Prairie Spirit School Division

Communicating Evidence of Learning: Placement/Support and the CFR

Our Division and our Students

Number of students• 10, 300 students

• 644 EAL students

Location of 45 schools• Urban and Rural

• Leask (north), Perdue (west), Colonsay (east), and Hanley (south)

Diversity of learners • New Immigrants, Refugees, Canadian born English Language Learners, 9

Hutterian colonies

Topics1. Introduction - Josh

2. Reception and Orientation - Tara

3. Initial Assessment – Eric

4. Progress Report Insert - Josh

5. Data Walls - Cheryl

6. Next steps…. all

Josh

Cheryl

Tara Eric

Placement/Support and the CFR

• This project focused on providing strong practices for both reception/orientation and programming/placement.

• Documents were created with the intent to help guide schools to ensure that EAL students receive the best possible reception/orientation.

• We also created systems and procedures to assist teachers in determining and communicating CFR levels. We focused on communicating and informing all parties involved (teacher/student/parent).

Reception and Orientation

New Registration Format

Fully integrated into PowerSchool system

-determines:

Residency Status, CFR levels and Tuition

Reception and Orientation

Binder Includes:

• Welcome bulletin board packages

• Parent packages

• Teacher packages

New PSSD - Initial Assessment

• Modified South East Cornerstone Initial Assessment document

• Created protocols for usage

• Met as a division EAL team to ensure alignment in administration

• This document helps guide teachers to appropriately adapt and program for EAL students.

• Brought group of EAL teachers and classroom teachers together(multi).

Changes to SECSD Initial Assessment

• Revised introduction

• Created/modified an initial oral assessment

• Added an A.W.L assessment (High School)

• Changed the order from skill based to age based (Elementary, Middle, High School)

• Included a first language writing sample

• Changed speaking and writing prompts

• Included Sight Word and Phonics Assessment

• Created new Initial Assessment Flowchart

• Made CFR and Initial Assessment based Placement and support flow chart/ programming recommendations

• Middle years writing assessment (Coming To Canada: A Four Picture Story)

• Essay and graphic organizer for secondary writing task

• Included PSSD CFR yearly report template

• Modified most of the CFR rubrics

Changes to Initial Assessments

CFR Summary Rubric

Classroom teacher/EAL enters the scores

Scores entered into Power School

Data Wall Sample

Progress Reports

CFR Explanation Insert

Next Steps…Into the future

• Independent EAL Course

• Improving communication about the CFR to PSSD stakeholders

• SIOP training and co-teaching (building teacher capacity).

Thank You!

Contact Information:

• josh.hindmarsh@spiritsd.ca (top left)

• cheryl.redekopp@spiritsd.ca (top right)

• tara.dovgyy@spiritsd.ca (bottom left)

• eric.walker@spiritsd.ca (bottom right)

To view all documents go to:http://blogs.spiritsd.ca/prairiespiriteal/

Things to do:

• Initial Assessment link

• Data Wall link

• Progress report

• Creating Welcoming Classrooms link

• Reception orientation material link