Monthly ELD Standards Update -- 22-23 SY 1st Issue

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August 2, 2022

ESL/Title III Standards Update

ACADEMIC STANDARDS

Monthly Standards Update -- 22-23 SY 1st Issue

In March 2021, the North Carolina State Board of Education unanimously approved the 2020 ELD Standard Course of Study (SCOS) for implementation in the 2022-2023 school year.

In an effort to keep stakeholders informed during the Initial Implementation phase, the NCDPI ESL/Title III Team provides monthly standards updates that contain the latest announcements and current news regarding the ELD SCOS. These updates are sent every first Tuesday of the month.

Initial Implementation

This school year marks PSUs' initial implementation of the NC ELD Standard Course of Study. Our team is currently in the process of planning state-wide professional learning for the 22-23 school year. More information about state-wide professional learning will be made available via our listserv.

To request professional learning specific to your region and/or PSU, please contact your Regional Director. Should you have any standards questions or need technical assistance, please email ESLTitleIII@dpi.nc.gov.

2022 Growing Success for Multilingual Learners Summer Conference: From Standards to Success

ARCHIVES AVAILABLE

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The NCDPI ESL/Title III Team invited all educators of multilingual learners (MLs) to participate in the Growing Success for MLs Summer Conference from June 20-24. During this summer’s conference, educators had an opportunity to think deeply about the 2020 NC ELD Standard Course of Study (SCOS); to reimagine instruction through new ELD resources; and to exchange SCOS implementation ideas that center the needs and achievement of MLs.

Missed the Conference? Access the recordings, slide decks, and conference notebooks from the conference archive at bit.ly/NCELD22archives. The conference archive can also be accessed in the NC ELD Standards Resource Hub under "ELD Standards-Based Resources."

NC ELD Standards Resource Hub

NOW AVAILABLE

Sample Language Features

This document is organized by grade level and content area along with a corresponding set of sample language features. Language Features are examples of various language resources that carry out particular Language Functions, such as different types of sentences, clauses, phrases, and words.

Parent/Caregiver Guide for ELD in Spanish

This resource is now available in Spanish - Guía para padres/tutores para el desarrollo del idioma inglés

Effective July 1, 2022, the WIDA Screener for Kindergarten will replace the W-APT as North Carolina’s kindergarten screener for English language proficiency. The Parent/Caregiver Guide for English Language Development (ELD) has been updated to reflect this change.

Quick Glance Checklist

This matrix is organized by grade levels (left hand column) and content areas (across the top). The hyperlinks take you directly to the Grade/Content Key Language Uses highlighted in order from Narrate, Inform, Explain, and Argue.

Checklist for Student Portfolios

These snapshots create a guide for analyzing student work samples and measuring KLU progress based on grade-level clusters. These snapshots are just some of the ways students engage in each Key Language Use. These documents can be added to multilingual learners’ portfolios. Key Language Uses—Narrate, Inform, Explain, and Argue—are present across all grade levels and disciplines (WIDA, 2020). The NCDPI ESL/Title III Team recommends teachers download the document to adapt it to classroom instruction.

WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition in CASE® Format

Standards expressed in machine-readable Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange® (CASE) format, provided by 1EdTech (formerly IMS Global), that can be used to set up digital connections between standards and instructional resources and shorten planning time and crosswalk creation. This resource is intended for a technical audience looking to align local instruction to state standards.

WIDA Standards Correspondence Tool Overview

An overview of and introduction to the WIDA Standards Correspondence Tool.

Note: NC no longer utilizes Common Core. We invite you to explore the mapping documents which serve as our "correspondence tool."

Digital Explorer of the WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition

A digital version of the WIDA English Language Development (ELD) Standards Framework, 2020 Edition. It categorizes Language Expectations (e.g., ELD-LA.K.Narrate.Interpretive) in two ways: (1) Explore by ELD Standard Statement and Grade-Level Cluster and (2) Explore by Key Language Use and Communication Mode. Proficiency Level Descriptors (PLDs) can be explored by Grade-Level Cluster and Communication Mode. This Digital Explorer will be announced to educators via Monday Mail on August 15 and will be available on the 2020 Edition page of the WIDA website.

To access the Resource Hub, please use the short URL bit.ly/ELDStandardsHub or the direct link https://ncdpi.instructure.com/courses/6424