Reflection #3

While reading Teacher Professional Development to Improve Sciences and Literacy Achievement of English Language Learners I became very aware of what type of professional development the teachers in my school may need.  I will be focusing on how I can best help teachers in general education classrooms serve English Learners, thus this article was very insightful.  It emphasized content area professional development.  It does seem somewhat natural for PD within the science, math, or social sciences departments to be held separately, because language functions much differently in each area, but I hadn't thought of grouping PD in this manner.  I was thinking of doing some SIOP professional development with the entire staff, but now I am re-thinking the time, place, and setting of this opportunity.  I could possibly do some work with staff during their department meetings.  Very exciting!