All students are expected to participate in the Wyoming Assessment System. Every effort must be made to inform parents, guardians, and students of the testing calendar. On behalf of a student, school administrators may apply for an exemption from participation for the following criteria:

• The student is expelled for the entire testing window.
• The student is an English Learner who has been enrolled in a US school for less than one year.
• The student is placed in an out-of-state facility for the entire testing window.

Administrators should view the SAER site training video to learn how to submit exemption requests. Here is the direct link to the SAER webpage for when you are ready to submit an exemption.

In order to submit an exemption request, you must have a WyEd account. If you have a FUSION account, then you already have a WyEd account. If you do not have a FUSION account, then please register for a WyEd account by completing this request form.

Your WyEd user account will need "SAER User" access. You can request this role from the Roles drop down after you choose your district. If you have questions regarding your WyEd account, please contact Brian Wuerth at 307-777-6748 or brian.wuerth@wyo.gov.

From 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on March 12-13, 2019 in Sheridan

Audience: EL Teachers, Instructional Facilitators/Coaches, Curriculum Coordinators, EL Coordinators, Paraprofessionals, Principals & anyone interested

This two-day workshop provides educators with a fresh look at how to engage multilingual learners in rigorous content area learning with a balance of challenge and support. The purpose of the workshop is to encourage educators to consider a dynamic set of classroom practices that support multilingual students as they move toward increasing independence and expertise in grade-level content. Participants will explore how rigorous, well-sequenced curriculum within the content of meaningful experiences contributes to rich classroom interactions that mediate learning.

WIDA Presenter: Maya Martinez-Hart

WDE Facilitator: Antoinette Hallam, EL & Foreign Language Consultant

Participants will be able to:

• Develop an understanding of scaffolding practices based on prior knowledge, new learning, and shared experience.
• Build awareness of macro- and micro-scaffolding practices that apprentice students into language use for content area learning.
• Consider how students’ resources can support collaborative learning.
• Recognize the importance of establishing a collaborative community of learners that moves forward and upward together.
• Examine ways to engage students in exploring language use for content learning.

If your campus is scheduled to administer the ACT^® test online, you can now create test sessions and assign examinees in PearsonAccess^next™.

Follow the “How to Create Test Sessions” and “How to Assign Examinees to a Test Session” instructions in the ACT Administration Manual for Online Testing to do the following:

1. Create test sessions.
2. Assign students to test sessions.