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ESL Conferences, Workshops, Institutes, and Courses

2011-2012 ESL/Bilingual Programs Professional Development Calendar

Registration form for 2011-12 MDoE ESL/Bilingual Programs workshops (There is no cost for these workshops. Lunch will be provided for those registered by one week prior to the workshop.)

Maine ESL Summer Academy

"Building Bridges to English Language Proficiency" - Tuesday through Thursday, June 26-28, 2012.

Produced by the MDOE ESL/Bilingual Programs in collaboration with Project Opportunity at the University of Maine, Orono

3-day residential training held at the University of Maine, Orono. $250 per person. Online Registration begins March 1, 2012.

Details in progress; further information will be posted after February 15, 2012.

2011-2012 workshops:

Examining Implications of ACCESS for ELLs® Teacher Reports - Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Freeport Hilton Garden Inn, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Please note: There is limited space for this workshop. Early registration is encouraged.

Maine school districts have gathered multiple years of ACCESS data on their English Learners (ELs). Aside from documenting and monitoring progress, what do the scores reveal about delivering classroom instruction or program delivery? How does an EL’s language growth compare with other ELs? What is considered “normal” growth? Participants will be given opportunities to examine the implications of their student data in order to engage in more strategic support for their ELs.

Completed workshops for 2011-12:

ACCESS for ELLs®, MODEL™ and W-APT™ Training for New Test Administrators - Monday, January 9, 2012

Cross Building, Augusta, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

MetriTech Training - Monday, November 7, 2011

Freeport Hilton Garden Inn, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Morning: ACCESS Test Materials handling Afternoon: Scoring the writing portion of the ACCESS for ELLs®

Working with the WIDA ELD Standards - Thursday, October 20, 2011

Freeport Hilton Garden Inn, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

ACCESS test scores guide teachers in how to apply the WIDA English Language Development (ELD) Standards to classroom instruction. The ELD Standards model the academic language benchmarks that English Learners (ELs) need for learning content comprehensibly. Teachers can directly apply the Standards to create targeted formative assessments in listening, speaking, reading, and/or writing through the language derived from content. This workshop, delving more deeply into ELD Standards application, will guide participants constructively in a process for creating language targets to meet and expand the needs of ELs using practice samples from language arts, math, science, and/or social studies.

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Northern New England TESOL (NNETESOL) Conference, November 5, 2011, St. Michael's College, Colchester, VT - Go to: www.nnetesol.org

National TESOL Convention, Philadephia, Pennsylvania March 28-31, 2012 - Go to: www.tesol.org

For information and registration for related educational workshops, see the Syntiro website, http://www.syntiro.org (formerly the Maine Support Network).

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University of Maine Project Opportunity and courses

ESL Education Programs at the University of Southern Maine

University of Southern Maine online courses

NCELA Toolkits

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Photos

Don Bouchard, WIDA Senior Professional Development Consultant

CAL Summer Institute participants

The June, 2011, 3-day residential training from the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) provided passionate English Language educators statewide with an opportunity to discuss effective reading strategies, collaborate with a variety of educators and build camaraderie through shared meals and dorm life. The Maine Department of Education ESL/Bilingual Programs partnered with UMO's Project Opportunity to produce this year's Summer Academy.

English Learners info

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