Cumberland Valley gets additional teacher, aide for ESL students
A teacher and teacher aide who are trained to teach English to students whose first language is not English will join the staff of the Cumberland Valley School District.
The school board approved spending $38,000 on salaries and benefits for the rest of the year for the positions.
The English-as-a-second-language ESL aide is expected to work at Hampden Elementary School, where parents have complained about a staff shortage. A special meeting to address parents’ concerns will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Hampden.
The new ESL teacher will work with both elementary and high school students, district officials said.
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Helping English Language Learners in the Classroom
Merit Software has just released a new report “ESL Reading: Strategies for Classroom Teaching.” The report addresses the challenges facing teachers when working with students from non-English-speaking homes.
The key problem is that English language learners, who are taught the basics of reading in the early grades, are faltering as they progress in school.
Teachers need help teaching higher-order thinking skills and comprehension. Students need help mastering strategies that will help them understand ideas and nuances of English texts.
The report features Book Punch, a tool that can be used in the classroom to go beyond basic instruction. Book Punch provides interactive, step-by-step writing prompts about books commonly read in schools today.
Book Punch draws on each student’s prior knowledge. Students with a wide range of English language abilities can participate in class.
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