Benchmark – SIOP Presentation

For this benchmark, create an in‐depth, 15‐20 slide PowerPoint presentation to inform other teachers in an American school district of the benefits of using the SIOP model as a teaching framework. This presentation should elaborate on the empirical research that shows the benefits of the SIOP framework when used with general education students as well as with ELLs.

Your presentation should include:

1. A brief historical overview of some of the major educational policies that have shaped ELL instruction.
2. A brief description of socioeconomic, political, and legal influences on instruction for ELLs.
3. The eight interrelated components of the SIOP model, their application, and a teaching example for each component. Include a benefit for each SIOP component regarding how it contributes to an engaging curriculum and learning experience. The eight SIOP components are as follows:
   • Lesson Preparation
   • Building Background
   • Comprehensible Input
   • Strategies
   • Interaction
   • Practice and Application
   • Lesson Delivery
   • Review and Assessment
4. Make a case for the importance of engaging in ongoing learning regarding innovative ways to utilize SIOP in your teaching.
5. Include considerations about meeting ELL needs, such as access to academic classes, appropriate resources, and instructional technology, while working collaboratively with other school professionals from the perspective of an advocating leader.
6. In your explanation of the eight SIOP components, include considerations about meeting ELL needs, such as access to academic classes, appropriate resources, and instructional technology
7. Include title slide, presenter’s notes, and a reference slide that contains 3‐5 sources from the required readings or the GCU Library.
8. Read chapter 10 in Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners.
   http://www.gcumedia.com/digital-resources/pearson/2016/making-content-comprehensible-for-english-learners_the-siop-model_ebook_5e.php
9. Read “Using Informal Assessments for English Language Learners,” from Colorín Colorado (2007).URL:
   http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/14318/