EL Update

application due by January 15th for an Oct. 7th obligation date
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

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)
WIDA Test Exceptions - Dec. 9th - Jan. 6th, OEAA Secure Site
False EL Requests - now in MSDS, how to video and instructions
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
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

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