ESL Update for Friday, October 8, 2010
October 1 Headcount
The October 1 Headcount is in full swing! Thank you for confirming your data! Remember that you have until November 5th to approve the information for your LEA by clicking the approve button on the first screen of the LEP CFDC site. Contact your ESL consultant for help cleaning up any issues you may find!
Remember that you can find information including the connection guide for new users, links to the user guides for each CFDC site, bulk upload information and the actual site URL for each site on our web site at http://esl.ncwiseowl.org/lepcoordinators/l_e_p_f_d_c/
Webinars
WIDA Score Report Interpretation Webinar Reminder
Monday,October 11, 2010
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Presented by Tracy Klingbiel, Nash-Rocky Mount Schools
The WIDA Score Report Interpretation webinar will look at the 10 different areas on the ACCESS Teacher Reports, definitions of some of these areas and or descriptions and how to use the information in some of the areas for analysis. We will also learn how to graph and analyze 2 years of scale scores and compare information on the numbers of students scoring proficient or above on standardized tests with ACCESS results.
Go to http://esl.ncwiseowl.org/webinars/widascorereport/to register and download the handouts!
Note:Once you register,the GoTo system will send you a reminder message.The times in the reminder reflect when we have booked the room. The actual Webinar is 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
In the News
Tracy Klingbiel from Nash - Rocky Mount is in the news! Great press for NC DPI, Nash-Rocky Mount, WIDA, the SIOP Support Team, Tracy and ultimately ALL of us!! Congratulations Tracy!
http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/local-teacher-tapped-multi-state-study-145650
Website Update
LEP Coordinator Handbook (http://esl.ncwiseowl.org/lepcoordinators/handbook/outline/ )
We are adding links to the items in the handbook outline. Check back each week to see what has been added!
This week we have added information on ESL program types and the co-teaching model of instruction. Click on 4. a. on the outline for program types. Then click on ESL Co-teaching for links to research and PD.
Opportunities
1) Learn NC Course
For those interested in exploring tech tools like Audacity, Skype, web conferencing software, etc. for language classrooms (ESL or World Languages), a new section of LEARN NC’s Teaching World Languages Online is being taught by one of our e-LinguaFolio Pilot participants. Go to <http://www.learnnc.org/courses/catalog/worldlanguagesonline> for details by Monday, October 11, 2010.
2) Interpreting For Educators - Level 1
Yasmin Wurts Metivier, President, Panoltia, Inc., asked us to share the following:
This one day seminar is for bilingual teachers, counselors, clerical or administrative employees, or anyone else who is called upon to interpret in school settings. See the attached flier for more information. Contact Yasmin with questions at (919) 467-3590, www.panoltia.com