Professional Development
Moffett Elementary School UCLA TIIP team participated in many professional development opportunities. The goal was do research on cutting edge methodologies on biliteracy and metalinguistics in order to package and develop a curriculum for our specific dual language program.
Our consultant
Silvia Duque De Reyes / Transference San Diego County of Education
Spanish Language Arts/ELD Coordinator
We had the privilege of working with SIlvia Duque De Reyes on our inquiry project. She guided us on how to help students advance simultaneously in both languages in a 50/50 dual language program. We were able learn about the complexities of incorporating metalinguistics to our instructional day and learning to navigate the new common core standards. Together we developed a transformative unit of study that embodied a social justice theme as well as the rigor of the common core standards.
Background on our Consultant
Silvia C. Dorta-Duque de Reyes is a strong advocate for bilingual education. She actively affirms the value and importance of proficient bilingualism and the revitalization of rigorous Spanish language instruction as the most effective venue to acquire high levels of language proficiency in English. She works vigorously to insure system wide accountability towards the academic achievement of English Learners. She is also known for her contributions in the areas of curriculum design, staff development and parent involvement. Her area of expertise is bi-literacy with a focus on academic writing and the organization of instruction for explicit teaching of Spanish to English skill transference. She is a lead developer of AB466 and Reading First en Español Year I curriculum in California. As statewide AB466 provider, she has coordinated and conducted instructor certification trainings for the past four years. Silvia Dorta-Duque de Reyes has various academic publications including the Estándares de Lecto-Escritura en Español, a correlation of the California Language Arts Content standards with linguistic adaptation explicit to Spanish. One of her most recent collaboration includes the California Language Arts Standards: Side by Side a document that differentiates the English Language Arts Standards by levels of language acquisition.
Daily Five Sisters Conference
We attended the Daily Five conference to help us become more skilled at management systems or a curricular framework which helps students develop the daily habits of reading and writing. With these teaching structures present student become more independent while the teacher is able to differentiate instruction to the specific needs of learners.
Spanish Language Arts Conference
We participated in the annual Spanish Language Arts Conference in San Diego focusing on transference. Silvia Duque de Reyes delivered a workshop on the intricacies of metalinguistics for English Language Learners. Also, Alma Flor Ada spoke about transformative education and the message of the importance of incorporating students funds of knowledge and cultural background to a curriculum.
Resources/Links
The following resources/links can facilitate the creation of units of study. Below you will find information on conferenced, sites, and documents that useful when creating transformative units of study:
Spanish Language Arts Conference, hosted by the San Diego County of Education
The following document links are available for downloading
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