1. Bilingual/ESL Lead Teachers Meeting
Bilingual/ESL Department
September 19 & 21, 2017

2. Bilingual/ESL Department Goal 1
By collaborating with the Literacy Department, English Learners (ELs) in grades 3-8 and ELs taking STAAR-EOC (English 1 and 2) will increase their academic achievement in Reading and/or Writing (in English or Spanish) by 5 points, as measured by STAAR and STAAR-EOC passing rates in PBMAS 2018 data.
Thank you for allowing us to come to you tonight. Thank you for allowing us to share just a bit more about our organization, including our vision and our mission. Our vision is of an educational culture that honors the gift of the human imagination and nurtures creative capacity in all.
Our mission is to create and provide innovative educational programming that integrates the arts and other curricular areas.

3. Bilingual/ESL Department Goal 2
By increasing focus on the ELPS/TELPAS Proficiency Level Descriptors (PLDs), the percentage of ELs making one level of progress or maintaining an Advanced High level will increase by 5 points, as measured by the TELPAS composite rating. (The percentage of students maintaining the same level or regressing will decrease by 5 points).
Thank you for allowing us to come to you tonight. Thank you for allowing us to share just a bit more about our organization, including our vision and our mission. Our vision is of an educational culture that honors the gift of the human imagination and nurtures creative capacity in all.
Our mission is to create and provide innovative educational programming that integrates the arts and other curricular areas.

4. Lead Teacher Notebooks
Let’s Get Ready
to Assemble!
Teachers will be adding content to their binder as the PPT progresses.

5. DLE/ESL Specialist School Assignments
List of lead teachers/cohorts

6. Lead Teacher Roles & Responsibilities
Because we have a lot of new LT’s go over the roles and responsibilities.
Highlight
If you have not turned one in, please of your principal submit it ASAP.

7. Elementary Lead Teacher Meeting Dates
Cohort A
September 19, 2017
November 14, 2017
January 23, 2018
March 6, 2018
May 15, 2018
Cohort B
September 21, 2017
November 16, 2017
January 25, 2018
March 8, 2018
May 17, 2018
Lead Teachers are permitted to miss one meeting without affecting the stipend.
If you miss, you are responsible to send a sub in your place and let your specialist know ahead of time.

8. Verification Forms
ESL-ONLY campuses will be sent to Martha Garza-due two weeks after every session
DL- campuses will be sent to Laura Jimenez.

9. PBMAS
Thank you for allowing us to come to you tonight. Thank you for allowing us to share just a bit more about our organization, including our vision and our mission. Our vision is of an educational culture that honors the gift of the human imagination and nurtures creative capacity in all.
Our mission is to create and provide innovative educational programming that integrates the arts and other curricular areas.

10. Language Action Plans – Campus/Department Goals
Planning for every EL on campus
Start with LPAC EOY forms
Reviewing failing course counts each six weeks ( LPAC report)
Strategic planning for language supports in all content areas
Met with LPAC focus group this week – draft version of documents to come in the next few weeks
In response to TEA
Thank you for allowing us to come to you tonight. Thank you for allowing us to share just a bit more about our organization, including our vision and our mission. Our vision is of an educational culture that honors the gift of the human imagination and nurtures creative capacity in all.
Our mission is to create and provide innovative educational programming that integrates the arts and other curricular areas.

11. Accommodations for ELLs
Thank you for allowing us to come to you tonight. Thank you for allowing us to share just a bit more about our organization, including our vision and our mission. Our vision is of an educational culture that honors the gift of the human imagination and nurtures creative capacity in all.
Our mission is to create and provide innovative educational programming that integrates the arts and other curricular areas.

12. Begins day one! TELPAS Instructional accommodations for Els.
Lau access.
Dictionaries.

13. Dictionaries
DLE
ESL
Check with your LPAC chairperson for any dictionary requests before the end of September.
Check with LPAC about dictionaries.
LPAC Chair is the one to request dictionaries.

14. Stipend Requirements
Go over the Stipend Agreement form and Stipend Criteria with the LT’s.
LT’s must go over the criteria/agreement form with their principal and have principal and LT sign and date it send to Specialist.
Tell them that they will need to go over each of the requirements one by one on the Agreement Form with their DL-Bil and DL-ESL teachers.
Have teachers initial that they understand/agree and then sign it. They are responsible to get the principals signature.
Teachers are to give their forms to the LT.
LT’s are to make a copy of forms, and send the originals to their specialist by: Cohort A Oct. 3; Cohort B Oct. 5.

15. Stipend Sessions Flyer
Ask participants to find the BILINGUAL/ESL IMPORTANT DATE section in the binder packets.

16. Eduphoria Survey/ New Reflection Form
Show teachers the new PL reflection forms for the sessions this school year.

17. ESL Certification Course Options
Go over how to access the ESL cert.

18. Bilingual Certification Course Options
Thank you for allowing us to come to you tonight. Thank you for allowing us to share just a bit more about our organization, including our vision and our mission. Our vision is of an educational culture that honors the gift of the human imagination and nurtures creative capacity in all.
Our mission is to create and provide innovative educational programming that integrates the arts and other curricular areas.

19. ESL & Bil Certification Course Options
FWISD and Texas A&M are entering into a partnership to support English Language Learners
This partnership is with 5 north Texas districts
Our first event was the TAMU NPD Eco-Resilience Conference this summer
College course work may be available – more to come
ESL certification classes will be offered as a part of this partnership:
Course dates, times will be distributed as soon as MOU is signed
Certification costs will be reimbursed – maybe not posting…)
Bilingual certification classes will also be offered as part of this partnership (Please see the back of the flyer for course and course dates.)
These courses are free for FWISD teachers.

20. Questions
Thank you for allowing us to come to you tonight. Thank you for allowing us to share just a bit more about our organization, including our vision and our mission. Our vision is of an educational culture that honors the gift of the human imagination and nurtures creative capacity in all.
Our mission is to create and provide innovative educational programming that integrates the arts and other curricular areas.