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The Secondary ESOL Educator Backpack

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The Secondary ESOL Educator Backpack

Have you ever wondered where to find a resource or where you can look for information?

Wonder no more!

Backpack Resources

myMCPS Classroom

Includes:

Professional Learning Resources 

Online Learning Modules

  • Advanced Curriculum 3-5

  • METS Reading Foundations Curriculum

Meeting Agendas

Teaching Resources

And more

Advanced Curriculum Online Classroom

Resources are in one easy to find location.  Online learning available for the new to Advanced Curriculum educator.

Coming Fall 2019, Google Sites, Intranet for our METS Teachers

MS CS & ESOL Teacher Leader Classroom

Meeting resources to reference

HS ESOL RT & ESOL Teacher Leader Classroom

Meeting resources to reference

ELD Instructional Guides

  • ESOL Pathways
  • Pacing Guide
  • Grading Guide
  • Production Rubric
  • Feedback Form
  • And more!

MS ELD Instructional Guide

It is the perfect compliment to the Advanced Curriculum.

HS ELD Instructional Guide

Language targets amplified and ready to align with the new Advanced Curriculum for high school.

METS Literacy Instructional Guide

Adapted lessons with clear evidence to language, rigor, and equity is found in this easy to follow guide for everything METS. Access the METS Reading Foundations Curriculum to find resources to support your instruction and assessment.  

English Language Development Progressions

The standards are correlated to WIDA's Performance Criteria.  Expectations are highlighted for production at each proficiency level.  A great resource for planning your differentiated instruction and assessment.

ESOL Strategies & Progress Checks

Align language progress checks to the ESOL curriculums to monitor evidence of learning in four language domains for our English learners?

Provide meaningful feedback to students based on the language production rubric?

Is there an available English learner educator strategy toolkit?

Yes, and it's here!

MCPS EL Educator Community Classroom
High Yield Instructional Strategy Toolkit from our EL Educators

Progress Check Production Rubric and Progress Check Grading Guidelines

How did your EL students perform on the language progress checks this quarter?  Find out here!

MCPS Evidence of Learning FY19: High School | Middle School

When is the assessment?  Evidence of Learning for FY 19 will let you know so you can map out your long-range planning.

Language Assessment Limits: Keystones | Milestones updated 11/14/17

What do my students need to know in order to show evidence of learning?  A perfect way to design ongoing common formative assessment.

Approved Bilingual Dictionaries

Need a dictionary for one of your English learners?
You will most likely find it here.

Technology Tools

Summary of EL Tech Tools for your daily classroom instruction and assessment.

Many of our schools support 1-1 technology or have access to Chromebooks for your EL classroom.  Thinking about creative ways to engage our 21st digital natives?  Then, read more on the summary page above.  Let us know what works well in your classroom and we will continue adding to our summary page.

Thanks!