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This insightful resource, "Navigating Through the Unknown," highlights the vital role teachers play in shaping the future of their students, particularly English Learners (ELs). It provides essential knowledge on educational compliance, assessment strategies, and instructional frameworks. Through professional development opportunities and structured group activities, educators will learn how to implement best practices, promote student engagement, and enhance academic achievement for all learners. The guide serves as a roadmap for navigating EL policies and instructional needs effectively.
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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