Language Assistance Program Update
December 1, 2017
Grants for Teachers
These websites provide a list of grants available to teachers to apply for funds for professional development, travel, technology for the classroom, and learning materials for their students:
http://www.grantsalert.com/grants
http://www.teacherscount.org/grants/
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/teacher-travel-grants-resources-matt-davis
Benefits of a Bilingual Brain
This five minute video explains how being multilingual can help you be a better problem-solver, delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease and age-related dementia, and keep your brain healthy:
Getting Ready for WIDA ACCESS Testing
This is the time to begin working out details to ensure a smooth test administration. The WIDA-AMS website is now up and running for 2017-2018 ACCESS for ELLs 2.0. This means that test sessions can be created and edited. This is a great time to ensure all of your student data is correct and to begin working out the logistics of test administration.
ACCESS materials will be delivered to districts on December 13th . The window for ordering additional materials will then be open on WIDA-AMS.
LM Reporting Deadline
The window for Language Minority submission with sign-off will remain open until December 8th at 4:00 pm.
ENL Licensure Program
Indiana University Southeast is offering a new English as a New Language license cohort, starting this spring and occurring again the following fall. This program is for teachers already licensed in another area who are seeking to add the ENL license:
SIOP Training Opportunity
Please consider joining us for the Sheltered Instruction Observational Protocol (SIOP) Training this spring. The four-day training will take place on March 20 and 21 and June 12 and 13. Please let us know if you or your staff would like to attend.