Virtual SIOP

Based on years of research, the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP®) Model is a scientifically validated framework for improving the academic achievement of English learners.

Let the training come to you! The SIOP® Training for Teachers Virtual Institute is a cost-effective and convenient way to learn about the scientifically validated SIOP® Model. Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of how SIOP® works in content-area classrooms. Watch expert-led sessions right on your computer. Experience SIOP® classroom lessons, listen to SIOP® authors, and participate in an author Q&A live. It’s a powerful new learning model for educators with limited time or budget for travel.

This four-week institute consists of 11 sessions in which participants complete a series of assignments on their own schedule, as well as meeting as a virtual group to collaborate, discuss, and share information with colleagues. The four live sessions are led by an expert in the topic and one session is devoted to a question and answer session with the authors.

Virtual SIOP costs $300, which the AEA will reimburse.  Additionally, upon completion, each participant will receive a $200 honorarium.  To qualify for the $500 reimbursement, ($300 registration plus $200 honorarium) please complete the personal information and respond to the following questions.

You will need to wait for a response before registering for the session if you want to attend and receive the stipend.  Angie Hance will email you to let you know if you qualify for the reimbursement of $500.  Once approved, a registration link will be sent.  You will also be able to apply for license renewal credit. 

Once you receive the written approval you will need to
     1) get approval from your direct supervisor;
     2) obtain a purchase order from your district to register, have the district pay and register you, or pay yourself; and
     3) let your supervisor and business office know that in addition to reimbursement for the class ($300), we will also send the district a $200 stipend that the district will need to forward on to the teacher. 

Once the institute is completed, Pearson will issue you a Certificate of Completion.  You will need to photocopy or scan this certificate and send/email it to Angie Hance along with a completed claim form.  Claim forms are needed for the AEA to reimburse the district for the $300 registration and $200 stipend.  The district will then reimburse you the $200 (likely minus taxes).  Unfortunately, the AEA can not pay any stipends directly to an individual due to tax reasons. 

Other Virtual SIOP classes will likely be offered later in the year; however the two dates listed below are all that are showing on their website.  You may register for License Renewal Credit as well, paid for using your own funds. 

If you'd like to submit a request to attend, please complete this survey!

Link 

Dual Language Institute

Here is a link to the Dual Language Institute to be held in New York in October

http://nabe-conference.com/institute.html

Have a wonderful day!

Updated ELPA 21 Training Modules

We just received word that multiple training modules have been updated for the 2019-20 school year. 

From the DE:

This year we are happy to announce that we have ready several of the ELPA21 training modules in advance. Each of these modules is updated for 2019-2020. 

To help you prepare for the suite of ELPA21 assessments, the following modules are ready for your use:

• ELPA21 Dynamic Screener Training 2019-2020
• NEW - Dynamic Screener for Experienced Test Administrators 2019-2020
• New Test Administrators: Introduction to ELPA21 Screening and Summative Assessment 2019-2020
• ELPA21 Technology Coordinators Training 2019-2020
• ELPA21 Test Coordinators Training 2019-2020

As other modules get updated, we will add them to the list and notify you.

 

To ACCESS the training modules, go to: https://training.aealearningonline.org

 

Click on "Catalog" and scroll down to "English Language Learners"  All EL modules are listed.  Updated modules all say 2019-20 in the course title.

NOMINATIONS - PLEASE READ!

 REGARDING THE ICLC CONFERENCE - Please consider nominating someone!!!

Hello Everyone.  Please feel free to send out the following message to districts within your AEA service area. Thank you.  *** As of today we have ZERO nominations.  

Dear EL Colleagues,

The 2019 Iowa Culture and Language Conference will be here before we know it.  ICLC will be held November 4th, 5th and 6th in Coralville, Iowa.  Every year an administrator, a teacher, an individual, and an organization from Iowa are honored on behalf of their diligent work and advocacy of immigrants, refugees and Iowa's non-English speaking population.  The awards given include the Dan Chavez Beyond the Horizon; The Individual Advocate Award, The Organization Award, The Teacher Award and the Dr. Carmen P. Sosa Leadership Award.  

There are many individuals and organizations in Iowa who are very deserving of these awards.  Please take the time to submit your nomination(s) by Tuesday, October 1, 2019.  Please click here for the 2019 ICLC Awards Nomination form.  

Sincerely, 

Sherri Anderson
NWAEA EL Consultant/Title III Grant Coordinator

From the DE: ELPA 21 guidance

Dear ELPA21 Test Coordinators and Test Administrators,

 

As the school year opens, don't forget you need to complete the ELPA21 Dynamic Screener Training 2019-2020 on https://training.aealearningonline.org before screening new students. This is a required training, not an optional training. 

So you would not need to take two trainings, we have taken down the ELPA21 Dynamic Screener for Future Kindergarten Students for 2019 and incorporated the information in the ELPA21 Dynamic Screener Training 2019-2020. The future kindergarten training will come live again in Spring 2020 for kindergarten roundups.

New this year is a shorter version of the training for those who administered it last year. If you qualify, you may take the ELPA21 Dynamic Screener Training for Experienced Test Administrators 2019-2020 instead. 

This message comes from Colleen Anderson at the DE

Story Weaver Bytes

15,000 storybooks in 200 languages!  We, at StoryWeaver, are super excited that we now have over 15,000 storybooks in 200 languages on our platform!  This month, we have added more storybooks in languages like, Marwari, Surjapuri, Korku and Tibetan. We also added 80 stories across nine indigenous Mexican languages, and among them are stories in Chocholteco, which are the first written records to be published in this language in over a decade!  Here’s a massive THANK YOU to our amazing translator community! Your faith has helped us reach this milestone, which we believe is the first of many more! Translating stories into indigenous languages   The Ranchi Admin Office (Jharkhand, India) reached out to us recently, to collaborate with them to translate stories into indigenous languages like Kurmali, Sadri, Mundari and Kurukh. The project went so well that the NITI Aayog, a policy think tank of the Government of India, tweeted about this initiative!

StoryWeaver's first comic book! In other news, StoryWeaver's first comic book, Making Friends with Snakes (But From a Distance), written and illustrated by wildlife cartoonist Rohan Chakravarty and published by Pratham Books, is now available in 7 Indian languages - Marathi, Hindi, Telugu, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil and Konkani. The book will soon be translated into Bengali and Odia too. You can read the book in all these languages here.

Community Corner The community has been wowing us with their stories recently. We love The Big, Bad Kurattai, written by Abhi Krish and illustrated by Anastasiya Ivanova, about an errant child, a bowl of dumplings and a mystery! The story was written in celebration of Singapore's Tamil Language Month 2019. You can read the Tamil version of the story here.

Iowa Culture and Language Conference - Save the Date

The 2019 Iowa Culture and Language Conference will be held this year from November 4th through the 6th at the Coralville Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.  Again this year, GHAEA will be paying for LEA staff registration for those wishing to attend.  Registration information will be sent out within 2-3 weeks.  Here is a link to the conference website for more information:  ICLC2019

Thank you!

Angie Hance
Director, Targeted Services
Green Hills Area Education Agency