School Improvement and the Dearborn Teacher University

SIOP Strategies make content comprehensible for Year One Professional Staff

The Dearborn Teacher University professional development December session provided our newly hired professional staff with an introduction of Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol or The SIOP Model as it is known by most educators.  Two of our EL Department trainers and coaches, led by Kellie Bugajski and Jeannine Oynoian spent the hour receiving a brief overview about the eight components embedded in SIOP. Participants were divided up into small groups to engage in Word Sorts, Structured Reading and Structured Conversation activities. The presenters modeled the various SIOP lessons and strategies with the hopes that our new staff could apply these ideas in their classrooms.

The presentation from this session is available on the Dearborn Teacher University tab under “PD Presentations.”

As a reminder, be sure to register for our next Dearborn Teacher University PD on January 15, 2019 from 2:40-3:55 and 4:10-5:25 p.m. Please attend the session time that best fits your school schedule. The topic will be Special Education Accommodations.

The link for registration is available here:

2:40-3:55 DTU – Year One SE Accommodations & Categories

4:10-5:25 DTU – Year One SE Accommodations & Categories

We hope you have a wonderful holiday break with your families and friends! See you all in 2019!