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This issue of the CAL SIOP Bulletin is focused on providing resources to help teachers of newcomers support students through sheltered instruction as they develop their English proficiency and master grade-level academic content.
 Online Resources
 New CAL Practitioner Brief
Using Sheltered Instruction to Support English Learners
This brief, designed for practitioners, addresses fundamental components of sheltered instruction including content and language objectives, instructional strategies, and assessment of content learning. Also provided are resources to help teachers support students through sheltered instruction as they develop their English proficiency and master grade-level academic content.
Read or download the free PDF.
Lesson Plans and Activities
Students from non-English-speaking backgrounds are the fastest growing segment of the K-12 student population in the United States. An increasing number of these students are newcomers—recent arrivals to the United States who have limited or no English language proficiency and who often have had limited formal education in their native countries.
CAL continues to expand its online library of lesson plans and activities with our newest resources focused on using the SIOP Model with newcomers.
- Vocabulary Cards Activity
- Vocabulary Grab Bag Activity
Visit our lesson plans and activities section to view or download.
Professional Development Opportunities
 New Self-paced online course from CAL
Fundamentals of Sheltered Instruction: Featuring the SIOP Model
This self-paced online course is designed to help teachers and administrators increase their knowledge of research-based sheltered instruction to support the language and content learning needs of ELs.
Learn more and register.
 CAL Institutes
CAL Institutes, held in Washington, DC, provide research-based strategies and practical, hands-on tools, and help teachers develop classroom activities that target the academic language demands of college and career readiness standards.
Featured Institute
Newcomers in Your School: Cultural and Instructional Strategies
August 9-10, 2016
December 6-7, 2016
This interactive two-day institute provides effective strategies and practical hands-on activities to create a welcoming environment for newcomer students and facilitate their learning. The institute will address cultural, social, and academic needs of newcomer students to help them succeed in the classroom and beyond. Participants will receive strategies and practical resources they can use right away to create a welcoming environment for newcomer students and facilitate their learning.
Learn more and register.
Publications
 Helping Newcomer Students Succeed in Secondary Schools and Beyond
This report, based on a 3-year national research study conducted by CAL and funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, has been written for educators and policymakers to focus attention on newcomer adolescent English language learners at the middle and high school grades. It addresses the successes, challenges, and day-to-day implementation of newcomer programs.
Visit the CAL website to read or download the executive summary or full report.
 Learning the SIOP Model
Learning the SIOP Model is a practical, hands-on tool for educators to learn more about the SIOP Model and its effective use in the classroom. Video clips from authentic classroom lessons demonstrate various features of the SIOP Model, and the companion viewers guide provides hands-on resources for use in professional development and in the classroom.
Learn more.
CAL SIOP at Conferences
Connect with CAL’s PreK-12 professional development specialists at these upcoming spring conferences.
California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) 2016 Annual Conference
March 23-26, 2016 ♦ San Francisco, CA
- Engaging Young Dual Language Learners through Practice and Application Activities
Barbara Kennedy
- School Leadership Toolbox: Creating a Culture of Multilingualism
Barbara Kennedy
- Using Lesson Study to Increase Sheltered Instruction Implementation
Jennifer Himmel
TESOL 2016 International Convention and English Language Expo
April 5-8, 2016 ♦ Baltimore, MD
- Pre-Conference Institute: Building Secondary Newcomers’ Language and Literacy Skills in Content Instruction
Annie Duguay and José Medina
- CAL Research-based Resources for PreK-12 Educators
Annie Duguay
- Dual Language Fundamentals and Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education
Barbara Kennedy
- Fundamentals of Sheltered Instruction: New Online Course from CAL
Jennifer Himmel
American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2016 Annual Meeting
April 8-12, 2016 ♦ Washington, DC
- Sheltered Instruction Professional Development for Teachers of English Learners: Problematizing a Promising Approach
Jen Himmel
Learn more about these and other CAL staff presentations at upcoming conferences.
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