>> My name is Delilah Baines Washington.
And I'm an ESL teacher with the school district of Philadelphia.
Well, I teach first grade and fifth grade literacy.
So, my day normally consists of a group of students during the literacy block.
So, this year it is first grade.
I deal with the first grade English language learners.
So, my students are from countries such as Nepal, Burma, Mexico.
And I am teaching them beginning literacy.
So, this year is really busy because I have two literacy grades.
So, that can be challenging.
But my day is often spent teaching kids how to read, checking writing, running here,
running there, and just having a lot of time with my students.
So, in the morning I have first graders.
And that's normally from 8:30 to about 10:45.
Then I'll have a prep period.
And then I have my fifth grades from 11:26 to 1:00.
Then I had my lunch.
And then the last two periods are spent between first grade and fifth grade.
So, I'm a little bit busier than some other teachers.
But I do enjoy that.
I like to be able to move and see different groups of kids.
So, it really works well for me.
What an ESL teacher is, what we do, it's just English as a second language.
So, any student who comes with a different home language, then we service them.
So, we, you know, see where their English language proficiency is
and then we teach them the language.
So, it's a lot of linguistics.
Many people say, "Oh, do you just talk to them slow?"
And it's like, no, I don't speak slow.
I speak at a normal pace.
But you're teaching them some of the sounds and things that don't exist in their language