Strengthening+EL+Study+Skills

Heather Lyons, ESL 9-12 Darren Sjoberg, Science 9-12 || We will develop a curriculum that introduces and practices study strategies with the ultimate goal of improving and strengthening study skills across disciplines. || 2. Locate and analyze existing study skills curricula. 3. Find data that shows a correlation between students taking a study skills course and their academic performance in other courses. 4. Write a curriculum that can be implemented into any subject’s curriculum. || 2. Gather Baseline Data: We will choose a “heavy text” content class such as Social Studies or Science from which to gather baseline data such as the current grade and the previous quiz/test scores of each student. 3. Post-Assessment: We will conduct another informal student survey that will ask them to identify different strategies they use to study to see if they have added new strategies to their repertoire. We will also have them share their attitudes about studying again to see if there are positive changes. 4. Test Scores: We will check for increased test scores in the content class from which baseline data was gathered. || We will create and share a Wiki page that has the curriculum, so the building and district teachers can access it. ||
 * ** School(s) Involved ** || South High School ||
 * ** Participant Names ** || Nicole Schneider, English and ESL 9-12
 * ** Project Contact person ** /**Team Facilitator** || Nicole Schneider ||
 * ** Project Title: ** || Strengthening Study Skills of ELs ||
 * ** Problem to be addressed: ** || Many EL students are lacking in study skills. In many classes, they are asked to study for a test, study their vocabulary words….etc. but many students do not know where to start and how to actually “study”.
 * ** Actions or activities to reach the goal: ** || 1. Research strategies on how to teach students how to study and weave it into the content classes.
 * ** How will you measure/assess the effectiveness of your plan? ** || 1. Pre-Assessment: We will start with an informal student survey that will ask them to identify different strategies they use (if any) to study for tests as well as attitudes concerning their ability to study for tests.
 * ** How do you plan to share your project? ** || We will offer Professional Development to South High faculty where we will share the study strategies we are teaching the English Language Learners with the goal of creating a “common language” of the strategies. Our hope is that other teachers of EL’s will use the same “language” or strategies.

Gather information from other schools and districts about studies skills curriculum. || Start writing curriculum and meet with content teachers and Special Education. || Finish up curriculum and set up Wiki || Presentation of curriculum to faculty ||
 * Rough timeline **
 * March ||  April  ||  May  ||  June  ||
 * Research skills and statistics

=The completed Wiki for Strengthening EL Study Skills: = =Strengthening EL Study Skills Wiki =