Sonoma County Office of Education

EL Collaborative News Archive

EL Collaborative Updates

Date: 10/08/2015
Author: Jenn Guerrero

Book Club 
Join us for our first EL Collaborative book club meeting! The meeting will be held directly after the ELC on November 10th from 12-1. Bring a lunch and come prepared to discuss the Foreword, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2 of English Language Learners and the New Standards: Developing Language, Content Knowledge, and Analytical Practices in the Classroom. Contact Jenn if you have any further questions.
 
Visioning
Thank you for helping us to narrowing down our focus areas for 2015-2016. Below, you will find the four topics that received the most votes. We will discuss and refine this further at the next meeting.
  • How do we make EL instructional strategies a school-wide focus (delivery, buy-in, commitment)?
  • Language production strategies (oral and written) for TK-12, across the content areas?
  • Using formative assessments to inform instruction and monitor progress
  • How do we increase family engagement? 
Upcoming CALPADS Training - Fall 1 Reports for Administrators 
This workshop, held on October 29th from 9-12, is for Administrators and Program Directors who need to understand the data found in the reports for CALPADS Fall 1. It is designed for the person who will be checking and certifying reports for accuracy and will cover the following topics:
  • Calendars and data collection deadlines
  • Types of data reported
  • How to read the aggregate reports
  • Reviewing the detail reports
  • New uses of CALPADS data and the impact it has on funding and program compliance
  • Becoming a “data steward” for your district
Register here. 
 
Undergraduate Scholarship for High-Achieving, Low-Income High School Students- Deadline November 3rd
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation College Scholars are selected based on exceptional academic ability and achievement, financial need, persistence, a desire to help others, and leadership. For more information, click here.




Susie Truelove, SCOE HR Analyst
"Everyone at SCOE has the focus that what we do is to support students, directly or indirectly." - Susie Truelove, SCOE HR Analyst