Structured English Immersion (SEI) Training for Administrators

Supporting the Learning of English Language Learners:Structured English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement Training for Administrators, is a course that equips administrators with the essential knowledge and skills to understand how to support the implementation of differentiated instruction that meets the individual needs of English Language Learners.

The SEI course provides administrators with effective, manageable coaching strategies for meeting the needs of an increasingly diverse student population and explores cultural and social aspects of the English Language Learner.

Administrators need to understand how to support teachers in the experience of planning instructionally diverse lessons, based on assessment data, within the context of a standards-based curriculum. SEI for Administrators presents the same strategies in the SEI for Educators training, with a focus on how to support language and literacy development in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and comprehension in all content areas.

It also provides methods for coaching and mentoring the classroom teacher or any faculty member working with an English Language Learner, with a focus on providing quality experiences and learning environments that allow students to be successful in school and in life.

Course Objectives:
Course objectives are listed below in accordance with the Arizona State Department of Education requirements for earning a Structured English Immersion (SEI) certificate. All readings, assignments, and activities in this training are designed to provide participants with opportunities to acquire, clarify, add to, and utilize the knowledge, skills, and understandings related to the objectives established by the State of Arizona as related to this certificate.

See Curricular Framework for Structured English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement Training (45 Clock Hours)

Course Delivery:
This course will be designed using online and face-to-face models. All activities and experiential learning will relate to content and grade level specifics. This includes early childhood through 12th grade, all content areas, and special education.

Course Timeline:
The course is a 45-clock hour training that can be delivered in a face-to-face model, online model, or a blended model that consists of some face-to-face and some online. Therefore, the training can be customized to fit the specific needs of the district. For the Administrators version of this course, a coaching piece has been added to accommodate the flex hours provided in the SEI Curricular Framework.

Instructional Methodology:
The instructional methodology of this course focuses on developing, enhancing, and improving the instructional and coaching expertise and pedagogical knowledge base of practicing administrators.

Strategies include:

• Instructor presentation of concepts
• Collaborative group projects
• Real-world application of skills and strategies
• Class presentations and demonstrations
• Role-play and hands-on practice
• Discussion groups—in class and online
• Analysis of case studies
• Learning centers
• Problem based learning and seminar questions
• Analysis and synthesis of assigned articles and text
• Research and review of websites
• Data collection and application
• Action research applying concepts to the classroom
• Reflection journal
• Self-Assessments and formative assessments
• Online assistance

Required Textbook or Specially Designed Participant Manual using the Following:
Peregoy, S. & Boyle, O.F. (2001). Reading, Writing, and Learning in ESL: A Resource Book for K-12 Teachers. (4th Edition) New York: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.

Echevarria, Vogt & Short (2000). Making Content Comprehensible for English Language Learners, The SIOP Model. (2nd Edition) Allyn & Bacon.

Supplemental Materials:
Barkley, Steve (2005). Quality Teaching in a Culture of Coaching. Scarecrow, Lanham, MD.

Robins, Lindsey & Terrell (2003). Cultural Proficiency: A Manual for School Leaders. (2nd Edition) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.