SLPS TESOL ExcELLence Volume 1, Issue 1 September 2014 ESOL LESSON PLAN TEMPLATES CBM-3D Benchmark Assessment The information below was shared with As soon as you are able to get access to the current STAR reading levels of your students, please begin administering CBM-3D assessment for the pull out students only. Please, feel free to join our additional session on the CBM-3D administration procedures. Please, RSVP to Elena Okanovic by September 4, 4:00 PM if you plan to attend the session. the SLPS principals in the latest issue of the Principal Newsletter. Principals at ESOL centers: (Buder, Mason, Mullanphy, Sigel, Mann, Oak Hill, Dewey, Worner, Woodward, Fanning, Compton Drew, Gateway Middle, Busch, Gateway STEM, Roosevelt, Soldan and NCNAA.) “Considering the district’s lesson plan template and the key instructional components in the field of TESOL (Teaching English toSpeakers of Other Languages), SLPS ESOL Program developed an ESOL lesson plan template to be used by all ESOL teachers at SLPS. This template should be used to plan for pull out ESOL instruction and ESOL courses. For sheltered courses and team teaching, ESOL teachers may use the school-based template. However, they need to add WIDA standards, content and language objectives to the school-based template.” Thank you to all teachers who have submitted their lesson plans and schedules using the new template. Please, continue to submit your lesson plans to Elena Okanovic by Monday, by 9:00 AM in order to receive the timely feedback. If you write several lesson plans, please submit them in a Zipped file. INSIDE THIS ISSUE continued on page 2 1 LESSON PLANS 1 CBM-3D BENCHMARK TESTING 1 MONITORING RECLASSIFICATION FORM 2 SAMPLE OF A PARENT NOTIFICATION LETTER Friday, September 5th, from 3:00PM-4:00PM ESOL W-APT SCREENING Please, email to Elena Okanovic your updates on the W-APT process at your site by Friday, September 5th. ELL SIS Coding LEP- Limited English proficient RCV- Receiving Services (LEP) NLP- Native Language Proficient (not LEP) M1- Monitored year 1 (LEP) M2- Monitored year 2 (LEP) MONITORING PROCEDURES September 12 is the due date for submitting site reclassifications forms (EXCEL document.) The completed forms should be submitted to Samir and copy the form to Elena Okanovic. Buder ESOL teachers, Anne Savio and Kathleen Avanevoli, designed a parent notification letter to notify parents about students changing status from Receiving services (RCV) to Monitoring services (M1). Feel free to use the sample at your site. (see page 2) FOR THE RECLASSIFICATION PURPOSE ( RCV-M1) 3 REMINDERS- CALENDAR OF EVENTS Newsletter 1 Student Name ______________________ Grade _____ Date ____________ Teacher ____________________________ Dear Parent or Guardian, Your child is now considered to be proficient in English. Your child: ____ Scored an overall proficiency level of 6.0 (the highest score) on Tier C of the Access for English Language Learners Assessment. ____ Scored an overall proficiency level of 5.0 and above on Tier C of the Access for English Language Learners Assessment AND achieved a proficiency level of Basic or higher on the MAP test AND (circled items apply): Achieved high academic grades in their classes Scored highly on district benchmark tests Demonstrated strong writing performance There is agreement from the ESL teachers and his/her classroom teacher that language is not a barrier to your child’s ability to access academic content. Your child will be monitored for two years. If you have any questions, please contact us at _____________ School. Sincerely, ___________________________ ESOL Teacher(s) Newsletter 2 continued from page 1 CALENDAR Date Thursday, September 4 OF EVENTS Event Time ESOL Parent Committee Location 3:30PM-4:30 PM ESOL Office , Building 1 3:30PM-4:30 PM ESOL Office, Building 1 3:30PM-4:30 PM ESOL Office, Building 1 3:30PM-4:30 PM ESOL Office, Building 1 3:00PM-4:00PM (RSVP) ESOL Office, Building 1 Meeting Thursday, September 11 ESOL PD Committee Meeting Thursday, September 18 ESOL Leadership Committee Thursday, September 24 ESOL Community Outreach Committee Friday, September 5 CBM-3D administration procedures training session Friday, September 5 W-APT Updates are due Submit to Samir Mujagic Friday, September 12 CBM-3D benchmark Keep the result on file Assessment ( pull-out using our benchmark only) is due record sheet ( EXCEL document) Tuesday, September 16 Writing Content and 3:00PM-4:30PM Language Objectives ESOL Office, Building 4, Library Workshop ( sign up on MLP) Please, share the ESOL updates from your site with Elena Okanovic by October 1, 2014 to be included in our next issue of the SLPS TESOL ExcELLence newsletter. Newsletter 3 Newsletter 4 Newsletter 5