WVEC TITLE III CONSORTIUM
April 2019 UPDATES
Desktop Monitoring and WVEC WIDA/ELL Videos
Here are links to three videos created for the consortium:
WIDA 101 (1/2 hour long - BASICS of WIDA: Standards and Resources available)
WIDA 101 - LONG VERSION (1 hr - Includes info on MPI's and lesson planning)
ELL101 (45 minutes) Includes ideas for sentence frames, visual support, word banks, critical thinking, language development, assessing EL's and more.
All three videos along with the Google Slides for each video can be found under the VIDEOS folder in our TITLE III CONSORTIUM GOOGLE FOLDER.
SPRING MEETING - WVEC TITLE III CONSORTIUM
A representative from MANGO Languages will be here to walk you through their program and answer questions. In addition, Kierston McKinley will update you on a new process for ordering items. In addition, we will investigate our needs as a consortium for the 19-20 school year, see the new platform for Micro-Credentials pathways, and discuss upcoming PD, concerns and questions we might have as a group. LUNCH will be served for this meeting. We hope everyone can attend. For those that cannot, we will provide a short webinar overview of what was discussed at our spring meeting in a webinar on May 7th from 10-11am EST. The information for the webinar is below:
- TITLE III SPRING MEETING WEBINAR UPDATE
- Tue, May 7, 2019 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
- Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
- https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/295405813
- You can also dial in using your phone.
- United States: +1 (646) 749-3122
- Access Code: 295-405-813
WVEC TITLE III SUMMER INSTITUTE WITH TONYA WARD SINGER
Wednesday, June 5th, 9am to Thursday, June 6th, 3pm
3061 Benton Street
West Lafayette, IN
Tonya Ward Singer was our keynote speaker for the EL Conference. Many requested that she come back for more in-depth training. Tonya will be back in June for a two day in-depth Summer Institute on June 5-6, 2019 from 9-3 PM EST each day.
Each school district may send 5 five people to the Summer Institute. When you register, please put title3 in the discount code box and PO box. At this point, we do have plenty of space, so if you have more than 5 that want to attend, we may be able to accommodate them. Just send me a note and let me know how many you are wanting to send. (Tami - thicks@esc5.k12.in.us)
TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE.
IMPORTANT PD Coming Up
5/9/2019 Unlocking English Learners Potential: Scaffolding Instruction and Teaching Academic Language to EL's
6/5 & 6/6, 2019 WVEC TITLE III SUMMER INSTITUTE with Tonya Ward Singer (EL EXCELLENCE EVERY DAY!) Strategies to Ensure EL's Thrive in the Classroom
All TITLE III events are marked with an asterisk.
Put title3 in the discount box and PO line to remove the costs when registering.
- All PD is offered to general classroom teachers, EL teachers, Instructional Coaches, Instructional Aides, Administrators and anyone else interested in EL instruction.