The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)
Echevarria, Vogt & Short, 2008; 2010
Components of the SIOP Model:
Lesson Preparation – language and content objectives
Building Background – vocabulary development, student connections
Comprehensible Input – ESL techniques
Strategies – metacognitive and cognitive learning strategies, scaffolding
Interaction – oral language
Practice & Application – practice all 4 language skills
Lesson Delivery – meet objectives
Review & Assessment – review vocabulary and concepts
From: Echevarria, J. & Vogt, M. (2011) RTI and English learners: Making It Happen. Boston: Allyn & Bacon
RTI and ELs:
TRUE OR FALSE???
- The purpose of RTI is to identify students for special education services.
- RTI intervention is a curriculum.
- Emphasis is on what the teacher needs to do to make the student successful in general education.
- Approximately 70% of English learners may qualify for intervention.
- The core components of RTI include research-based instruction and intervention, progress monitoring and assessments, collaboration with staff and parents to ensure data-driven decision making, and identification of learning disabilities.
- When English learners struggle academically, we should wait for months before taking action.
- The RTI teacher is responsible for making it work.
- RTI is a recursive process. Students move in and out of intervention based on need.
- If English learners are unsuccessful in general education, classroom instruction should be examined and support provided for the teacher.
Resources for Teaching English Learners
Jana Echevarria, Ph.D.
Research Resources:
August, D. & Shanahan, T. (Eds.) (2006). Developing literacy in second-language learners: A report of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
California Department of Education (2010). Improving Education for English Learners: Research-Based Approaches. Sacramento, CA: CDE Press.
Echevarria, J. & Short, D. (2011). The SIOP Model: A professional development framework for a comprehensive school-wide intervention.Washington, DC: Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners. Retrieved from
Echevarria, J., Richards, C., Canges, R., & Francis, D. (In press). Using the SIOP Model to promote the acquisition of language and science concepts with English learners.Bilingual Research Journal.
Echevarria, J., Richards-Tutor, C., Chinn, V., & Ratleff, P. (2011). Did they get it? The role of
fidelity in teaching English learners. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. 54 (6) 425-434.
Echevarria , J. & Short, D. (2010). Programs and practices for effective sheltered content instruction.In California Department of Education (Ed.). Improving education for English learners: Research-based approaches. (p. 250-321). Sacramento, CA: CDE Press.
Echevarria, J., Short, D., & Powers, K. (2006). School reform and standards-based education: An instructional model for English language learners. Journal of Educational Research 99 (4), 195-210.
Genesee, Lindholm-Leary, Saunders & Christian (2006). Educating English language learners: A synthesis of research evidence. New York: CambridgeUniversity Press.
Goldenberg, C. (2008). Teaching English language learners: What the research does – and does not – say. American Educator 12 (2), 8-22. Retreived from
Himmel, J., Short, D.J., Richards, C., & Echevarria, J. (2009). Using the SIOP Model to improve middle school science instruction. Washington, DC: Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners. Retrieved from
Shatz, M. & Wilkenson, L. (Eds.) (2010). The education of English language learners: Research to practice. New York: Guilford Press.
Short, D., Echevarria, J., & Richards-Tutor, C. (2011). Research on academic literacy development in sheltered instruction classrooms. Language Teaching Research,15(3), 363-380
Short, D., Fidelman, C., & Louguit, M.(in press). Developing academic language in English language learners through sheltered instruction. TESOL Quarterly.
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Professional Development Resources:
The SIOP Model ():
Core SIOP Texts:
Echevarria, J., Short, D. & Peterson, C. (2012). Using the SIOP Model with Pre-K and Kindergarten English Learners. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Echevarria, J., Vogt, M.E. & Short, D. (2010a). Making Content Comprehensible for Elementary English Learners: The SIOP® Model. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Echevarria, J., Vogt, M.E. & Short, D. (2010b). Making Content Comprehensible for Secondary English Learners: The SIOP® Model. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Echevarria, J., Vogt, M.E. & Short, D. (2008). Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP® Model, Third Edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Additional SIOP Texts:
Echevarria, J. Short, D. & Vogt, M. (2008). Implementing the SIOP®Model through Effective Professional Development and Coaching.Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Echevarria, J., Vogt, M.E., & Short, D. (2010). The SIOP Model for Teaching Mathematics to English Learners. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Short, D., Echevarria, J. & Vogt, M. (2008). The SIOP®Model for Administrators.Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Short, D., Vogt, M.E., & Echevarria, J. (2010). The SIOP Model for Teaching Science to English Learners.Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Short, D., Vogt, M.E., & Echevarria, J. (2011). The SIOP Model for Teaching History-Social Studies to English Learners. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Vogt, M.E., & Echevarria, J. (2008). 99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP®Model. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Vogt, M.E., Echevarria, J., & Short, D. (2010). The SIOP Model for Teaching English-Language Arts to English Learners. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Teaching English Learners with Learning Challenges:
Artiles, A. & Ortiz, A. (2007). English language learners with special education needs.
Washington, DC: Center for Applied Linguistics.
Echevarria, J. & Vogt, M. (2011) RTI and English learners: Making It Happen. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Echevarria, J. & Vogt, M. (2010) Using the SIOP Model to improve literacy for English learners. New England Reading Association Journal (NERAJ). 46 (1) 8-15.
Echevarria, J. & Graves, A. (2010). Sheltered Content Instruction: Teaching English Learners with Diverse Abilities, Fourth Edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Echevarria, J., & Hasbrouck, J. (2009). Response to intervention and English learners (CREATE Brief). Washington, DC: Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners. Retrieved from
Esparza Brown, J., & Sanford, A. (March 2011). RTI for English LanguageLearners:
AppropriatelyUsing Screening andProgress MonitoringTools to ImproveInstructional Outcomes.U.S. Department of Education, Special Education Programs, NationalCenter on Response to Intervention.
Haager, D., Klinger, J. & Vaughn, S. (2007). Evidence-based reading practices for response to intervention. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
Richards, C. & Leafstedt, J. (2010). Early reading intervention: Strategies and methods for
struggling readers.Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Vogt, M.E. (In press). English learners: Developing their literate lives. In R. Bean & A. Dagen
(Eds.), Best Practices of Literacy Leaders. New York: Guilford.
Websites:
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NationalCenter on Response to Intervention -
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