BilingualESL Lead Teachers Meeting BilingualESL Department November 9

Bilingual/ESL Lead Teachers Meeting Bilingual/ESL Department November 9, 2017

Appreciation Quotes • "The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. " • ~ H. U. Westermayer

Gratitude Jar What are you truly grateful for? Do you express your thankfulness? " "Just saying thank you will never repay your kindness. "

ESL Stipend Sessions for Saturday Nov. 11, 2017 SAVE THE DATE! ESL Stipend Sessions WHEN November 11, 2017 SESSIONS: CREATING CRITICAL READERS: QTEL (6 HOURS) 8: 30 am – 4: 00 pm SOS! CREATING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CLASSROOM (3 HOURS) WHERE ELPS/TELPAS CONNECTION -FOR NEW TEACHERS (3 HOURS) PDC Registration available in Eduphoria THE EFFECTS OF TRAUMA ON THE BRAIN (3 HOURS) NEW: MAKING CONTENT COMPREHENSIBLE (3 HOURS)

ESL Stipend Sessions Dates • • • November 11 November 28 December 5 December 7 January 9, 30 February 3 Saturday at PDC Tuesday Book Study Tuesday at PDC Thursday at PDC Tuesday Book Study Saturday at PDC

ESL Trade-Off Saturday Sessions TELPAS familiarization training for the new raters • December 2 • January 20 • February 10 Sign in Eduphoria Board Conference Room (8: 30 -11: 30)

ESL Certification Course • Teachers who are not ESL certified should begin to plan to take the spring course. • Middle School English and reading teachers who teach ELs must be certified for ESL. • ELA teachers without certification are first served (Region 11) • All English and reading teachers must be certified and have the students in class in order to apply for the ESL stipend.

ELL Instructional Accommodations

Dictionary Reminder • LPAC orders dictionaries • Our dictionaries are for ELL student’s daily instruction only

STAAR/EOC : ELL Designated Supports • Decision-Making Time • Designated Supports available for students who meet eligibility (some new ones) and some that require TEA approval • Parent Denials: those students are not eligible to receive designated supports or special provisions • LPAC Guide • Make assessment decisions on an individual basis and routine use • More information available at TEA 2017 STAAR supports • http: //tea. texas. gov/student. assessment/accommodations/

TELPAS Is On Going!

TELPAS Spring (TEA) Dates • Jan 10 Assembling and Verifying Gr. 2 -12 Writing Collections course available • Jan 22 Online basic training course s for new and returning 2 -12 raters available (only Writing) • Feb. 12 Calibration window opens for new and returning raters (only Writing) 2 opportunities; monitored setting • Feb. 26/Apr. 6 – TELPAS assessment window (Data verification) • Composite score: 10% Listening (27 points) 10% Speaking (36 points) 30% Writing 50% Reading (37 questions)

TELPAS NEWS • New Tutorials will be released in January 2018 • Listening Items – the text/prompt isn’t available on the screen – click on correct answer, drop and drag, and multiple choice • Speaking Items – Text for prompt is onscreen to read and in an audio file. Students may record up to 2 responses each with a 90 -second duration. Speaking is scored with a 2 or 4 point rubric depending on the item type and complexity. • Clusters differ for Reading vs. Listening and Speaking • Delayed TELPAS Results and LPAC implications