DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O.
SUPTS. MEMO 246
October 3, 2008
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Patricia I.
Wright Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
What's Different About
Teaching Reading to Students Learning English Fall Professional
Development Institutes |
As part of
the Virginia Department of Education's ongoing effort to ensure compliance with
professional development requirements under Section 1111(2) (C) and Section
3115 (c) (2) of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001,
fall Training
of Trainers institutes and Direct Strategies institutes for teachers of English
Language Learners (ELLs) in kindergarten through
grade eight will be offered. The
institutes, entitled What's Different About Teaching Reading
to Students Learning English, have been developed by the Center for
Applied Linguistics (CAL) and will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at each site as
follows:
Training
of Trainers Institutes
October
29-31, 2008
Sheraton
Park South
9901
(804)
323-1144
November
5-7, 2008
Best
Western Battlefield Inn
(703)
361-7641
Direct
Strategies Institutes
October
29-31, 2008
540)
362-4500
November
5-7, 2008
Marriott
at
(757)
873-9299
The
purpose of the Training of Trainers institutes is to provide turnaround training
for three-member teams on the implementation of strategies designed to increase
proficiency in reading among ELL students.
School divisions are requested to enroll a teacher of ELLs, an elementary classroom teacher or middle school
content teacher, and a reading teacher as part of the team. Course participation at each Training of
Trainers institute is limited to sixteen three-member teams.
The
purpose of the Direct Strategies institutes is to provide classroom strategies
to increase proficiency in reading for ELLs. Registration is open to teachers of ELLs, elementary classroom teachers, secondary content
teachers, and reading teachers. Course
participation at each Direct Strategies institute is limited to forty-eight
participants.
Registration costs, materials, lunch, and breaks
will be provided for all participants. Additionally, lodging will be provided for those
participants requiring an overnight stay.
A block of hotel rooms will be reserved at the state rate for
participants. The costs of travel will
be the responsibility of the participants.
Please
contact the hotels listed above directly to make a reservation. Please reference Virginia Department of
Education Reading for ELLs Institute.
Participants
may register online for a Training of Trainers or Direct Strategies institute
at: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/reg/reading.
If you have questions or need
additional information, please contact Stacy Freeman, ESL specialist at the
Virginia Department of Education, at (804) 371-0778 or at Stacy.Freeman@doe.virginia.gov.
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