Dr. Jane Montes supports teachers and administrators
with planning and Implementing instruction that meets English learners’ language, learning, and literacy needs while also nurturing their social and emotional development.
three areas of focus:
Working with beginning teachers (Years 1-5) to support and retain them in the profession, including helping them to prepare for their initial evaluation,
Enhancing teachers’ delivery of comprehensible instruction while creating equitable learning climates for English learners including those with special needs.
Providing tailored professional development for teachers of culturally and linguistically diverse learners; for example in the context of a school improvement plan.
Dr. Jane Montes supports teachers and administrators with planning and Implementing instruction that meets English learners’ language, learning, and literacy needs while also nurturing their social and emotional development.
She has three areas of focus:
Working with beginning teachers (Years 1-5) to support and retain them in the profession, including helping them to prepare for their initial evaluation,
Enhancing teachers’ delivery of comprehensible instruction while creating equitable learning climates for English learners including those with special needs.
Providing tailored professional development for teachers of culturally and linguistically diverse learners; for example in the context of a school improvement plan.
Services:
New Teacher Mentorship:
For teachers who are being inducted into the profession (congratulations!) and are facing their first or subsequent evaluations, Dr. Montes offers consulting around how they can do their best without sacrificing their personal lives.
Consultation usually involves a needs assessment and discussion of your unique goals for your career and life. We’ll then work together to make sure you have what you need to move forward confidently in your career and work well with your administration and your students without compromising your quality of life.
Email me today to schedule a consultation call to find out more.
Extensive knowledge and Experience in Bilingual Education and ESL Programs:
Dr. Montes offers guidance with incorporating the WIDA English Language Development Standards in content-AREa Instruction so teachers feel confident delivering comprehensible instruction that is Fair and equitable.
Dr. Montes is a constructivist educator who enjoys collaborating with teachers and administrators in their effort to promote the academic achievement of English learners via instruction that capitalizes on the students’ native language knowledge and the use of translanguaging.
This consulting can build student confidence as students acquire the language needed to meet their academic goals and expectations.
Email me today to schedule a consultation call to find out more.
Integrated Swimming Instruction:
Integrated Swimming Instruction can be a great way to support the strengths of special needs students, newcomers, and/or English learners outside of their academic program.
While this may seem obvious as an after-school activity, I actually promote this as a wonderful in-school activity because swimming time/lessons can be a great way to capitalize on kids’ energy and motivation.
Swimming can be a great connector to math, science, dance, music and so many other skills! It’s a fantastic way to engage students in the academic curriculum.
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My Approach Is:
Collaborative:
As a constructivist, rather than coming in as an expert with all the answers, my approach is to listen to your needs and develop a realistic implementation plan that is practical.
Practical:
Use an action research approach - we make a plan, put it into action, then analyze the data to see what’s working and what we can change. Making adjustments as needed in order to deliver the target goal.
Accountable:
I am committed to the plan we develop and the results that we get. We lwill work together to meet the needs of the students, the teachers, and administration.
About Dr. Montes
Dr. Jane Montes believes in an equal education opportunity for all English learners and that multilingual learners’ languages and cultures are valuable resources to be leveraged for schooling and classroom life. Her career spans 42-years that include teaching in a K-8 Migrant Education Program,12 years as a university professor in bilingual/multicultural education at Northeastern Illinois University and the University of Illinois at Chicago, several years in both public and Chicago Public School Options school administration including as the Director of English Learner Program Services in a K-8 district; and most recently as a Lead ESL Teacher at an urban alternative high school. She has served as an elected executive board member of the Illinois Association for Multilingual Multicultural Education for over 15 years.
Jane received her doctorate in Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign where she also worked at the Center of the Study of Reading. Since retiring from university teaching in 2011, she has provided consulting services to school districts and agencies seeking to provide equitable program services for English learners including those with special needs. Jane has also served as an expert EL peer reviewer for state school improvement grants and for the federal ESEA Flexibility grant.
Pricing and Rates:
Given the large shortage of teachers, and in consideration of teachers who are really wanting to make a difference, I am open to working with teachers, especially new teachers, on a sliding scale.
Reach out to me today to schedule a call with me to discuss your needs.