Register by June 4! The 13th Annual Our Kids Summer Institute is Coming June 13-14

Registration is open until June 4 for the 13th Annual Our Kids Summer Institute for educators and administrators of English Learners. The event is going to be held June 13-14 at Waukee High School in Waukee. Register by June 4 at this link.

Educators will have the opportunity to network with other educational professionals, discover new strategies for working with English language learners in Iowa and meet national and local experts to enrich practices for increasing EL achievement.

Your featured speaker line-up includes:

• Trudy Arriaga, Ed.D. - Administrator leader and advocate for ELs, first female superintendent of Ventura Unified School District where she began as a bilingual paraeducator
• Fern Westernoff, Ph.D. - Speech language pathologist who earned her doctorate in ELL and merged two areas of expertise to inform her work in Toronto, the world’s largest K-12 EL population
• Amy Hewett-Olatunde, Ed.D. - Minnesota’s 2015 Teacher of the Year
• Major Sean Quinlan - Retired Major United States Marine Corp, ROTC Instructor at Des Moines’ North High School and former football coach featured with his team on ESPN during the 2017 Super Bowl and,
• Our amazing students!

Sessions will focus on:

• Serving English Learners with Disabilities
• Newcomer Considerations
• Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices
• ELs and Literacy Support
• Enhancing EL Instruction through Home Language Connections
• High Yield Strategies for ELs
• Successful District Programs
• First-person student voices

Registration
Registration is $150 and includes lunch, snacks, Go To Strategies, OELA Newcomer Toolkit and OELA English Learner Toolkit. Seating is limited to the first 500 registrants on a first-come, first-served basis. Bring a team! We hope to see you there!

Register by JUNE 4 at this link

Note for Teachers and Administrators in the Heartland AEA area: Title III will refund the cost of registration ($150), plus an honorarium of $200 (totaling $350) to off-contract individuals for full attendance and participation. Claim forms will be available at the event.

Note for districts implementing Corrective Action Plans (CAP) for English Learners: Districts are required to send a team in accordance with the Technical Assistance Requirement under Title III. Contact your AEA Title III Consultant for additional information and financial support.