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- MATSOL News
- Community News
- Links & Resources
Submission Welcome
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Registration is Open!
One-Day Institute: From Awareness to Best Practices: Tiered Instruction, Intervention, and the Special Education Referral Process for ELLs
A repeat offering of our sold out Pre-Conference Institute! October 1, 2015, Framingham, MA View event information...
MATSOL English Learner Leadership Council (MELLC)
A leadership group that is open to members who have been appointed as, or serve in the role of, PK-12 ELL program directors or coordinators. View MELLC page...
MATSOL News
MATSOL 2016 Conference - Call for Proposals
The Call for Proposals is open for the MATSOL 2016 Conference on May 4-6, 2016. We invite our members to submit a proposal to share your ideas, effective classroom practices and research with our colleagues and fellow MATSOL members in the field of ELL/ESL/ESOL education. Proposals are due on December 1st. View Call for Proposals...
MATSOL Calendar
View calendar and registration links...
- October 1, 2015: From Awareness to Best Practice: Tiered Instruction, Intervention, and the Special Education Referral Process for ELLs (repeat offering of the sold out Pre-Conference Institute)
- December 3-4, 2015: SLIFE Institute (repeat offering due to popular demand)
- May 4, 2016: SLIFE Institute (Advanced)
- May 4-6, 2016: MATSOL 2016 Conference
- Summer 2016: SLIFE Training-of-Trainers
MATSOL Member Group Meetings
Please look for announcements this month about MATSOL Special Interest Group meetings for the 2015-16 school year. View Member Groups...
Submit to MATSOL Currents by Oct 15
MATSOL welcomes submissions to our biannual publication, MATSOL Currents. Write an article about your school, program, or classroom, an issue of concern to our field, or a book or resource review. Deadline October 15 for the fall/winter issue. More information...
Join a MATSOL E-List
Connect with your colleagues online about issues of common interest. E-Lists are open to all current MATSOL members. Join a MATSOL E-List -- See instructions and a video tutorial! Please note: Due to a technical upgrade, all MATSOL E-List addresses have been changed. Please check your recent E-List messages for the new address.
Community News
Sep 26: Free Workshop: Literacy Instruction for ELLs
Learn to use: Qualitative Reading Inventory (QRI) and Quick Phonics Survey (QPS). The QRI and QPS are valuable tools for providing information on the specific skills students need to make progress in reading. Attendees will receive an instructional planning guide to help them use literacy information to plan daily instruction. This FREE workshop is specifically designed for teachers working with ELLs. Special emphasis will be on students in grades 3 and above. Saturday, September 26, 2015, 10:00 to 12:00, Wakelin Room, Wellesley Public Library. This event is sponsored by the Massachusetts Reading Association. RSVP [email protected]
Oct 15: Raising Our Voices - ESOL Recognition Breakfast
Come celebrate businesses and labor management partnerships who support workplace ESOL, as well as ENB's funded programs and their students, at our business breakfast event with Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Secretary of Labor Rachel Krepielian! October 15th, 2014 7:30 AM-9:30 AM, Northeastern University. View event information...
Nov 6: Student Immigrant Movement 10th Anniversary Gala
This fall, SIM will reach its 10th year as an organization developing and empowering immigrant youth from all over Massachusetts to challenge statewide and national policies, to open academic opportunities, combat racism, sexism and other isms, while creating a family of undocumented and unafraid young people. The 10th Anniversary Gala will feature keynote speaker Opal Tometi, Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration's (BAJI) and co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter, and recipient of SIM's Speak the Truth award. Friday, November 6, 6-11 pm, Spinellis Banquet Hall, East Boston. View event information...
Links & Resources
NEWSLETTER
TESOL Connections
MATSOL members receive free access to TESOL Connections, TESOL's monthly online newsletter. The latest issue includes articles Community Building: A TESOL Teacher of the Year Lesson Plan, Grammatically Speaking, or Role-Playing Adventures: Engaging Integrated-Skills Activities. Read the latest issue...
