All video clips are presented
in Quicktime streaming format.
All CREDE products
are available from the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL). Click
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Five Standards for Effective Pedagogy CD-ROM Series
This series provides an effective training program for K-12 Bilingual/ESL
teachers that can be used in group trainings or by individuals. Several
CD-ROMs portray the work of master teachers while others focus on the
students, putting a compelling human face on the issues faced by English
language learners and their teachers. To see clips and for details on
the series, click here.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Lesson
One of our favorite lessons, featured on the Teaching Alive CD-ROMs and
at Lesson Lab, can be viewed here.
Students in Reading Comprehension Using Instructional Conversation
This video demonstrates CREDE's Five Standards for Effective Pedagogy
through a reading lesson in a first-grade classroom. Filmed in a documentary
style, the video shows a two-way immersion teacher instructing a small
group of students in the reading process. The teacher displays comprehension
instruction guided by clear academic goals. Several steps are illustrated
such as connecting the text's theme to the academic goals, activating
student background knowledge, setting a purpose for reading, eliciting
cognitive strategies while reading, and assisting students to weave prior
knowledge with new information in the text. Throughout, the teacher models
Instructional Conversation-sustained, purposeful teacher-student dialogue
that enhances student comprehension of text. (Peggy Estrada, 2004, $25).
Visit the CALStore to order.
The SIOP Model: Sheltered Instruction for Academic Achievement
A new professional development video illustrating the Sheltered
instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)a research-based model of
sheltered instruction. Filmed in a documentary style, this video presents
each of the SIOP's eight components through footage from the math, science,
and social studies classrooms of six exemplary teachers at the elementary,
middle, and high school levels. (Short, Hudec, & Echevarria, 2002;
84 minutes, $75.00) Click
here for additional details; to order, visit CALStore.
Helping English Learners Succeed: An Overview of the SIOP Model Video
Helping English Learners Succeed: An Overview of the SIOP Model, a
26-minute video, provides an introduction to a research-based model of
sheltered instruction. The video uses classroom footage and researcher
narration to concisely present the eight components of the SIOP Model.
This video will be useful to administrators, policy makers, or teachers.
It also serves as a fitting supplement in teacher methodology courses.
($50.00) To order, visit CALStore.
Order the companion text, Using the SIOP Model: A Professional Development
Manual for Sheltered Instruction.
Studies in Native American Education: Improving
Education for Zuni Children
A teacher professional development videotape of best practices in the
Zuni Public School District. Exemplars of the Five Standards are featured,
as well as two additional standards developed from education research
in Native American Communities: Modeling, and Student Directed Activity.
This videotape also demonstrates elements of the CREDE instructional model,
such as Activity Centers and opening and closing "handles."
(2002; 41 minutes, $20)
a five-minute demonstration of the video.
Pedagogy, Research & Practice
A 30-minute video documenting the progress of two secondary school classrooms
in California that applied the Five Standards. The video contains classroom
footage, interviews with teachers and students, and discusses the process
of applying the standards and reforming classroom activities.