Week of August 17th

WELCOME BACK! 


We are getting ready for the 2020-2021 school year!

Upcoming Professional Development 

WIDA Self-Paced Workshops

Beginning September 1, 2020, educators in South Carolina will have the opportunity to participate in eight self-paced eWorkshops developed by WIDA, a trusted name in multilingual learner education and assessment. The following eWorkshops will be available in the eLearning Center of the WIDA Secure Portal:

·         WIDA Writing Rubric

·         Doing and Talking STEM

·         Classroom Teachers: Engaging Multilingual Newcomers

·         Leading for Equity: Classroom Walkthrough

·         Social Studies: Engaging Multilingual Learners through Inquiry

·         Developing Language for Learning in Mathematics

·         School Improvement Planning for Equitable Education of Multilingual Learners (available Winter 2021)

·         Engaging with the WIDA Standards: A Collaborative Approach (available Winter 2021)

WIDA Self-Paced eWorkshops cover a range of topics intended for a variety of audiences, from K-12 classroom teachers to English language acquisition educators to district and school administrators. All eWorkshops are FREE and available when and where it is convenient for you throughout the 2020-2021 school year. View the WIDA Self-Paced eWorkshops flyer for full descriptions and intended audiences. Only a WIDA Secure Portal account is needed; no registration necessary. Contact WIDA Client Services Center at help@wida.us or 1-866-276-7735 to set up your WIDA Secure Portal account today. If you already have a WIDA Secure Portal account, you will automatically have access to the WIDA Self-Paced eWorkshops in the eLearning Center.

 

Previous Professional Development

Beginning of the Year ESOL Meeting

Thank you so much for attending our BOY Meeting August 12th.  If you were not able to attend, please take the time to watch the recording and go over the Google Slides.  If you attended and would like to watch again or use the slides as a reference, please do so! 

Video Recordings of the BOY Meeting

Elementary

Secondary

Google Slides of BOY Meeting

FAQ of Elementary Session

FAQ of Secondary Session

Resources from the BOY Meeting (ESOL Personnel List and  Who to Contact)  and Language Line Info



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.  All of these kinks will not be worked out until after the scheduling is completed for the K-8 Virtual Academy and technology uploads.  

Once it is updated and ready, we will notify you by e-mail!


No Orange Folders

Since we are shifting to the digital documentation process, we do not need to create orange permanent folders for our students.  All HLS forms and original Screener Score sheets with student written sections (writing for Elementary) are to be placed behind the Testing Card in the permanent records with DO NOT Purge written on them.

ESOL Monthly Professional Development and Meetings

This year we will continue our monthly ESOL sessions!  They will be the second Tuesday of each month.  Mark your calendars!  Our first session will be September 8th.  Professional Development and Zoom links will be shared soon!