RESOURCE
SEI Smart Card
SEI SMART CARD, an observational guide for SEI classrooms, has been posted on Massachusetts Office of English Language Acquisition and Academic Achievement (OELAAA) website. See "Resources for Educators" View resource...
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English Language Learners and the New Standards: Developing Language, Content Knowledge, and Analytical Practices in the Classroom
This book presents a clear vision and practical suggestions for helping teachers engage English language learner (ELL) students in simultaneously learning subject-area content, analytical practices, and language. This process requires three important shifts in educators’ perspective on language and language learning: From an individual activity to a socially engaged activity; From a linear process aimed at correctness and fluency, to a developmental process, focused on comprehension and communication; From a separate area of instruction to an approach that embeds language development in subject-area activities. (WestEd) View resource...
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U.S. Department of Education Releases Fourth Chapter of English Learner Tool Kit for State and Local Agencies
Tools and Resources for Providing English Learners Equal Access to Core Curricular and Extracurricular Programs, the fourth chapter of the English Learner (EL) Tool Kit, has been published online by the Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA), U.S. Department of Education (the Department). The Tool Kit is intended to help state and local education agencies (SEAs and LEAs) in meeting their obligations to ELs. It should be read in conjunction with the joint Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) on “English Learner Students and Limited English Proficient Parents” from the Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), published in January 2015, which outlines SEAs’ and LEAs’ legal obligations to ELs under civil rights laws and other federal requirements. More Tool Kit chapters will be made available in the coming months on the OELA English Learner Tool Kit web page, and will be announced in Nexus and on the NCELA website.
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Maps of Individuals with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
This month marked 15th anniversary of Executive Order 13166, “Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency,” requiring federal programs and activities to provide meaningful access to limited English proficient (LEP) individuals. In honor of this anniversary, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division released several mapping resources that help identify the concentration of LEP populations at national, state, judicial district, and county levels: The “Language Map App,” allows users to view and download data on languages spoken by LEP populations, using an interactive map. Printable maps and other federal language mapping tools are available at lep.gov/maps.
WEBINAR
Strengthening Communities by Welcoming All Residents
Webinar presented by the U.S. Department of Education as part of the A Federal Strategic Action Plan on Immigrant & Refugee Integration. Upcoming webinars:
- Dual-Language Learning, September 24, 2015 2:00-3:00 pm
- Early Learning Opportunities, October 29, 2015 2:00-3:00 pm
- Investing in Young Leaders, November 19, 2015 2:00-3:00 pm
- Pathways to Postsecondary Education and Career Training, December 17, 2015 2:00-3:00 pm
Past webinars are available on the website. View resource...
WEBINAR
Opening Doors to Opportunity for Refugees: Addressing Toxic Stress and Child and Family Well-Being for Refugee Children and Adults
The Office of Refugee Resettlement through the BRIDGES Project is pleased to announce a webinar on "Opening Doors to Opportunity for Refugees: Addressing Toxic Stress and Child and Family Well-Being for Refugee Children and Adults" scheduled for Wednesday, September 9, 2015 from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. EDT. This free webinar will discuss the importance of policies and practices that are being used by agencies and community-based organizations across the country to equip refugee parents and children with the income, tools, and skills needed to improve economic stability. It will showcase organizations utilizing promising practices for establishing and implementing approaches that address the toxic stress and the loss of executive functioning has on refugee family and child well-being, while highlighting how programs utilizing individual and family strength-based approaches. View resource...
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Supporting Immigrant Students' Rights to Attend Public Schools
A new eBook from the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA), is available in English and Spanish. The education of undocumented students is guaranteed by the Plyler vs. Doe decision, and certain procedures must be followed when registering immigrant children in school to avoid violation of their civil rights. IDRA’s webpage on serving immigrant students for education resources for elementary and secondary school-aged students and their families, which includes a printable School Opening Alert, guidance published by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education published in May 2014 advising school officials that activities that deny or discourage students to attend school are unlawful, guidance issued by the Texas Education Agency in August 2015, and more. View resource...
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