After completing your selected activities from the “ESL-440N SEI-Specific Practicum/Field Experience Required Activities” document, write a reflection about your learning and teaching experiences within all three categories (Introductory Activities, Collaborative Practice, and Independent Practice) to include a connection to the teaching preparation standards and SEI course framework. Your reflection should address the content learned throughout this course. Describe experiences you had throughout your ESL practicum/field experience that reflect effective instruction of English learners. In a minimum of 500 words, address the following:
- Discuss strategies you or your mentor used to celebrate cultural diversity.
- Explain how you or your mentor utilized engagement practices to highlight the assets of home language and/or involve families.
- Discuss how RTI strategies were utilized to support ELs and what accommodations were available to support students, particularly with assessments.
- Describe how you or your mentor provided support to English learners in the classroom through a research-based SEI model.
- Discuss an experience you participated in and how this aligns with at least one of the principles of Arizona’s Language Development Approach: (1) asset-based behaviors and expectations, (2) integrated instruction in disciplinary language and content, (2) targeted and explicit language instruction, and (4) assessment, monitoring, and feedback.
- Describe an experience you participated in where you helped design or implement an integrated or targeted lesson plan and discuss how this plan aligned with the ELA and ELP standards.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
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