Week of August 9th

Upcoming Professional Development

Monthly ESOL Program Sessions

2nd Tuesday of each month! 

Remember our MONTHLY ESOL Program meetings are on the second Tuesday of each month.  We will be recording the session and posting them the next week in our Newsletter.  

Please use this PD List Link to view all the sessions and sign up ahead of time to receive PD points.  You can only receive PD points if you sign up in the portal.  There are not any PD points awarded for watching the video.  You must attend the live Zoom session. 

Optional Face to Face Collaboration Sessions

We will hold collaboration sessions at MT Anderson once a quarter.  Please use this PD List Link to view all the sessions and sign up ahead of time in the PD portal.  These will NOT be recorded and you must be in attendance to receive PD credit. 

Previous Professional Development

The SC Multilingual Education Kickoff

The South Carolina Department of Education MET Team hosted an outstanding virtual conference July 20-22nd.  Please see the link below to the website to watch all the recorded sessions and view the resources! 

LINK to the SC Multilingual Education Kickoff Website 

ESOL Beginning of the Year (BOY) Meetings

We are super excited to begin the year!  Use this week to get to know your students and organize your support and services.  The following are all the links to the recordings, Google Slides, and resources.  The FAQ from the questions submitted during our Zoom sessions will be provided in August 23rd's Newsletter at the latest. 

Elementary 

Recording

Google Slides

K-12 Session Recording (Please note the K-12 session Google Slides are included in your Elementary or Secondary slides)

Secondary 

Recording

Google Slides


Reminders

Secondary ESOL Teachers

After implementing and during the eLearning preparation, the Lakeview Middle School ESOL teachers created Units 1-2 in the National Geographic Curriculum. You may find it helpful and a place to begin.  Please also see Blanca O'Connor's and Tonya Benjamin's Curriculum pages in this Newsletter/Website as well! 

Google Folder to the Created Units

Thank you Melanie McCrae for the reminder of this resource!!!