Global and Cultural Awareness

The first episode of HCPSS's "Powerful Partnerships, Amazing Opportunities!"

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For those of you who do not have 38 minutes to view the entire show,here are some highlights!

This talk show is created by Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) to focus on certain "hot" topics by interviewing school system staff. For this episode, an ESOL teacher, a middle school principal, ESOL Coordinator and the manager of Partnership Office are interviewed by the host, Jennifer to talk about Partnership.

5:23 min. - FIRN and ACS is mentioned by Mary Schiller, Manager of Partnership Office in HC

7:08: Pat, ESOL teacher talks about the Korean Students Summer Exchange program

12:30 International parent leadership program

22:00 Interpreting during the fall parent-teacher conference - over 2500 requests (parent and teacher conference meetings ) used interpreters in 2.5 days!!!

24:00 Call Center - Korean and Spanish (24/7 parents leave messages in their native language)

25:00 FIRN is mentioned

29-33 Iksan, Korea and Howard County Partnership Program - VERY INTERESTING Segment!! You will learn a lot about Korean education system.

"Cultural Understanding" is understanding that WE have more SIMILARITIES than differences! :-)

Oral Language is the Foundation to Reading

Family Reading Workshop: Teaching Parents how to help their children read when they do not speak English! ~Family 2 Family

Family 2 Family - Reaching out to immigrants (join us on FACEBOOK)

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This is a Level one-3rd grader that has been in America for one month. He is learning English through a Leveled D reading book. He is retelling a story putting the pictures from the story in sequential order. Great way to learn vocabulary and check for comprehension. Encourage ELLs to retell stories using story telling props! :-)

Connecting Families to Communities

(John Hopkin University) written by Laurel Conran
http://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/ppp/2009/nav/multi_index.asp

Choice Boards / Menus

A CHOICE BOARD offers students a way to make decisions about what they will do in order to meet class requirements. A choice board could be for a single lesson, a week-long lesson, or even a month-long period of study. In order to create a choice board:

• Identify the most important elements of a lesson or unit.
• Create a required assignment or project that reflects the minimum understanding you expect all students to achieve.
• Create negotiables which expand upon the minimum understands. These negotiables often require students to go beyond the basic levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.
• Create a final optional section that requires students the opportunity for enrichment. The optional section often reflects activities that students can use for extra credit.