How might a conceptual framework help educators better communicate around EL program management, instructional practices, and more? How can using a framework encourage educators to assess their practice and identify where they can improve? What benefits does all this have for multilingual learners? We discuss these questions and much more with Ellevation’s own Adam Howard.
Adam is currently a project manager here at Ellevation Education, where he works with school districts across the country to onboard and roll-out a suite of software that manages data analysis, teacher development, and student instruction. He has an extensive background in education, having spent nearly ten years in the English Language Development classroom supporting learners from all over the world. Adam has spent his career focused on integrating 21st-century technology into the classroom, disrupting the outdated, and promoting equitable learning opportunities to empower all students.
His background in educational technology contributed to his development of the SADI model, a conceptual framework that helps educators level set around English learner instruction and program management. The acronym stands for Simplification, Accommodation, Differentiation, and Integration. It is loosely based on the SAMR model, created by Dr. Ruben Puentedura that categorizes four different degrees of classroom technology integration. If you’d like to refer to the SADI model as you listen, you can find it at bit.ly/sadimodel.
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S12/E8: Leveraging family advocacy to close learning gaps with Sofía Núñez
S12/E7: Improving outcomes and long-term trajectories for Multilingual Learners with David Nungaray
S12/E6: Teaching academic language at the discourse level with Diane Staehr Fenner and Syndey Snyder
S12/E5: Fostering leadership in EL families with Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch
S12/E4: Harnessing the power of self-reflection to personalize professional growth with Shélynn Riel and Anna Ciriani-Dean
S12/E3: Empowering every educator to be a teacher of language with Dr. Sarah Schmidt de Carranza
S12/E2: Fostering equity through Culturally Responsive Teaching with Dr. Sharroky Hollie
S12/E1: Making connections between languages to boost literacy with Dr. Sandra Mercuri
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S11/E8: Student perspective for improving school experience for children of immigrants with Falmari Rojas-Barrios.
S11/E7: Independent study for gathering & sharing immigration stories with Dr. Joanna Dreby and Dr. Eric Macias
S11/E6: Combating compassion fatigue: Self-care for educators with Dorina Sackman-Ebuwa
S11/E5: A real conversation about how implicit bias impacts student expectations & potential with Amy King and Yvonne Williams
S11/E4: School-wide systems of improvement for more equitable instruction with Sarah Ottow
S11/E3: Empowering bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural students with NABE TOY Sonia Águila
S11/E2: Creating environments for intrinsic motivation to flourish with Larry Ferlazzo
S11/E1: Learn to discuss, discuss to learn with Dr. Mariana Castro
S10/E10: Innovative Approaches to Newcomer Programs with Kimberly Mitchell
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