Friday, December 14, 2012

December Blog Updates for AEA PD Online and AEA K-12 Online

The AEA PD Online and AEA K-12 Online blogs have been updates are now available. See below for more information.


Go to www.aeapdonline.org/ for AEA PD Online updates or click on the direct article links below. For real time updates, follow AEA PD Online on Twitter at @aeapdonline.
 

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Go to www.aeak12online.org/ for AEA K-12 Online updates or click on the direct article link below.
 

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Reminder: Clarification on Home Language Survey Usage

We have received guidance from Dr. Jobi Lawrence, Director of Title III and Education Consultant at the Iowa Department of Education, regarding the use of the Home Language Survey. Please see below for the message.
 
Please be advised regarding the current use of the Home Language Survey for all students. Based on guidance from our Title III program officer, until further notice, school districts are to provide the Home Language Survey as a hard copy in its full form to new enrollees and maintain that paper copy in a student folder. This form is located on www.TransAct.com and is identified as Form A. This will allow access to the form in 23 languages.

In light of the upcoming Title III visit to Iowa next year, we will want to maintain this practice. We will provide updated information as it becomes available.

Dates & Times Established for 2013 I-ELDA Trainings

The Iowa English Language Development Assessment trainings will be conducted by Adobe Connect this year. Please note the times and dates listed below. We will send the link as soon as it is available.

Logistics (protocol for ordering and returning): January 8 from 8:00-9:00 a.m.
K-2:  January 8 from 10:00 am.-12:00 p.m.
3-12: January 22 from 1:00-3:00 p.m.

If any sessions need to be canceled due to inclement weather, January 24 from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. will be the make up time. Sessions will be archived so if you are unable to view them at the scheduled times they will be available.

The I-ELDA testing window is February 1, 2013 to April 30, 2013.