June 16 & 17, 2015
Waukee High School
Activity Number: ES009168221601
This will be the final reminder for districts in Year 2 + (those who have not met AMAO targets) that they are required to send a team to the Our Kids Summer Institute for CAP plan support in sessions specifically designed to meet those needs. Networking with experts and colleagues will help meet this federal CAP (Corrective Action Plan) requirement.
Our Kids prides itself on highlighting cultures of students and families in Iowa by incorporating culturally and linguistically diverse voices in panels, cultural performances, planning, etc. Speakers at this year’s event will include:
- Clemencia Spizzirri: Iowa’s 2015 Teacher of the Year (Spanish teacher at Merrill Middle School in Des Moines) Iowa’s 2015 Teacher of the Year who was an ELL, herself!
- Dr. Ryan Nelson of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette: Fostering Strengths and Resilience in Reluctant Learners: Literacy Instruction for Children with Differences
- Dr. Kristiina Montero of Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada: Teaching Reading to Adolescent ELLs with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education
- Daphne Germain: Senior Director of ELL Services and Professional Development; Boston Public Schools
Heartland AEA will be offering the 6-day paraeducator ESL certification class this summer. You can find the course in the online course catalog (Keyword ESL/ELL) or click the link here.
Please let your associates and paraeducators who work with ELLs know about this opportunity which provides individual participants with a stipend of $300.
For questions, please contact Pam Childers at pchilders@heartlandaea.org.
Title III funds will provide a stipend of $300 for all paraeducators who work with ELLs and who fulfill the course requirements and are currently employed by a public or non-public K-12 school in the Heartland AEA area. (This option is not available for employees of Des Moines Public Schools).
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