Previous Professional Development 

ESOL October General Session

Thank you to all those that could attend our October General Session on October 13th.  Please see all the resources below for those who could not attend and/or references and resources!  Our next General Session is November 10th! 

October General Session Power Point

Elementary Recording

Secondary Recording (Due to internet and technical difficulties, still unable to get the recording)

FAQ Document from Chat Questions

Upcoming Professional Development 

Don't Forget! ESOL Open Office Hours 

We are here to support you!  We are excited to hold open time each week to support you.  You do not have to sign-up!  You simply enter the Zoom link if you have questions or need assistance.  Please note some sessions are specific to New ESOL Teachers.  Each of the ICs have an assigned mentor group.  If you are a new ESOL Teacher, please see the chart below to know who is your support person.  

Professional Development Opportunities - Tuesday, October 20th

Lexia Core 5 

On Tuesday, October 20th, our Lexia rep, Barbara Rabon, will be joining us for a Lexia Training refresh of elementary ESOL Teachers as well as previously identified secondary teachers. She will review with us how to effectively use the program, the resources available, and how to access and use the reports. She will be with us from 3-4 pm. 

Link to register on the portal

Zoom link to attend

Meeting ID: 993 1739 3080

Password: 664501

One tap mobile

+14703812552,,99317393080#,,1#,664501# US (Atlanta)

+17866351003,,99317393080#,,1#,664501# US (Miami.

Nat Geographic Curriculum 

On Tuesday, October 20th, our Nat Geo rep, Catherine Wheeler-Baco, will be joining us for a Nat Geo Training to show secondary teachers how to create classes, add curriculum, add assignments and eAssessments.  She will also highlight various features of the student page. She will be with us from 4:00-4:45 pm.

Link to register on the portal 

Zoom link will be given at a later time

Elementary PD Updates

Incorporating Speaking within Content

We will not hold the “ESOL Curriculum 2020-21:Incorporating Speaking with Content” session on October 20th due to the “Lexia Refresher” session. Since we would like for everyone to be able to attend the Lexia session, we will start the “ESOL Curriculum 2020-21:Incorporating Speaking with Content” on November 17, 2020.

Teacher Support Hour for LaToi Gibson

Friday, 10/16/2020, Teacher Support Zoom session will be from 11:00-11:30. 

There will be no Zoom sessions on Friday, 10/23/2020.  Regular Zoom sessions will resume on the following Friday, 10/30/2020 at 11:00-11:45 and 1:00-1:45.

Secondary PD Updates

Reading and Literacy A Lifelong Successful Approach

We will not hold the “ESOL Curriculum 2020-21:”Reading and Literacy A Lifelong Successful Approach” session on October 20th due to the “National Geographic” session. Since we would like for everyone to be able to attend the National Geographic session, we will start the “ESOL Curriculum 2020-21:” Reading and Literacy ALifelong Successful Approach ” on November 17, 2020. 

Highlights 

Lexia Core 5

Thank you for your interest in Lexia. We are hearing that students have been taking the auto placement and starting in the program. Chris has been receiving emails and working to address those concerns. As of Thursday, kindergarteners have still not been uploaded. This was to be done by district ETS. We are checking into the delay. Also, we are looking into the few teachers who are having issues with their accounts as well as how long it takes for students to be imported over from PowerSchool into Lexia. As soon as those issues are resolved, I will send you an email.

There will be no Zoom Help Session for Lexia on the following Fridays - October 16th and October 23rd. Regularly scheduled Lexia Help Sessions will resume Friday, October 30th and will be held every Friday from 1-1:45 pm. 

Please consider attending the Lexia PD training refresher on Tuesday, October 20th at 3 pm. 

Secondary - Nat Geo Curriculum

Please complete the following Nat Geo survey.  The purpose of this form is to collect information regarding the type(s) of Nat Geo Curriculum you are currently teaching.  This information will be used to help teachers appropriately collaborate when writing future lesson plans and utilizing the Nat Geo Curriculum. 

https://forms.gle/YJUa5kQRkzBAwzPC8 

Reminders and Clarifications

Do you have something to celebrate?  I hope we all do!  Please share with the team so we can celebrate together!  Teams that celebrate together, accelerate together! 

Pleas complete the Google Form with celebrations!  This is ongoing throughout the year!  I will add them every Thursday in our Newsletter! 

Teams that celebrate together, accelerate together form 

We cannot have any blanks in the Power School field for English Proficiency.  The students' language proficiency code must be correct and entered.  Make sure you share the proficiency codes with your Power School clerks for all BLANKS.  If you already shared with your Power School Clerks, check with them to be sure they were all entered.  Bring them "banana bread" (favorite treat) to support them and keep them happy ;) Remember the proficiency fields determine FUNDING and ESOL FTEs (number of teachers).  We had over 653 blanks in my pull October 15th!!!! Remind your Clerks to enter a 9 for students that have ALL English on the Home Language Survey (HLS). The drop dead date for funding is the 45th day.  That is OCTOBER 27th!  NOTE:  In your English Proficiency field you should NOT have ANY of the following codes:  CM, W, 6P, 7P, or BLANKS

Accessing ILAPs for Content Teachers and ICs

Many of our content teachers do not realize they have access to Enrich or have not been trained to use it.  The following one-pager was created for them!  It will be shared next week with principals and ICs. 

Accessing ILAPs in Enrich