Final power point slides for April 8 2013 Orientation

1. Welcome
ECE Enhanced
Cohort!

2. University of Colorado Denver
ECE Enhanced: Early Literacy and Language
Development for Young English Language Learners
ESEA & Title II Grant Project delivered by CU Denver in APS

3.  Introductions
 Overview of Pertinent Cohort Information
 Future options with the CU Certificate Program
 Office of Continuing & Professional Education
(CPE): CPE Support Structures;
Registration Process;
Agreement Form & Signature Page.
 Start-up of LCRT 5210: Early Literacy & Language
Development for Young English Language Learners

5.  Elizabeth Wall-Macht, CU Denver Lead Instructor
& Faculty Mentor
 Anita Walker, CU Denver (also APS ECE Coordinator &
ECE Enhanced Contact in APS)
 Alea Wojdyla, CU Denver (also APS ELA Consultant
and ECE Enhanced Work Group
 Julie Branning, CU Denver (also APS district literacy
teacher coach at Altura Elementary & ECE Enhanced Work
Group )
 Dahlia Mohammad, CU Denver (also APS teacher at
Peoria Elementary & ECE Enhanced Work Group

6.  Lindsay Harn
Office of Continuing & Professional Education
(CPE) in CU Denver’s School of Education &
Human Development
Lindsay is responsible for the general management of
off-campus programs, facilitation of pre-registration
with CU & course registration in CPE.

7.  Sherry Taylor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in CU Denver’s School of
Education & Human Development
- Program Chair of the Literacy, Language &
Culturally Responsive Teaching Program
- Faculty Coordinator of the “ECE Enhanced:
Early Literacy and Language Development
for Young English Language Learners” Grant
Project
Sherry is responsible for overall coordination of the
grant project & the curriculum and instruction in
the “ECE Enhanced” Grant Project.

9.  The ECE Enhanced: Early Literacy and Language
Development for Young English Language
Learners;
 Federally funded by the 2012-2013 Elementary
and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Improving
Teacher Quality and Title II;
 Approved by Colorado Department of Higher
Education in the amount of $199,661.00;
 Funding for December 2012-Spring 2014.

10.  Dr. Sheri Charles, Ms. Anita Walker & Dr. Sherry
Taylor designed the ECE Enhanced grant project
to support professional development of APS ECE
staff for supporting ELL students;
 Funds support tuition costs, fees, and textbooks
for cohort participants and compensation for
university instruction, academic support and
coordination of 3 courses in the CU Denver
Certificate program, “Early Literacy.”

11. Courses topics include:
 Early Language & Literacy
Development & Acquisition
(LCRT 5210; Spring 2013)
 Assessment, Instruction & Routines
(LCRT 5220: Tentative for Fall 2013)
 Effective Literacy Instruction for Young
English Language Learners (LCRT 5230:
Tentative for Spring 2014)

12. The “Early Literacy Certificate Program” consists of
three courses (9 credits) with a specialized focus on
addressing the needs of young English language
learners. The Certificate is “stand alone” &
recognized on your CU transcripts by title.
A certificate program offers graduate-level courses –
and in this case, undergraduate courses -- that
provide professional teachers with a strong working
knowledge about a central topic to help them
address students' needs.

13. The program was developed to provide ECE
staff in APS with high-quality professional
development that can "stand alone" or be
applied toward future studies.
The course work is intended to give ECE staff a
thorough understanding of language & literacy
development and acquisition as well as
effective literacy instructional strategies, and
principles of linking assessment to instruction.

14. Upon successful completion of each
certificate course,
 each course title will be noted on CU
transcripts;
 the certificate title, “Early Literacy
Certificate Program” will also be
noted on your CU transcripts;
 In general, courses will be offered
with a blend of one evening per
week and some online sessions
(summer schedule detours slightly);

16. YES!
 The Certificate offers teachers with a strong
working knowledge about early literacy
with a specialized focus on addressing the
needs of young English language learners.
 The Certificate provides high-quality
professional development that can "stand
alone" or be applied toward future studies.

