SAMUEL1,2013
1, 2013
SAMUEL
"The future of the world is in my classroom today, a
future with the potential for good or bad... Several
future presidents are learning from me today; so are
the great writers of the next decades, and so are all
the so-called ordinary people who will make the
decisions in a democracy. I must never forget these
same young people could be the thieves and
murderers of the future. Only a teacher? Thank God
I have a calling to the greatest profession of all! I
must be vigilant every day, lest I lose one fragile
opportunity to improve tomorrow.“
--Ivan Welton Fitzwater
 Do you Know? WIDA exploration and the
benefits for knowing
 An opportunity you won’t want to miss, A+RISE
 A safe journey to compliance and translations,
TransAct
 Snapshot of EL Policy & Procedures
 A flight through ALEX
 Digging deeper into the right path for
your system, Policies & Procedures
Manual
 Adjourn
 Free Professional Development for your school
 Language standards & Can Do’s
 Guidelines for identifying language versus cognitive
needs.
 ACCESS / W-APT training and administrator’s testing
guide
 A benchmark tool for ELs
http://www.wida.us/
• Aligned + Appropriate
• Research-based
• Instructional
• Strategies for
• ELLs and SEL (Standard English
Learner)
• Research-based instructional strategies aligned to
World-Class Instructional Design and
Assessment (WIDA) and state standards and
easily searchable by grade level, subject, and
student proficiency
• Includes printable strategy cards with step-by-
step direction to help educators bridge the gap
between research and their day-to-day lesson
plans for ELs and all students
 Differentiate instruction
 Reinforce best practices
 Provide alternative learning strategies
 Support the implementation of instructional
frameworks such as the SIOP® Model
 Improve the academic achievement of all students,
including ELs
Vocabulary
Cognates
Fluency
Writing
Comprehension
New Comers
A+RISE
 http://arisek12.com/ Request for trial
 Sarah Korbut, Pearson, 413-222-6464
Please update this
when Coordinator’s
among your
Districts change
October 11, 7:00 a.m.
October 28, 5:00 p.m.
Available all year long.
Multiple years, Fall,
End of Year, and
Nightly
TransAct
 Have registration packets in the native language
 Consider RoadMap
 www.transact.com
 Log in
 My Account
 RoadMaps
 ESEA (NCLB) Parent Notification RoadMaps
 ESEA (NCLB) Series B: Title III (ELL) Parent Notices
ALEX
ALEX
 Groups will be assigned a specific area from Policy and
Procedures manual to explore
 Provide job roles for each group
 Each group completes an individual notes for their
group section
 Next, regroup into expert groups to share specific
topics while everyone records information on a
graphic organizer
 Cooperative Group Leader- make sure every voice is
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heard and group is on learning task
Recorder- Compiles and writes group members ideas
Time Keeper- Encourages group to stay on task and
announces time limits in stages
Presenter- Presents groups finished work to the class
Supply and Question Monitor- Get group supplies and if
they have a group question this person will ask three other
groups for clarification, and writes down questions from
group
Internet Surfer- searches internet for researched topics
and orally states findings to the group
Summarizer- will retell and paraphrase internet surfers
work for recorder
Updated Revision
Coming by the End of
The Month!
ALSDE
EL Regional Coaches
Meko Venegas
mvenegas@alsde.edu
Sevim Whitaker
swhitaker@alsde.edu
Krista Whatley
kwhatley@alsde.edu
Amanda Gann– Education Specialist
agann@alsde.edu
Dely V. Roberts – Education Specialist
droberts@alsde.edu
Cyndi Townley– Education Administrator
ctownley@alsde.edu