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Facilitator/Contact: Kerri Whipple | Email Kerri Whipple

Audience: Administrators, Teachers, EL Coordinators

This one day, face-to-face workshop addressing the guidelines for EL Lau Plans or EL Program handbooks which every district serving EL students is required to have. Educators are able to ask questions to develop and/or update their local documents and paperwork related to their district’s EL program.

Facilitator/Contact: Kerri Whipple | Email Kerri Whipple

Audience: MTSS and Leadership Teams

This workshop will assist MTSS and leadership teams to make decisions for EL students based on using norms created by using ND EL ACCESS data. Finally, an apples-to-apples comparison of how EL students perform on standardized assessments.

Participants will review research from WIDA’s Rtl^2 Guide to ensure cultural and linguistic considerations are applied when an EL student is being discussed by teams. Teams will practice using the ND EL norms by ACCESS and Grade Level for MAP or STAR assessments. Participants will also learn of EL student growth graphs to ensure their EL students are on track to exit “on time” by ND ESSA accountability standards. Teams have the option of bringing in student data to practice using the ND EL norms and ACCESS growth graphs using their own student data.

Facilitator/Contact: Kerri Whipple | Email Kerri Whipple

Audience: Principal and/or Superintendent, Educational Support Personnel (Title I, Special Education, other teachers)

This service is designed to provide assistance with administering and scoring the screening assessment for up to five English Learner students. Students must be screened within two weeks of registration. After screening, staff will lead a planning meeting. During the planning meeting staff will develop a plan for local EL services based on the English language proficiency score. The meeting will also include information on writing Individual Language Plans and a Lau Plan for the district.

Facilitator/Contact: Kerri Whipple | Email Kerri Whipple

N.D. School districts have an increasing number of linguistically diverse students which creates a need for additional EL support in schools. N.D. teachers are frequently responsible for developing the EL program in their schools, often with very little training. This workshop will address multiple topics that are relevant to the outside-of-the-classroom EL duties for which schools are responsible. Compliance with state and federal rules as well as best practices are discussed. From brand new EL teachers to seasoned veterans, educators with multiple levels of experience and across multiple roles have found this two day workshop to be valuable to improving their local EL programs.

Facilitator/Contact: Kerri Whipple | Email Kerri Whipple

Get prepared for a state monitoring desk audit or visit. This virtual session helps schools prepare for a state monitoring desk audit or visit for EL and Title III Elements. Participants will become familiar with the NDDPI EL Program Self-Evaluation Checklist and begin to create a file of evidence to support school district compliance with the EL Elements.