Luz Garcia-Martin, Senior Coordinator Bilingual/ESL/LOTE Naomi Escobedo

1. Bilingual Lead Teacher Meeting #3 March 28, 2013 3:45-5:15 pm Johnson Center Luz Garcia-Martin, Senior Coordinator Bilingual/ESL/LOTE Naomi Escobedo Bilingual Compliance Facilitator Janie Oosterveen Bilingual Compliance Facilitator (Part-time)

2. AGENDA • Welcome • ESL Implementation • High Five Activity • Timeline for Annual Review of LEP Students • Completion of WMLS: Comparison of CALP Level and RPI • Monitoring of Exited Students and LEP students Failing or At Risk of Failing • WMLS Review • Linguistic Accommodations • Technology Inventory • Coming Soon • Bilingual PK/K Summer Program • Stipend • Spelling Bee

3. ESL Implementation • Dividing ESL time • Following Curriculum Guide • Other content areas taught during ESL block • ESL Notebook/Journals • The Writing Project – evidence of final writing product as per Curriculum Guide • Strategic use of Bilingual funds to support core instruction

4. High Five Activity • You will see two envelopes at each table. You will be Partner A if you have the envelope in front of you. If you do not have an envelope you will be Partner B. • When the music starts move about the room to find a partner (A/B) - high five your partner. • Begin by Partner A selecting a question from the envelope and reading it to Partner B. • Partner B answers. • Next, switch roles and keep repeating the process until told to stop. • High five your partner and return to your seat. SAISD Billingual/ESL Program

5. How can more rigor be infused into this activity? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________  SAISD Billingual/ESL Program

6. Timeline for 2013 Annual Spring Testing, Review, and Documentation

7. Reminder Completion of WMLS: Comparison of CALP Level and RPI submitted to Bilingual Dept. • 4th – 5th – completed and submitted by end of February • 3rd – completed and submitted by end of March • 2nd – 1st - completed and submitted by end of April • K – PK – completed and submitted to Bilingual Dept. no later than May 24.

8. REMINDER Send the updated copy to the Bilingual Dept. as completed.

9. 3rd Grading Period Monitoring of Bilingual Students • Interventions must be identified and implemented (per content area) at the end of the 3rd grading period. The LPAC coordinator provides the Crystal Report for monitoring 1st and 2nd year exited students and LEP students failing or at risk of failing. • Interventions must be documented on the Instructional Intervention form. • Linguistic accommodations must be taking place during classroom instruction on a regular basis if the accommodation will be used on STAAR or STAAR L.

10. WMLS Just for Review

11. Things to remember about administering the WMLS… • The administrator of the test must be trained. • Establish Basal and Ceiling before scoring test. • Directions must be in English / no translations. • Students must not be taught the test items at anytime. • The test is confidential and must be secured at all times. • The administrator of the test may not reply with a yes or no or any other gesture to indicate to the student that his/her response is correct or incorrect or give the student a second chance to respond correctly.

12. Basal Ceiling Suggested Starting Points ▪ Test until the 6 lowest-numbered items administered are correct, or until you have administered Item 1. ▪ Test until the 6 highest-numbered items administered are incorrect, or until you have administered the page/end of test. Subject’s Estimated Ability Begin With

13. SAMPLE 1

14. SAMPLE 2

15. Know the STAAR Linguistic Accommodations

16. Linguistic Accommodations 1. Which students are eligible for linguistic accommodations on the State assessment? 2. Which STAAR tests have linguistic accommodations? 3. STAAR L is only available in what subjects? 4. What linguistic accommodations are allowed on STAAR Spanish and why?

17. Linguistic Accommodations 5. What are the linguistic accommodations that are allowed on the STAAR L that are not allowed on STAAR? 6. What do the following linguistic acronyms mean? CE, RA, XT, and BD 7. What is the eligibility criteria for STAAR L? 8. Which assessments allow for oral translations?

18. Linguistic Accommodations 9. What is the process for determining the linguistic accommodations? 10. What is the criteria necessary to be categorized as an Unschooled Asylee/Refugee? 11. Are any students exempt from STAAR testing? 12. Dictionary access is to be provided for all students starting at what grade?

19. Technology Inventory Complete the enclosed form and submit with the Minutes.

20. Coming Soon

21. Bilingual PK/K Summer Program Employment Applications Student Enrollment Applications All employee applications will be submitted to Ms. Dana Reyes, Director of Charters, Magnets, and Summer School. Do not send applications to Bilingual Dept.Check with your campus principal on or about April 15 (tentative.) Make sure that all deadlines are met.

22. Don’t forget… Stipend Deadline In order to receive the remaining stipend in May, 4.5 hours must be completed along with the appropriate documentation for any session not conducted by the Bilingual/ESL Department and sent to the Bilingual/ESL office not later thanApril 12, 2013. • Spelling Bee • May 18, 2012 @ Hawthorne Academy • Participant must be at site by 8:30 am