Aiming High

Resources

Aiming High Publications & Broadcasts
Aiming High Briefs
Parent Outreach Articles
School Talk Radio Broadcasts

CDE Publication about EL Instruction
CDE has released the publication Improving Education for English Learners: Research-Based Approaches, which discusses the concept of dual-immersion. For more information or to order copies, see this flier and order form (pdf).

Documents for Aiming High Members
Aiming High Resolution (pdf)
Goals Template (pdf)
Progress Report, County Data, 2010-11 (pdf)
Progress Report, District Data, 2010-11 (pdf)
Steering and Executive Council Members (pdf)

Let's Go to Kindergarten: Parent Booklets
Let's Go to Kindergarten is a parent booklet developed by the Community Action Partnership (CAP) of Sonoma County and First 5 Sonoma County. Available in English (pdf) and Spanish (pdf), this publication reviews parent and child expectations, offers activity suggestions, and provides helpful tips and information.

Links of Interest
Binational Migrant Education Program
Career Cruising
Closing the Achievement Gap (CDE Website)
Community Action Partnership (CAP), Pasitos Video
National Society for Hispanic Professionals (NSHP)
Research Brief: English Learners & Out-of-School-Time Programs
Speaking in Tongues
United Way of the Wine Country, Schools of Hope

Math at Home: Revised for 2010
SCOE has updated the Math at Home publication, which now includes strategies for teaching math to English Learners. For information, to download an order form, or to preview the publication, please see the Mathematics section of the SCOE website.

Presentations for DELAC and ELAC Meetings
The Santa Rosa Migrant Education office has graciously shared a variety of PowerPoint shows for educators to use at site-based English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC) and District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC) meetings. These presentations are primarily in Spanish; two are available in English.

Should you need assistance or additional information about these resources, contact Isabel Quiñónez, program coordinator at Migrant Education, lquinone@bcoe.org.

Self-Assessment Surveys
These self-assessments are designed to help educators identify improvement needs in eight areas that are key to raising English learner achievement.
Classroom Self-Assessment (pdf)
School Self-Assessment (pdf)
District Self-Assessment (pdf)

Speaking in Tongues Documentary
SCOE now owns an institutional copy of the documentary film Speaking in Tongues. If you would like to borrow the DVD, email Stacie Post-Sheffer and request to be put on the reservation list. Information and resource guides are available online.