ELD Weekly Bulletin
Title III/ELD Listserv - November 30, 2015
400+ Free Plays for Kids and Teens
Here is a huge collection of short plays for children and teens! Some of the scripts are funny, others are serious, but all of them are completely free.
We spent a month scouring the internet to find the best free short plays on the web, categorizing them and putting them in one place! Each link opens up either a PDF or an easy-to-cut and paste page with the play on it. Bookmark this page, link to it from your teacher page and share it with your friends and colleagues.
Access the plays to support the English language development of your English Language Learners here.
CAL and Santillana USA Partner to Promote Dual Language Education in the U.S.
The Center for Applied Linguistics is pleased to announce our partnership with Santillana USA to focus on a variety of activities related to dual language education in the United States. Our first collaboration will include joint professional development services utilizing the widely-used Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education.
CAL and Santillana will also sponsor the National Dual Language Forum (NDLF) website. CAL’s Board of Trustees has directed CAL, as part of its mission enhancement activities, to establish the NDLF to foster collaboration among key stakeholders in the field and help inform the public about the benefits of dual language education. The NDLF website will provide links to many of CAL’s dual language resources and will serve as a portal to resources from a wide range of organizations dedicated to promoting dual language education.
ELD & Science Educators Needed for Item Review Committee
The Office of Assessments at the State Department of Education is seeking recommendations for highly qualified educators to participate in the upcoming Grades 3-8 and End–of-Instruction (EOI) Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests (OCCT) Content/Bias Review committees. Committees for Science will be held on November 16th-19th and December 8th-11th. Educators will be asked to commit to one of the committees either in November or December, but not both. Educators must be able to attend all four days in order to be considered.
Science educator’s currently teaching 5th grade, 8th grade, Biology, ELL or special education is preferred. Nominees that are asked to participate on committees will receive a communication from the OCCT Program Management Team providing them with more information.
Please access the link below to nominate a science educator:
Nominate a Colleague as a WIDA Featured Educator
Featured Educator is a monthly interview with a classroom, district, or state-level educator on how he or she is making a difference for language learners. You can honor an exceptional colleague by emailing info@wida.us with “Featured Educator Nomination” in the subject line.
2016 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching
Today’s educators must do more than simply teach the “three R’s”; they must prepare students to live in an increasingly diverse society. Excellent anti-bias educators do this by teaching the knowledge and skills necessary to thrive in diverse settings, achieve academically and work collaboratively. The 2016 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching will recognize five educators who teach these competencies at a mastery level, use research and innovation to drive and evolve their practice, and support prejudice reduction, intergroup relations and equity through their leadership outside the classroom.
Teaching Tolerance will select award winners based on applicants’ demonstrated skills in all three areas, as well as their ability to tie their practices to research. Over the course of the award’s two-year tenure, awardees will showcase their teaching practices and contribute to TT programming. Each awardee will receive a $2,500 cash award and travel to Montgomery, Alabama, for an award celebration during July 2016.
The application deadline is December 15, 2015, at midnight (CST), so apply now!
FELL Monitoring in InClass
Attached is a FELL Monitoring step by step guide for both general education teachers and ELD teachers. Please contact your ELD Coordinator with any related questions.
How to Sneeze in Different Languages - ACHOO!
Title III/ELD Upcoming Events
December 1st, 3:30pm - CST for ELLs Training (Elementary)
December 1st, 4:00pm - Spanish for Educators (Edivate)
December 1st, 4:30pm - CST for ELLs Training (Secondary)
December 3rd, 3:30pm - PowerSchool & ELL Quick Export Training (Elementary)
December 3rd, 4:30pm - PowerSchool & ELL Quick Export Training (Secondary)
December 4th, 2:00pm - Interpreter & Translator Training (Edivate)
December 5th, 8:30am - Dual Language Lesson Cycle Training
Register in MyLearningPlan unless otherwise noted.
Click here to view the Title III/ELD Calendar
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