Carol Rothenberg is a staff developer in the area of literacy and English language learners. Providing support and guidance to both new and experienced teachers, she plans, coaches, and helps teachers reflect on instruction across the content areas and across the grade levels. She is currently the coordinator of the San Diego Unified School District New Arrival Center, an intensive, accelerated program for adolescents who are new to English and new to the U.S. She is also a consultant to the Springdale School District in Arkansas where she has been the primary trainer for their district wide initiative on literacy and English language learners. Carol has worked with elementary and secondary schools throughout the San Diego Unified School District, training teachers and administrators on effective programs and instruction for English language learners. An experienced classroom teacher, Carol has taught English to adult migrant workers, bilingual special education, and Spanish in addition to teacher education classes in masters’ programs at the University of San Diego and the University of California San Diego. She co-authored Teaching English Language Learners: A Differentiated Approach (with Douglas Fisher), English Language Learners in the English Classroom (with Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey), and Content Area Conversations: How to Plan Discussion-Based Lessons for Diverse Learners (with Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey), and Response to Intervention: Solutions for English Language Learners (forthcoming, 2011).
View Carol Rothenberg's Resume/Vita, Publications and Workshops.
Level: K-12
- Language and Literacy across the Curriculum for English Learners
- Grammar
- Vocabulary
- Fluency
- Comprehension
- Differentiated Instruction
Teaching English Language Learners: A Differentiated Approach
Teaching English Language Learners Across the Content Areas
Audience: Teachers across grade levels and content areas, literacy coaches, administrators
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Assess their own level of expertise in providing instruction that meets the needs of English language learners
- Plan lessons that incorporate key elements of effective instruction for ELL students
- Utilize a variety of strategies to scaffold instruction for ELL students
- Plan lessons that integrate language and literacy development across the content areas
- Use English language development/English language proficiency standards to differentiate instruction for ELL students
Developing Academic Oral Discourse
Audience: Teachers, literacy coaches, administrators
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Understand the role that oral language plays in literacy and content learning
- Utilize numerous strategies to facilitate student-to-student interaction around academic content
- Implement flexible, purposeful grouping configurations
- Plan lessons that incorporate multiple opportunities for students to practice academic oral language
- Plan lessons that develop oral language proficiency as a foundation for reading and writing
Integrating Language, Literacy and Content
Audience: Teachers, literacy coaches, administrators
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify language objectives that support content objectives
- Identify key vocabulary and strategies to teach vocabulary in meaningful contexts
- Integrate multiple opportunities for students to write, speak, read and listen in all lessons