Week of August 10th
WELCOME BACK!
We are getting ready for the 2020-2021 school year!
Upcoming Professional Development
Lesson Planet ESOL Sessions
We are offering sessions August 11th to demonstrate how to access the National Geographic lessons that have already been created and uploaded into Lesson Planet for your use! For Elementary, the lessons are for the Reach in the USA (Newcomers) Curriculum. For the Secondary, the lessons are the units in all 4 National Geographic Curriculum Texts: Inside the USA, Fundamentals Vol 1 and 2, and Inside A,B, and C. Eventually, the first 2 units of each curriculum will be available for your use. Some lessons are already available for you to explore and will be shared during this PD session, but the goal is to have all lessons uploaded by August 19th. Please attend one of the sessions. Lesson Planet professional development and support will be provided by your school based Instructional Coach. These ESOL sessions are specifically how to access and use the lessons created for you during the summer in Lesson Planet to help get you started. The sessions will be recorded and shared out at a later date in our Newsletter.
August 11th
1:00-2:00 Elementary ESOL Zoom Link
2:00-3:00 Secondary ESOL Zoom Link
Beginning of the Year ESOL Meeting
We are excited to start the year! We have lots to share and want to make this a great start! Be sure to attend our opening meeting on August 12th. The Zoom links for each session are below:
August 12, 2020 8:00-10:00 (Elementary)
August 12, 2020 2:00-4:00 (Secondary)
If you need the other connecting information, please see the below:
Meeting ID: 864 355 2984
Password: 473490
One tap mobile
+14703812552,,8643552984#,,1#,473490# US (Atlanta)
+17866351003,,8643552984#,,1#,473490# US (Miami)
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please go through all the ESOL Boot Camp information listed in the "Previous Professional Development" section in our Newsletter BEFORE our beginning of the year meeting. This is especially important if you did not participate previously in June/July.
THIS SESSION WILL BE RECORDED AND THE RECORDING PROVIDED IN THIS NEWSLETTER AT A LATER DATE!!!!
Previous Professional Development
ESOL Boot Camp Training Modules
As a part of what would have been Summer Academy, we created a self-paced virtual “training/course” titled ESOL Boot Camp. Within the Boot Camp were modules for ESOL teachers to review which also included the required WIDA screener training that is to be completed yearly. Below is a list of the modules along with links to access each as well as the resources.
***Please note: The links to the modules will force you to make a copy before accessing and the resources are PDFs.
Updated link: Link to Chart with ALL Resources from the ESOL Training Modules
National Geographic Sessions
Part I of the curriculum training was in June. Below are the recordings if you were unable to attend.
Secondary Recordings (you only need to watch one)
June 3 8:30
June 4 1:00
Elementary Recordings (you only need to watch one)
June 3rd at 1 pm
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June 4th at 8 am
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June 4th at 1 pm
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Part 2 Nat Geographic Training in July:
Link for video to Secondary training part 2:
Link for video to Elementary training part 2:
Lexia Core 5 (Elementary Only)
Lexia training part 1 was held on July 27th. If you were unable to attend any of the sessions for part 1, here is the link to access the video for part 1. Questions posted in the chat during the sessions will be used to create an FAQ as a resource/reference tool.
During Lexia training part 1, Chris Diemer, Lexia rep for part 1, shared several resources that she wanted teachers to have access to which includes access to the student demo website, Participant Learning Guide, etc. Below is a link to the document with links to the resources shared during Lexia part 1 training.
Resources for Lexia: https://tinyurl.com/y2og39qx
Lexia training part 2 was held on August 3rd. If you were unable to attend any of the sessions for part 2, here is the link to access the video for part 2. Questions posted in the chat during the sessions will be used to create an FAQ as a resource/reference tool.
During Lexia training part 2, LaTonya Simmons, Lexia rep for part 2, shared several resources that she wanted teachers to have access to which includes access to the student demo website, Participant Learning Guide, etc. Below is a link to the document with links to the resources shared during Lexia part 2 training.
Resources for Lexia:
How to change a PDF to an interactive doc via Google Slide video
Enrich
Enrich training was held on July 20 and 21 (two sessions each day). If you were unable to attend one of those sessions, please be sure to click on the link below to access a video of one of the sessions.
There will be lots of resources added to the Enrich page in our Newsletter over the next two weeks.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WBC3aUgmE1_9kz8cs2HAmO3pHfD1WLma/view?usp=sharing
Reminder and Clarifications
GCSource and access to data
Due to so many factors, many are unable to access your GCSource non 9 reports. Just know it is being worked on and the major issue is that students have to be scheduled to you in order for you to see the data. We will talk more about this process in our opening meeting on August 12th.
To support you in the meantime, you will receive a non 9 of current students for your school. This will be sent to you via e-mail from Kerry Culpepper, Christine Ware, or Tonya Benjamin. Some of you I sent one personally to. Do Not solely depend on this list to determine identification of students for the W-APT and WIDA Screener. Make sure you check with the registrar concerning new students and the current Home Language Surveys (HLS).
We are always here to support and looking forward to "seeing" you all soon!