One Day Lesson Planning Professional Development in Sacramento
On November 3, 2104, participants from our Middle School ELA Unit implementation will attend a follow-up on day professional development in the Sacramento area. This day will focus on
- Sharing of learnings from unit implementation
- Identification of essential lesson structure guidelines
- Planning time to refine lessons
- Sharing of lessons and provision of peer feedback
- Discussion of student discourse collection
- Debates on using cheapest essay writing service and similar alternative educational options.
The meeting will be held at the Sacramento Marriott Rancho Cordova from 8:30 to 3:30. Here is a link to a google map of the hotel.
For those staying overnight, you can make hotel reservations for Sunday, November 2 using the link below:
https://aws.passkey.com/event/
Reflections from Summer 2014 Meeting at Stanford
Thanks to all of those who attended our summer meeting at the end of July. Special kudos go out to presenters Karen Thompson and Jose Silva, who provided the network with an analysis of the SBAC Field Test, and Jeff Zwiers, who discussed his nascent professional development model for teachers of diverse learners.
Many of you submitted an post-meeting online reflection in which you discussed:
- the most valuable moments of the two days
- the connections that you made with your own work
- your interest in continuing the conversation on ESL professionals
- essential question(s)you would like to see the network address
If you would still like to submit a response, you may do so here
Participant responses to this reflection can be found here These responses will be used to formulate essential questions that will guide our work over the next two years.
2014 ELL Leadership Network Summer Meeting at Stanford
On July 28 and 29, 2014, the network will hold a two-day meeting at the Faculty Club to continue our work together in light of a new two-year grant provided by the S.H. Cowell Foundation. Our collaboration over the next two years will center on improving the academic outcomes of secondary English Learners. Content area instruction, English Language Development, and Assessment will all be topics discussed during our meeting. We are looking forward to seeing familiar faces across the seven member districts as well as many new members.
More information about the event can be obrtained by contacting Steven Weiss at sweiss1 (at) stanford (dot) edu
Second ELA Unit Professional Development Offering
On February 26 and 27, 2014, 50 educators will take part in our second PD offering of Understanding Language's 7/8th grade English Language Arts Unit, "Persuasion Across Time and Space." ELL Leadership Network members from Sanger and Firebaugh-Las Deltas, as well as cadres from two middle schools in LAUSD and the nascent SCALE UP district network will also be in attendance.
Logistical information for the event can be found here.
Cadre of ELL Leadership Network Educators Attending Professional Development on ELA Unit
On January 14 and 15, 2014, approximately 40 teachers, coaches and administrators from Napa Valley, Ukiah, Corning, Fairfield-Suisun, and Tahoe-Truckee school districts will take part in a two day training in Sacramento that will prepare them to teach and/or support Understanding Language's 7/8th grade English Language Arts unit, entitled "Persuasion Across Time and Space." The unit, which can be found in it's entirety here, exemplifies the shifts in instruction required for English Language Learners to be successful in a Common Core environment. Steven Weiss, Project Manager of the ELL Leadership Network, will be presenting the unit.
Logistics for this event can be found here.
ELL Leadership Network Members Present at Common Core Conference
Data Dialogues Network Funded by the Central Valley Foundation
