for Success presented by the Center for the Success of English Learners (CSEL), Drs. Michael Kieffer and David Francis presented on work of the Policy Strand of the center that was recently shared at the IES Principal Investigators meeting.

Dr. Francis opened the session with a discussion on diversity in education settings, focusing on diversity among ELs and the interplay between language proficiency and content area achievement. Dr. Kieffer followed with a presentation on content area course taking among ELs in NYC and Houston high schools, examining how ELs are sorted within and between schools and the wide variation that is observed in the extent to which ELs have opportunities to learn with their non-EL peers.

Drs. Francis and Kieffer discussed differences between NYC and Houston, as well as implications for our ongoing policy analysis to set the stage for future webinars focused on instruction.