EL Update

Kent ISD is expanding in new ways to support our LEAs - click to share the ELD curriculum / resources you are currently using K - 12

• Due Now - K students who were potential ELs need to be tested with R & W K screener by 1/31
• Pre-ID - all ELs need to be marked as EL within your student system and MSDS by the end of the day on Friday to be included in Pre-ID (Dec. 10th - Dec. 19th)
• Students who are not marked EL in your SIS and MSDS by the end of Friday will need to be manually assigned to WIDA testing
• There are new updates to the WIDA Scoring Speaking for paper/pencil as well as the Braille test - be sure to complete your Access certification courses on the WIDA Secure Portal
• 💡NEW IDEA - administer WIDA in one sitting (like CB tests and M-Step) instead of spreading it throughout the window so that instruction can continue for your students
• NEW WIDA Access and Alternate Access Test Exceptions guidance and False EL guidance
• NEW Should My Students Take the Alternate Access assessment?
• 25/26 List of Important Dates available now
• WIDA Access window Jan. 26th - April 3rd
• WIDA Checklists now available - Online and Paper/Pencil

• What Your Need to Know About the WIN Career Readiness System - click file below (replacement for Work Keys)
• College Board - new EL Support provides Text to Speech for Math section
• CB SSD - look for "EL Supports" when requesting Math Only test or Math Text to Speech

• Pre-ID information is in this smore - NEW What to Know about WIDA
• NEW Resource - Know Your Rights: Five Things Parents Detained by ICE Should Know
• Title III Preliminary Allocations are now available
• All districts that apply for Section 41 must upload their staffing calculator and a 4 year plan to reach sufficient staffing of certified teachers with the ESL or Bilingual endorsement who are 100% funded by General Funds
• Immigration actions - US has halted all asylum claim and green card processing, halted all travel into the country for Afghan nationals, and announced that USCIS will "review" all refugee cases admitted during the Biden administration, including green card holders
• Parents / Guardians / Families may be unable to attend events in person, consider virtual / phone / text options, community spaces, or home visits with a well known and trusted staff member

• How California Ensured Cultural Responsiveness in Early Literacy Screening

• Updated – An Undocumented Student’s Guide to College (and FAFSA) in Michigan

• the 74 - article on Leveled Reading, Leveled Lives (Tim Shanahan)

• Presentation – Supporting Students Separated from Parents Due to Deportation
• NEW from MDE A Resource for Local Education Agencies and Schools Supporting Students Separated from Parents or Legal Guardians Due to Deportation Proceedings
• NEW – English Learner Requirements (with citations)

• On Demand Newcomer Support Tip Sheet from Switchboard

• 25/26 EL Timeline
• NEW Kindergarten Flow Chart
• NEW Administrator's Guide for English Learners
• Updated Statewide EL Professional Learning calendar - includes webinars for EL Program Eval focus Indicator 18 and new False EL process
• Kent ISD Guidance on using an Affidavit instead of copying / keeping birth certificates or identity documents during enrollment
• Materials from the 1st Monitoring Indicator 18 webinar - register for Part 2 here