Why is SIOP so important?
Note: This post was originally published in 2015. For the most current treatment of why SIOP works for K-12 teachers, visit tesoltrainers.com/siop-training . TESOL Trainers offers experiential SIOP professional development that gets implementation rates above 90% with iCOACH™ peer coaching . Why is SIOP so important? If you have been in education for a while, there's no doubt that you have heard someone somewhere mention something about SIOP . You may have even wondered, at some point, what the acronym, ' SIOP ,' stood for. SIOP is much easier to say than, ' Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol .' There has probably been some Professional Development on SIOP at your school or in your district; your school may have ordered some books; your district may have put something about SIOP on the lesson plan form you need to fill out. In fact, someone may have even observed you using a SIOP form in hand. So, what's the big deal about SIOP anyway?...