Week of November 29th
Upcoming Professional Development
ESOL Professional Development/Portal
Here is a link to all ESOL Professional Development offered this school year. Please note you will need to preregister for all PD sessions in advance.
Our Monthly ESOL session is December 14th. Please sign up in the portal. The following are the Zoom links to join the sessions. "See" you soon!
Elementary ESOL December 2021 Session
Dec 14, 2021 03:00 PM Eastern Time
Meeting ID: 864 355 2984
Password: 473490
Secondary ESOL December 2021 Session
Dec 14, 2021 04:00 PM
Meeting ID: 864 355 2984
Password: 473490
Updates and Reminders
High School ESOL Teachers
Please remember that with the change of the semester in January, our MLs will have new teachers. All teachers must be aware of and implement the accommodations in the ILAPs. Also, remember that the ILAPs can be edited. With the change classes, the classroom accommodations may need to be edited depending on the new courses/teachers. The first week of January, please collaborate with the second-semester teachers of your MLs with ILAPs, make any updates needed, and gather signatures as needed. We will share more information during our December 14th meeting.
Reminder if you still have AWs in PowerSchool for students that needed to be screened this year due to missing the ACCESS for ELLs Assessment last year (Spring 2021), we are reposting the link to the form that must be filled out to document the three attempts to screen. Please fill out this form as soon as possible.
https://forms.gle/awBxWNd3jRrjRSPx7
*Reminder if students are virtual, home based schools should schedule the student to come in to complete screening
District and State Testing Accommodations
Virtual Teachers are sharing accommodations with the home-based ESOL Teacher to be included in the spreadsheet that the home-based ESOL teacher shares with his/her STC.
ACCESS for ELLs
Reminder to view the video sent in last weeks newsletter regarding ACCESS for ELLs. All ML Data for ACCESS for ELLs and Precode Data will be pulled by the State on December 7th.
Please look over your Non-9 report to ensure that all English Language Proficiency coding is up to date.
Work with your Special Education and 504 Teams to ensure that ACCESS or Alternate ACCESS Participation is in the IEP or 504 plan for all students taking ACCESS for ELLs or Alternate ACCESS for ELLs .
Work with your Special Education and 504 Teams to ensure allowable accommodations per domain are listed in the IEP or 504 plan if applicable.
Work with your Special Education and 504 Teams to ensure that Alternate ACCESS (if applicable) or Paper ACCESS (if applicable) Tier Placement has been completed in PowerSchool.