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

• NEW What to Know about WIDA in November
• 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
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• 💡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?
• 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
• Work Keys is being replaced by the WIN work readiness assessment
• 25/26 List of Important Dates available now
• WIDA Access window Jan. 26th - April 3rd
• WIDA Checklists now available - Online and Paper/Pencil
• Want to help make Access better? Sign up to participate in Access events
• NY is the latest state to join the WIDA Consortium

• New Study -

  Learning a new language often goes wrong with pronunciation and head movements

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

• 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