SLPS TESOL Excellence

SLPS TESOL ExcELLence

Issue 2 October 2015

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6 Calendar / W-APT update
What are Your Hypothesis About Student Language Development
Welcome our New Staff/ Art Teacher of the Year Award
ESOL RESOURCE CORNER/ ESOL Walkthrough Rubric
Program Updates
Calendar of events

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Date / Event / Time / Location
Thursday, October 22 / ESOL Leadership Committee / 3:30PM-4:30 PM / ESOL Office, Building 1
Thursday, October 29 / ESOL PD Committee Meeting / 3:30PM-4:30 PM / ESOL Office, Building 1
October 9 / District PD day / 8:00AM-3:30PM / TBD
October 15,16 / Parent Teacher Conferences / TBD / District School Buildings
October 13, 23 ( Session 2) / Co-teaching Training / 8:00AM - 3:30PM / ESOL office, Building 3
October 10, 24 / SIOP cohort (Component #6 --Practice and Application) / 8:30AM -3:00PM / ESOL office, Building 3
October 20 (for ESOL and mainstream teachers) / Effective Academic Instruction for ELLs (Session 2-Building Background) / 3:30 AM-5:00PM / ESOL office
October 9 / ELL101 for Para Educators
( only for pre-registered individuals) / 8:30-8:30 / EducationPlus® 4433 Woodson Road, St. Louis, MO 63134

Save the Date! Upcoming free Webinar on Academic Language October 8 @ 7pm ET

Mariana Castro and Ruslana Wusterland from WIDA will outline the linguistic expectations of the College and Career Readiness standards and how to engage language learners in using academic language in four key ways.

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7654843203055769601 https://www.ob https://www.obaverse.net averse.net

Please, share ESOL updates from your site with Elena Okanovic by October 30, 2015 to be included in our next issue of the SLPS TESOL ExcELLence newsletter.

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