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Navigating Through The Unknown A World of Knowledge for Principals’ and Teachers of English Learners . SAMUEL 1,2013. SAMUEL 1, 2013.
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Navigating Through The Unknown A World of Knowledge for Principals’ and Teachers of English Learners SAMUEL 1,2013 SAMUEL 1, 2013
"The future of the world is in my classroom today, a future with the potential for good or bad... Several future presidents are learning from me today; so are the great writers of the next decades, and so are all the so-called ordinary people who will make the decisions in a democracy. I must never forget these same young people could be the thieves and murderers of the future. Only a teacher? Thank God I have a calling to the greatest profession of all! I must be vigilant every day, lest I lose one fragile opportunity to improve tomorrow.“ --Ivan Welton Fitzwater
Morning Agenda • Do you Know? WIDA exploration and the benefits for knowing • An opportunity you won’t want to miss, A+RISE • A safe journey to compliance and translations, TransAct • Snapshot of EL Policy & Procedures
Afternoon Agenda • A flight through ALEX • Digging deeper into the right path for your system, Policies & Procedures Manual • Adjourn
WIDAA Plethora of Knowledge In a Flash • Free Professional Development for your school • Language standards & Can Do’s • Guidelines for identifying language versus cognitive needs. • ACCESS / W-APT training and administrator’s testing guide • A benchmark tool for ELs
WIDA http://www.wida.us/
Strategies for ELsA+Rise • Aligned + Appropriate • Research-based • Instructional • Strategies for • ELLs and SEL (StandardEnglish Learner)
A+RiseIs… • Research-based instructional strategies aligned to World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment(WIDA) and state standards and easily searchable by grade level, subject, and student proficiency • Includes printable strategy cards with step-by-step direction to help educators bridge the gap between research and their day-to-day lesson plansfor ELs and all students
A+RISEIs Resource That Effortlessly Helps Teachers: • Differentiate instruction • Reinforce best practices • Provide alternative learning strategies • Support the implementation of instructional frameworks such as the SIOP® Model • Improve the academic achievement of all students, including ELs
The Strands of A+RISE are: Vocabulary Cognates Fluency Writing Comprehension New Comers
A+RISE Contacts • http://arisek12.com/ Request for trial • Sarah Korbut, Pearson, 413-222-6464
Please update this when Coordinator’s among your Districts change October 11, 7:00 a.m. October 28, 5:00 p.m. Available all year long. Multiple years, Fall, End of Year, and Nightly
Let’s Look at TransAct TransAct • Have registration packets in the native language • Consider RoadMap • www.transact.com • Log in • My Account • RoadMaps • ESEA (NCLB) Parent Notification RoadMaps • ESEA (NCLB) Series B: Title III (ELL) Parent Notices
http://alex.state.al.us/index.phpELL Policy & Procedures Manual ALEX
Cooperative Group ActivityPolicies & Procedures Manual • Groups will be assigned a specific area from Policy and Procedures manual to explore • Provide job roles for each group • Each group completes an individual notes for their group section • Next, regroup into expert groups to share specific topics while everyone records information on a graphic organizer
Policy & Procedures ManualGroup Role Assignments • Cooperative Group Leader- make sure every voice is heard and group is on learning task • Recorder- Compiles and writes group members ideas • Time Keeper- Encourages group to stay on task and announces time limits in stages • Presenter- Presents groups finished work to the class • Supply and Question Monitor- Get group supplies and if they have a group question this person will ask three other groups for clarification, and writes down questions from group • Internet Surfer- searches internet for researched topics and orally states findings to the group • Summarizer- will retell and paraphrase internet surfers work for recorder
Policy and Procedures Manual Updated Revision Coming by the End of The Month!
Questions or Comments?Thank You for Participating Today ! ALSDE EL Regional Coaches MekoVenegas mvenegas@alsde.edu Sevim Whitaker swhitaker@alsde.edu Krista Whatley kwhatley@alsde.edu
CONTACT INFORMATION Amanda Gann– Education Specialist agann@alsde.edu Dely V. Roberts – Education Specialist droberts@alsde.edu Cyndi Townley– Education Administrator ctownley@alsde.edu