Native American Heritage Month: OELA Celebrates and Uplifts Innovative Practices | |
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Join OELA for a webinar to commemorate Native American Heritage Month in November. This webinar will be equal parts inspiration and innovative resources for education professionals serving Native American students.
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
4:00 – 5:00 PM ET
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English Learner Instruction: Building Capacity Through Design Grantee Spotlight | |
National Chemistry Week: October 20–26, 2024 | |
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This year’s National Chemistry Week is October 20–26. This week is a public awareness campaign that promotes the value of chemistry in everyday life. Recent data shows ELs are underrepresented in schools offering upper-level science courses, with just 1.4% in schools with advanced chemistry. Find more Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) data in OELA's infographic about STEM and ELs.
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Notice Inviting Applications for OSERS-OSEP | |
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Personnel Development To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities-Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Leadership Personnel
- This priority aims to support doctoral programs that prepare and increase the number of qualified personnel for leadership roles as researchers, educators, or administrators in special education, early intervention, and related services. It focuses on developing multilingual and racially/ethnically diverse leadership at the doctoral level.
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Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: November 22, 2024
Personnel Development To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities-Preparation of Early Intervention and Special Education Personnel Serving Children With Disabilities Who Have High-Intensity Needs
- This priority aims to prepare scholars fully credentialed to serve children with disabilities, including those with high-intensity needs. ED is committed to promoting equitable access to educational resources and opportunities for these children, with a focus on increasing the number of multilingual and racially/ethnically diverse personnel who provide these services.
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Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: December 3, 2024
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OELA Multilingualism Digital Badge Program | |
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Did you know OELA has a Multilingualism Digital Badge Program? It recognizes individuals who support and promote multilingualism through their professional development activities. Each badge reflects your passion for continuous learning and encourages conversations about the OELA webinars you have attended. As you reach each level, complete this form to request your badge. Please note you will be awarded badges based on your attendance of OELA webinars after May 1, 2024.
Micro Badges:
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Level 1: Multilingualism Ally – Attend three webinars.
- Level 2: Multilingualism Advocate – Attend six webinars.
- Level 3: Multilingualism Champion – Attend 12 webinars.
Macro Badge:
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Multilingualism Superpower - Available after earning all three micro badges (Ally, Advocate, Champion).
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How can educators equip newcomers, particularly Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFEs), with essential language skills and social-emotional support? Join Language Tree for a 30-minute webinar with seasoned English language development (ELD) experts sharing actionable strategies to support newcomers in your classroom. | |
Are you, or someone you know, looking for a conference focused on providing instructional and programmatic support to best serve your ELs and emerging bilingual students? La Cosecha 2024 will feature more than 280 professional presentations and workshops for supporting two-way and one-way immersion, developmental bilingual, and heritage/tribal language immersion programs and will bring together educators, parents, researchers, and practitioners from across the United States. | |
The 2024 OELAS Conference is sponsored by the Office of English Language Acquisition Services (OELAS) program area of the Arizona Department of Education. This conference will provide meaningful professional development opportunities for K–12 educators of ELs. It is designed to help them meet the unique aspects of the Structured English Immersion models. | |
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The74
Dual Language in the Desert: California Schools Explore the Potential of New Bilingual Opportunities
This article focuses on the development of dual language immersion (DLI) programs in California after the 2016 repeal of the English-only mandate. This piece spotlights the Desert Sands District’s DLI programs that commenced in 2019. The district faced some significant challenges in implementing its DLI programs during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it ultimately succeeded and is now serving its community through dual language education.
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Arizona’s Family
Legacy Schools in Arizona Discriminated Against English Learners
Legacy Traditional Schools, a charter school network in Arizona, agreed to make meaningful changes after Federal investigators discovered that the schools discriminated against ELs in multiple ways. Among other things, the charter school network agreed to provide equitable access to education to ELs, improve communication with EL families, and implement professional development for educators of ELs.
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Annenberg Institute at Brown University
NEW RESOURCES: Promoting School Success for Immigrant-Origin Students
“The EdResearch for Action Overview Series summarizes the research on key topics to provide K–12 education decision makers and advocates with an evidence base to ground discussions about how to best serve students. Authors—leading experts from across the field of education research—are charged with highlighting key findings from research that provide concrete, strategic insight on persistent challenges sourced from district and State leaders.”
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Education Week
TIPS FOR EDUCATORS: You Need to Understand Culturally Responsive Teaching Before You Can Do It
This article features two educational leaders discussing their observations of and practical applications for culturally responsive teaching. The two experts list some common mistakes in the implementation of culturally responsive teaching and make a number of suggestions that can help educators connect with this practice and implement it in a productive and effective manner.
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Blog: National Scan of Screening Policies and Practices for Identifying English Learners in Pre-K
New America and the American Institutes for Research are collaborating on a project to examine how States are approaching the issue of screening and identifying young children for EL status in State-funded pre-K programs. This first blog post highlights findings from a 50-State scan of policies and guidance for identifying ELs in State pre-K programs. The blog describes the variation in policies, assessment tools that are used by States, and considerations for determining if and how identification could be used in pre-K.
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SupportEd Transitions to Teachable for Enhanced Online Learning Experience
SupportEd, a leader in professional development and learning for educators, is excited to announce the transition of its online learning platform from Moodle to Teachable. Teachable provides a clean, user-friendly interface designed for easier learning. SupportEd’s courses will be simpler to navigate, allowing educators to focus on professional development. The platform also offers progress tracking, mobile access, and a streamlined payment process. To explore all online courses, visit SupportEd.com/self-paced-learning.
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Getting Students' Names Right
One of the most important steps to building a positive relationship with ELs is to learn to pronounce students' and families' names correctly. Colorín Colorado has resource videos, articles, videos, and books on strategies and tools for learning new names, as well as tips on how to ensure that student names are written and spelled correctly. Check out this helpful resource!
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EL Family Toolkit App Tutorial Videos | |
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The OELA EL Family Toolkit App tutorials are now accessible on the NCELA site! These videos provide easy-to-follow instructions for downloading and using the app, available in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic. Watch and share with anyone who may find this resource helpful!
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