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Early Language and Literacy Professional Development for Teachers of Dual Language Learners
Description
Randomized control trial of the Exceptional Coaching for Early Language and Literacy (ExCELL) program that includes:
- is a year-long, on-line, evidence-based professional development program (Wasik & Hindman, 2011; Wasik, Hindman, & Hammer, 2018);
- trains lead and assistant teachers to use high-quality, research-based strategies to improve the language and literacy skills of the children in their classrooms, including
- children who are learning multiple languages;
- includes six self-guided learning modules for teachers and four self-guided learning modules for assistant teachers that present high quality language and literacy strategies to effectively teach all children, with a particular emphasis on children who are learning a second language.
- Provides Individualized coaching throughout the PD
Design
We are currently testing the effectiveness of the ExCELL on-line PD with remote individualized coaching over four years within the NYC DOE
- 8-10 children from each classroom are tested in fall and spring on receptive and expressive language skills and early literacy in English (and Spanish).
- Teachers’ classroom practices compared from Fall to Spring using CLASS, Classroom Assessment of Supports for Emergent Bilingual Acquisition (CASEBA), and ExCELL Fidelity Measure
Researchers
Carol Scheffner-Hammer
Kelly Escobar
Barbara A. Wasik
Annemarie H. Hindman
Mary Alice Bond
Contributing Institutions
Teachers College, Columbia University
Temple University
Johns Hopkins University
Resources
Carol Scheffner Hammer, Kelly Escobar, Barbara A. Wasik, Annemarie H. Hindman, Mary Alice Bond
This poster was presented at the 2020 Conference on Research Innovations in Early Intervention in San Diego, California. The poster describes the components of the ExCELL Professional Development model, and presents promising pilot data from the first year (2018-2019).