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1. As you consider the purpose of the English Language Learner Leadership Academy, “//To build your capacity to assist regular education teachers in becoming teachers of language development in order to implement Classroom Instruction That Works with English Language Learners strategies through Shared Leadership//”, to what degree do you believe your team has been able to achieve this purpose? Our Team has 30% success rate so far. LW & CM

2. How has your team’s shared leadership approach to the implementation influenced your ELL initiative?

Our Team's shareds Leadership approach throughout the district has greatly influenced our ELL initiative. We are becoming a united group of ESL professionals who are sharing responsibility of teaching our ESL students with the mainstream classroom teachers. LW & CM

4. As you reflect on the implementation of your ELL initiative, what leadership responsibilities did you find most helpful and how did you apply them in your context? 5. Do you believe the implementation of your ELL initiative influenced student achievement at your school? What evidence to you have to support your response? We believe the implementation of the ELL initiative will influence student achievement at our school. The more people who share responsibility of teaching a student and speaking the same language, the better we are able to reach the student as a whole. LW & CM