17. The three CU Certificate courses can also be applied toward
the following CDE-approved endorsements offered at CU
Denver:
 Reading Teacher Endorsement,
 Culturally & Linguistically Diverse
Endorsement,
 Early Childhood Special Education
Endorsement,
 ECE Endorsement (if the individual has licensure
already, this endorsement can be earned in concert with the CU
Denver ECE MA degree).

18. YES!
 MA degree in Curriculum & Instruction with
a specialization in Literacy, Language &
Culturally Responsive Teaching,
 MA degree in Curriculum & Instruction with
a specialization in Linguistically Diverse
Education.
 MA degree in Early Childhood Special
Education.
 MA degree in Early Childhood Education.

19.  Licensed degree in Early Childhood
Special Education, birth to age 8. (Note:
Students completing this degree have to take & pass the
PLACE exam in ECE SPED which will result in being
recognized as “highly qualified” by CDE).
 CU Denver has a proposed Bachelor of Arts
(BA) in Teaching, Learning & Development.
 In this undergraduate major, students can
pursue a specialization/licensure track in
Early Childhood Education, Elementary
Education, or Special Education (pending approval
of BA anticipated by Fall 2013 or January 2014).

20. Certificate Program: “Stand-alone” value
Nine (9) graduate or undergraduate
credits, listed on transcript as
3 individual courses & title of completed
certificate program
MA
Endorsement Degree
(24-27 credits) (36 credits)
Certificate
Program
(9 credits)

21.  Completion of the CU Denver ECE Enhanced
course work will take the place of the
Director Qualified requirement within the
Aurora Public School district;
 Completion of the CU Denver ECE Enhanced
course work will count for the APS Condition
of Employment required of K-12 certified
employees.

22. You are responsible for
 your engagement in and completion
of the CU Denver course work;
 maintaining a “B” average in the CU
Denver courses or risk being dropped
from the cohort;
 Paying your tuition and fees in full IF
you drop the CU Denver course after
the official “drop date” (for spring
2013, April 15th is drop date);

23.  Confirm your acceptance to participate in the ECE
Enhanced cohort;
 Confirm that you will check your APS email
account regularly for communication from CU
Denver.
 Complete the pre-registration process with CU
 Complete course registration with CU
 Complete online Survey #1 before April 8th and
Survey #2 after completion of the 3rd CU course.

24.  The survey is intended to
access participants’
knowledge and skills with
respect to addressing the  You will be asked to
needs of young English complete this survey
language learners. again at the conclusion
of the ECE Enhanced
course work.
 Colorado Department of
Higher Education requires  All aspects of your
that funded projects responses to the survey
measure participant’s will be kept confidential
professional growth and and will be used for the
understandings as a result purpose of program
of their involvement in the evaluation and faculty
research at CU Denver.
grant project.

25.  Please know that if a cohort participant
terminates employment with the Aurora Public
School district, their involvement in the ECE
Enhanced cohort will also be terminated.

26.  Release of Educational
Records and Information;
 This form gives CU Denver
permission to release your
records for use in the final
report required as part of the
grant project;
 Complete & sign. Return to
Lindsay Harn, Office of CPE

27.  CU Writing Center
Inservice in each course:
Support academic
writing & writing
academic papers; using
APA style
 CU instructors
differentiate their
instruction and the
graduate/undergrad
assignments;

28.  Regular Advising
Session in each
course: CU Denver’s
School of Education &
Human Development
Academic Advisors here
 Collaborative Support:
CU’s ECE Enhanced Faculty
Coordinator APS ECE
Coordinator, CU Instructors &
CPE staff work closely to support
the grant project success & your
positive learning experiences.

31.  Elizabeth Wall-Macht, CU Denver
Lead Instructor & Faculty Mentor
 Anita Walker, CU Denver (also APS ECE
Coordinator & ECE Enhanced Contact in APS)
 Alea Wojdyla, CU Denver (also APS ELA
Consultant and ECE Enhanced Work Group

32. • I have increased my awareness as to what appropriate
language development looks like including stages of
language development, components of language
structures, and how these and impact the learner’s
academic development.
• Rather than seeing what my students are lacking, I now see
what they know & I think about how to build upon their
knowledge. This process has been a great learning experience
& something that has made me a better teacher, both through
the course of the CU Denver classes and well into the future.