 English Learner Progress Business Rules
The NCDPI Accountability Department shared the English Learner Progress Business Rules and ESSA Updates Webinar through TNN.
The recording of the webinar is available through GoTo Webinar.
Please contact your Regional Accountability Coordinator (RAC) with questions or feedback.
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Title III Application in CCIP -Deadline: June 30, 2018
Title III Application in the Comprehensive, Continuous Improvement Plan (CCIP) - Guidance Webinar
The recording of the webinar is available through GoTo Webinar.
If you have questions regarding this information, contact Marshall Foster at marshall.foster@dpi.nc.gov
EL PD Survey in PowerSchool
The Consolidated State Performance Report (CSPR) collects information related to state activities and outcomes of specific ESSA programs needed for the Title III Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) indicators or other assessment and reporting requirements. The US Department of Education uses data elements from the EL Professional Development survey to monitor the state’s progress in implementing ESSA and to identify technical assistance, program management, and policy needs.
EL Coordinators can access the EL PD data survey through their PowerSchool instance. The survey will be titled "EL PD", click on the link, and complete the survey for your LEA/Charter. In order to ensure accurate and on-time reporting, the EL PD survey must be completed by Friday, June 8, 2018.
If you have questions regarding this survey, contact Vicky Kriegsman at vicky.kriegsmas@dpi.nc.gov
April MTSS Communication Brief
TNC DPI Integrated Academic and Behavior Systems Division has released the April MTSS Communication Brief. This month’s topic is Leadership Roles in Selecting a Common Problem Solving Model. It specifically addresses the importance of a consistent problem solving model, the necessary components of a problem solving model, and questions answered during each problem solving step.
WiDA UPDATES
 WiDA ALTELLA Project -Alternate ACCESS
North Carolina is participating in the Alternate English Language Learning Assessment (ALTELLA) project. This project aims to generate findings on successful instructional practices, accessibility features and accommodations, and assessment of English learners with significant cognitive disabilities.
Please help us create a profile of the population of students with significant cognitive disabilities who are English learners by participating in the Individual Characteristics Questionnaire (ICQ) survey.
The ICQ is distributed as an online survey found at go.wisc.edu/altella.
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ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 Webinar Recordings
WiDA has hosted a series of webinars to provide information about different aspects of the ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 assessment. Post-testing series: Returning materials, Data validation, and Interpreting Score Reports.
Recordings of these webinars are posted on the WiDA Website.
Upcoming webinar: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 Interpreting Score Reports -Join Now
 EL Support Team Service Request
The NCDPI EL Support Team is a cadre of current and previous North Carolina Public School employees, teachers, and administrators with a strong understanding of theory-based concepts for best-practices in EL student education offering training and coaching opportunities across the state.
The current offerings include: Best Practices, Co-Teaching, Dual Language /Immersion (DL/I), Expediting Comprehension for English Language Learners (ExC-ELL), Facilitating Academic Discourse (FADS) for Math (Science and Social Studies Coming Soon!), Guided Language Acquisition Design (GLAD), LinguaFolio, Long Term ELs, Students with Interrupted Formal Education (SIFE), Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP), and World-class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA).
Request services for 2018-2019
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 New Members of the EL Support Team
We received applications from several highly qualified candidates during this call for members of the EL Support Team and we appreciate their interest in being part of the team. After a three phase process, two candidates were selected to join the team for the 2018-2019 school year. Please join us in congratulating these educators.
Marcita Mahar, Title III Reading Specialist at Harnett County Schools
Deborah Wilkes, EL Coordinator at Cumberland County Schools.
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Growing Success for English Learners
#NCELs18
This year's conference will offer fourteen (14) different 3-day courses with participants choosing one to attend for all 3 days.
Visit this link for a complete description of the conference courses: bit.ly/NCELs18
Date: August 7-9, 2018
Audience: Administrators and Teachers of all content areas.
Opening Keynote:
Our guest speaker this year is Emily Francis. She is an English as a Second Language teacher at W.M.Irvin Elementary School in Concord, North Carolina. She will be sharing her inspiring story and passionate ideas to advocate for English learners.
Venue: Greensboro College
815 West Market Street, Greensboro, NC
Registration fee: To celebrate our 5th year anniversary we are offering a special registration rate of $50!
Registration is open. Visit this link for more information: bit.ly/NCELs18
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 SIOP Conference
July 10-11, 2018 Seattle, WA
Registration information.
La Cosecha: Call for Proposals is Open
Deadline to submit your proposal is May 15, 2018.
Submit your proposal
WiDA Annual Conference
October 23-26, 2018 Detroit, Michigan
Registration information
7th International Conference on Immersion & Dual Language Education
will be held on February 6 - 9, 2019, with the theme, "Transforming Communities through Multilingualism." Several partners in North Carolina, including East Carolina University, the NC Department of Public Instruction, and UNC-Charlotte have joined with the University of Minnesota's Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) to bring the conference to Charlotte, North Carolina.
NCDLI 2019 will feature invited speakers from the dual language/immersion field, plenaries on the five conference strands, workshops, and a variety of sessions from practitioners and researchers.
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