Language Assistance Program Update
August 17, 2018
New WIDA Website
WIDA's new website, http://wida.wisc.edu, is up and running. You'll find general information and public resources here, as well as the login to the secore portal. WIDA has a new logo and a new look!
Talking Points
Please share with your staff this free app that will help if a teacher does not speak a student's home language. The Talking Points app translates text messages into more than twenty languages to help communication from school to home. More information can be found here.
Help for Classroom Teachers
The Indiana Department of Education has created a resource guide full of information to help teachers who have English Learners in their classes. This 37-page guide presents instructional strategies and teaching tips and can be found here. Or, share this quick tip sheet, activities based on proficiency levels with teachers who ask how students in proficiency Level One, Two, Three, and Four can show what they know.