2013 SELA MaterialsBreakout Sessions/Handout Materials Long Range EL Plan - EL Consortium Handouts will be updated as they are received. Thursday, March 14, 2013 General Session I Our Mission: A Call to Action (David Bautista) Emerging Bilingual Students: Understanding and Teaching to their Potential (Kathy Escamilla) Interest Sessions: Round I An Approach to Professional Collaboration Around ELL and Students with Special Needs (Julia Heilman, LuAnn Anderson, Becky Stearns) School and District Planning Using Indistar® (Carla Wade) CCSS and the English Language Learner: Equal Access Guidelines, Frameworks, Processes and Strategies (Jo Gusman) Utilizing Technology to Differentiate Instruction for the ELL Student Population (Sara Stiles, Tim Jeans) Moving Beyond Models, Acronyms, and Fads (Ewa Campbell) Closing the Achievement Gap for ELLs: Beaverton’s TWI/Dual Language Immersion in Action (Will Flores, Angela Baker-Sanchez, Cynthia Norcross, Maria Pedraza, Karen Murphy, Yanick Mesa) Using iPads to Support ELLs (Leslie Lauretti, Tonya Mjelde, Robert Tourtillott) Keynote Follow-up Session (Sandy Husk, Kathy Escamilla) Interest Sessions: Round II Authentic Academic Language Instruction in a Dual Language Classroom (Ralph Wisner, Sunshine Price) Instructional Rounds (Brad Capener, Debi Francis, Laura Pierce-Cummings) Multi-Tiered Support Systems in Dual Language Schools (Julie Esparza Brown) Preventing Inappropriate Special Education Referrals for English Learners (Ana Quintero-Arias, Karen Apgar) The Transparent Practitioner: Using Data Driven Classroom Observations to Revolutionize Instruction in the ELD Classroom (Javier del Rio, Lori McHenry) Effective Professional Development for ELD (Cate Hill, Dana Arntson) Gradual Release of Responsibility through a Literacy Squared Lesson Study (Cielo Tahmaseb, Maxine Jennings) District Leadership for English Language Learners (Mike Scott, Steve Larson) Interest Sessions: Round III Are We There Yet? Exploring Long-Term Outcomes for English Language Learners (Karen Thompson) Dictado (Teresa Alfaro) That’s Math-tastic! - Supporting Language Learners with Common Core Math (Gina Wilde, Zehra Greenleaf) Innovation and Integration at South Meadows Middle School (Tanya Pruett) The Impact of Bilingual Education on English Language Acquisition Rates for English Language Learners, Including Exceptionalities (Jennifer Dixon) Spelling out Institutional Barriers to Just Schooling: Collaborative Support for ELL Learners in Portland Public Schools (Vân Truong, Kehaulani Minzghor, Kimberly Matier, Jeanine Fukuda) Math, the CCSS, and Spanish-Speaking Families (Virginia Nelson) RTI in a Bilingual Context (Perla Rodriguez) Interest Sessions: Round IV Valor Middle School, Woodburn, OR, a Multilingual-Multicultural School (Victor Vergara, Marcelo Peralta, Adria Dodici) Using Data and Assessments to Improve Student Learning in the Dual Language Classroom (Cathy Fall, Tiffany Cooke) Contextual ELD in a K-5 Elementary School (Jannice Link-Jobe, Rob Troyer, Carmen Caceda, Maria Dantas-Whitney, Andy Kronser, Laura Zinck, Steve Tillery) iPads in the ELL Classroom (Jennifer Arns) Reflections, Insights, and Recommendations for Grading Practices (Karon Webster) Using RTI to Maximize the Reading Performance of All Students and Close the Achievement Gap (Shahnaz Sahnow) Friday, March 15, 2013 General Session II The Initiatives and the Next Steps (Yvonne Curtis, Sandy Husk, Bill Rhoades, Karen Gray) The Development of Teacher Expertise to Work with English Language Learners in an Era of New Standards (Aida Walqui) Interest Sessions: Round V Serving English Learners in an RTI System (David Putnam, Pam Harrel) Language Instruction During Mathematics (Angela Alcantar, Michelle Stroup) A Holistic Writing Approach to Bilingual Writing Assessment (Teresa Tolento) Develop a Family and Community Engagement Strategy (Karen Gray, Miriam Fox) Develop a Statewide Advisory Team to Guide the On-Going Improvement and Accountability with ELL Programming (Yvonne Curtis) Develop Tools, and Resources in Order to Support Implementation, Benchmarking and Continuous Improvement of Instructional Programs for English Language Learners (Steve Larson, Sandy Husk) Systematic Approaches to Capacity Building (Chuck Ransom) Sheltering Core Reading Instruction (Dianna Ngai, Leah Riedel, Jessica Oberg) The Future of English Language Proficiency Assessment in Oregon: Transitioning to the Common Core State Standards (Doug Kosty, Kathleen Vanderwall, Martha Martinez, Michelle McCoy, Holly Carter) Scaffolding the Development of Academic Practices with English Language Learners (Aida Walqui) Interest Sessions: Round VI How Do You Respond to Change? Teachers of ELLs Reconcile Beliefs and Practices (Kena Avila) Oregon Migrant Program (Jonathan Fernow) Oral Language Practice (Barb Gahr, Karen Rapp) Professional Development and Licensure: Preparing All Teachers to Serve ELL Students (Miriam Fox, Hilda Rosselli) Cross-Linguistic Teaching Practices (Raquel Lemus) Develop a Motivational Participatory Benefit for Providing Leadership and Support to Expand and Improve the Program Models (Salam Noor) Create and Align an Assessment System to Support Program Models (Bill Rhoades) Scaffolding Academic Vocabulary and Discussion in Core Content: Let’s Start with Mathematics (Justin Johnson, Angela Sandino) The Gifted and Talented English Language Learner (Rebecca Blocher) Annual Measure of Achievement Objective (AMAO) - Growth Model (Doug Kosty, Salam Noor, Jon Wiens, Kim Miller, Jonathan Frost, Susan Inman) Long Term English Language Learners: Challenges and Promising Practices (Karen Thompson, Sue Rieke-Smith, Yvonne Curtis, Steve Larson, Brad Capener, Lori Cullen Brown) Interest Sessions: Round VII Improving ELL Teaching Effectiveness of STEM Teachers (Catherine EunJoo Kim, Karren Timmermans, Santos (Sandy) Guttierez) Who, What, Why and How…of Interpreting (Mary Conde-Rivera, Karen Andrade) Spanish Literacy iPod Shuffle Project (Laura Weiss) Academic Language Instruction for the Common Core (Scott Townsend, Lysha Wasser) Comprehensive GLAD Strategies That Facilitate Writing Across the Content Areas (Leslie Stewart, Shawn Bishop) Formative Assessment of Academic Language (Michelle Stroup, Angela Alcantar)