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:
• [email protected] (top left)
• [email protected] (top right)
• [email protected] (bottom left)
• [email protected] (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