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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am an ESOL teacher and there is no set curriculum for ESOL. We used to have a curriculum but they decided not to create an ESOL curriculum when they developed 2.0 so the curriculum we had is obsolete. I teach 4 different grade levels and work with my teammates to develop a curriculum for each of the grade levels I teach. We run a pullout program so we need lessons, activities, books, assessments, etc. It is incredibly time consuming but on the flipside we're able to really hone in on what our students need.

We try to repurpose materials we had from before (i.e. books) but I've been buying the majority of my resources from sites like Teachers Pay Teachers. If I were making resources for just one grade level, I'd do the majority of it on my own but it's just too much for 4 different grade levels. We do create our own assessments, though. I spend way too much money buying resources but I can't give any more of my own time so it's a tradeoff.

I like the freedom this provides with regard to instruction  but curriculum development could be a whole separate position. I get one 40 minute collaborative planning session with the teachers who also teach the same grades per week, so most of what we have to do happens after school. We also make all of our own copies and do all of our own filing. We don't get any para support.

It would be nice if there was more time within the school day to do the curriculum writing portion of my job, but it's not going to happen. It would be great if the ESOL office could provide some resources that I could amend for my students, but that hasn't happened either. So, in short, I do like the freedom it provides but it's also very time consuming to write your own curriculum and create your own resources. [/quote]

This is why I asked the question. It must be so time consuming. It seems like it would be nice for some curriculum to be provided so that as a teacher you could develop some really great lessons on your own, but then also have some other curriculum material to fall back on and be sure you are meeting all of the standards.[/quote]

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