The dates have been set for the Regional Planning Meetings that will be held at four locations across the region. It will be very important for those of you who are needing more information on the new EL T.O.R. requirements, rubric requirements and the ELD/SIOP Train the trainer PD we will host beginning this summer. The meetings will be from 9-noon at each location. It is suggested that you bring someone from your district that is in a decision making role as these requirements could impact budgets and other important planning issues.

The agenda for the meetings is below:

• 9:00 Introductions/networking
• 9:15-10:15 IDOE - Update on EL T.O.R. and answer any questions you have
• 10:15-11:00 - Tami - Provide update on coursework, the EL T.O.R. and what pieces the consortium can help with, and provide sample plans for getting your staff trained as needed.
• 11:00-noon - Lori North and Brenda Ward, Regional EL Coaches for the Consortium, will share information on the SIOP Train the Training PD, as well as answer any questions you might have.

PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE LOCATION THAT WORKS BEST FOR YOU:

February 25 - CIESC (Indianapolis)

March 3 - NIESC (South Bend)

March 17 - WVEC (WL)

April 21 - Region 8 (Fort Wayne)

I am still working to find a university to partner with so that we can provide the graduate credits for the SIOP training, and other Title III PD. This would help us all work smarter and not harder by being able to offer graduate credits for the PD we are providing through the consortium. In addition, we have discovered that some folks will need more than one course to meet the 100 points on the EL TOR Rubric. I will be meeting with Valparaiso University this Friday, January 24th. I am very hopeful that they might be a good partner for us, and that we can do the coursework through them. We will have information regarding the coursework at the regional planning meetings.

CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS: The Six Principles pf Effective Instruction for English Learners

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EVERY LEARNER - CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING LEADS TO STUDENT SUCCESS

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LET'S GET TALKING

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USING SIOP TO SUPPORT EL's IN THE CLASSROOM WEBINAR SERIES

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S.P.A.R.K. SEL Educator Conference

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ENGAGING EL'S

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CREATING AN EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING FRIENDLY CLASSROOM

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COMING IN 20-21!! SMEKENS EDUCATION: PRIORITY SKILLS THAT HONOR THE FOUR LEVELS OF ELL WRITERS!! (3 day series on differentiating writing for levels 1-4 EL students) SPACE IS LIMITED....REGISTER NOW TO MAKE SURE YOU GET IN!

REMINDER: All WVEC PD can be found at this site. Any TITLE III workshop will have an *ASTERISK in front of the title. This indicates that you may send teachers to this event for free. Make sure you put title3 in the DISCOUNT BOX and PO LINE when you register.

NEWS IN LEVELS - Articles in different levels for EL's

MATHEMATICAL THINKING - Supports for English Learners

LANGUAGE LINES: Sentence Frames based on language levels

ENGLISH LEARNERS I use this individual's videos in many of my SIOP and EL trainings. She has lots of different things to offer and is an English Learner herself!