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de Jong, Ester; Naranjo, Cindy – New Educator, 2019
To address the needs of English Language Leaners (ELLs) in grade-level content-area classrooms, teacher education programs are moving toward "infused" models of instruction where preservice general education courses include ELL-specific content. Little is known about how this curricular change is accomplished. To address this gap, this…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners
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Hernandez, Kelly; Thomas, Michelle; Schuemann, Cynthia – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2012
In 2008, Miami Dade College received a $1.9 million Title V grant from the US Department of Education to develop an Accelerated Content-Based English for Academic Purposes (EAP) track called Project ACE for ESL students. The ACE curriculum is anchored by the principles of flexibility, contextualization, and faculty buy-in--critical matters given…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, General Education, Curriculum Development, Second Language Learning
McMillen, Margaret – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study investigated the change in sophomore reading scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test after the implementation of an academic vocabulary program and the change in teacher knowledge and professional practice after a program of staff development in academic vocabulary. The purpose was to determine if the impact of the…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Economically Disadvantaged, Vocabulary, Pretests Posttests
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Erben, Tony – Journal of In-service Education, 2006
This article outlines the results of an issues-based study conducted over a 12-month period that investigated how the systematic inclusion of teachers within the design, operationalization and implementation of an online curriculum development project in Florida led simultaneously to teachers' own professionalizing in areas of education they were…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Communities of Practice, Instructional Development
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Adult/Community Education. – 1991
The Palm Beach County, Florida, Adult ESOL Curriculum Development Project, which was funded by a state Section 353 Demonstration Project grant, is described. The primary goal for this 2-year project was to develop a model adult English-for Speakers-of-Other-Languages (ESOL) curriculum for the state. A needs assessment was conducted statewide and a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1996
This curriculum framework is a guide for local education communities as they restructure their schools and improve foreign language planning. Grounded in national and state reform efforts, this guide for teachers to help students achieve the Sunshine State Standards, presents broad, overarching ideas for the development of curriculum and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Communication Skills, Cultural Awareness
Glover-Smith, Alma J.; Bell, Bernadette S. – 1981
Written for teachers, coordinators, and supervisors, this manual describes the structural content of Project SELEP (Survival Skills in English Learning Experience Program). It indicates areas of concern in planning, establishing, and evaluating classes emphasizing survival skills for daily living appropriate for the foreign born adult in an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Development
Fryer, T. Bruce; Medley, Frank W., Jr. – 1987
Selected papers from the 1986 Southern Conference on Language Teaching on instruction for language proficiency are presented: "The Foreign Language Teacher: Confronting an Ever-Changing Profession" (Robert Di Donato); "Restructuring a Traditional Foreign Language Program for Oral Proficiency" (Filisha Camara-Norman, James…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Valdes, Gabriel M. – 1987
In Florida, foreign language teaching has consistently followed national trends. Currently, there is a renaissance in language study. Enrollment has increased dramatically at all educational levels, due to a mandated state university system entrance requirement and two programs, the Florida Academic Scholars Program and Foreign Languages in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Curriculum Development