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Iowa SEC ELL Consortium Meeting, August 5-6

Graves 601 Hotel

601 1st Avenue, North

Minneapolis, MN 55403

P: 612.677.1100

IowaSEC-ELL Consortium Meeting

Prior to August meeting—Download and review SEC ELL data charts related to 5 questions of priority for your state

Meeting Objectives:

  • Understand cross-state research findings for central project questions
  • Identify analysis results of SEC ELL data relevant to state questions/needs
  • Develop plans for implementation within states and next steps

 Wednesday, August 5 

Time / Activity/Topic / Room
7:30 – Noonp.m. / Registration
7:30 –8:30 a.m. / Breakfast Buffet
8:30 – 9:00 / Update on SEC ELL Project, Analyses, Products
Iowa, CCSSO
9:00 – 10:30 / SEC ELL survey designs and data – What have we learned? John Smithson
-- Cross stateanalysis by key Research question
Findings, Further use, Improvements
-- ExampleState level analyses
Findings
10:30 – 10:45 / Break
10:45–12:00 / Breakout groups
2 States per table – Identify key data and findings for my state
What did I learn from data? What do I need to know?
12:00 – 1:00p.m. / Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 / SEC ELL Language and Content Analysis –What have we learned? Edynn Sato, Peter Worth
-- Sample findings for several states
-- How the analysis design and model worked with state standards and assessments
-- How state questions are addressed
2:00 – 3:00 / Small Group review of Content & Language analysis charts
2 documentsreview per state using protocol
-- What are group findings? How are they useful?
3:00 / Break
3:15 – 4:30
4:30 – 4:45 p.m. / (Cont ) Small Group review of charts
2 documents per state
Whole group: Review process

Thursday, August 6 

Time / Activity/Topic / Room
7:00 – 8:30 a.m. / Breakfast Buffet
8:30 – 9:30 / Report on Small Groups review and results
Discuss interpretation and use of findings
9:30 –10:30 / State Teams—Identify needs for Leading with SEC ELL data tools e.g.,
Building local Involvement
Planning Use of SEC-ELL data
Designing PD strategies with specialists, administrators, teachers
forSEC ELL content & linguistic analyses, practices data
10:15 – 10:30 / Break
10:30 – 12:00 / Based on State needs,
SEC ELL Leader Training :
Local level SEC ELL Orientation for leaders and educators
Facilitating the analysis and discussion with teachers and principals
Identify key questions, Select data charts, Technical assistance
State level presentation/use of data:A positive example ofSEC ELL data presentation and use with state leaders
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. / Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. / Focusing Project Results
Format for reporting project findings to states, locals, US ED
Research analyses to pursue – existing data, new data
Products and dissemination process from project
What should be built out further, What can be improved
2:30 - 3:00 / Project Planning and Evaluation
Planning dissemination and further work within states
Evaluation and feedback
3:00 p.m. / Meeting Adjourns

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