This workshop is designed to help participants develop and deliver CAL SIOP Model lessons in bilingual and dual language settings.

Educators and coaches serving bi/multilingual learners will learn about, and practice using, the eight components of the SIOP Model to effectively teach language and content while addressing the three pillars of dual language programs: bilingualism and biliteracy, high academic achievement, and socio-cultural competence. The workshop will include a variety of activities, including demonstrations, simulations and explanations, small-group tasks, and the creation of activities and lessons. The workshop will encourage reflection needed for each teacher to adapt the CAL SIOP methods to their own unique circumstances. No prior knowledge of the SIOP Model is required for participation.

Objectives:

• Develop effective content, language, and cultural objectives
• Create activities for vocabulary development and background building
• Scaffold language for content learning
• Explore ways to compare and contrast (bridge) languages
• Design interactive activities that promote the use of language models
• Design assessments for language learners and assess tasks from the perspective of students learning in two languages

Agenda

Day 1

• Welcome
• CAL SIOP through a DLE Lens
• Lesson Preparation: Content, Language, and Cultural Objectives
• Building Background: Vocabulary Development and Activating Prior Knowledge
• Comprehensible Input: Scaffolding Language for Content Learning
• Closing and Next Steps

Day 2

• Welcome
• Strategies: Bridging Languages through Contrastive Analysis
• Interaction: Designing Activities that Promote Language Use and Language Models
• Practice, Application, and Lesson Delivery
• Review and Assessment: Evaluating Language Learners in Two Languages
• Closing