English as a New Language: Tools for Classroom Innovation

This grant funds three iPads and peripheral equipment, tabletop easels and chart stands, as well as a substantial collection of books for grades 2-5 for ENL teachers at Mamaroneck Avenue School. ENL teachers provide integrated ENL services to each class where English Language Learners (ELLs) have been placed. On any given day, each ENL teacher typically “pushes in” to multiple classrooms for periods of 30-60 minutes and may also provide some stand-alone ENL to groups of newcomers. ENL teachers work with students on all four modalities – reading, writing, speaking and listening. The purpose of the grant is not only to create flexible workspaces, but to improve ENL instruction at MAS overall. The Ipads, easels, and chart stands will enable ENL teachers to work with groups of students within the classroom while staying true to ENL best practices of providing visual supports and modeling. The books and dictionaries will give ENL teachers and students easy access to books at the appropriate level of the students.

Grantees: Ann Mosquera, Alejandrina West, William Vargas