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 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to Host Teleconference on Citizenship and Integration Grant Program, March 16, 2016.USCIS invites you to participate in a teleconference on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (ET) to discuss the Notices of Funding Opportunity for the fiscal year 2016 Citizenship and Integration Grant Program. USCIS posted two grant funding opportunity announcements on March 2, and all applications are due by April 22. During this teleconference, USCIS officials will provide an overview of the grant program and answer questions about the application requirements and process.
U.S. Department of Education Recognizes#GoOpen Initiatives. The Department announced the launch of 14 state-wide #GoOpen initiatives committed to supporting school districts and educators as they transition to the use of high-quality, openly-licensed educational resources in their schools. This inaugural cohort of #GoOpen states joins leaders from an expanding number of #GoOpen districts and innovative platform providers in creating an environment where educators and students can access the tools, content, and expertise necessary to thrive in a connected world. National Center for Education Research (NCER), Institute for Education Sciences (IES), OffersSummer Research Training Institute, July 18-28, 2016, at Northwestern University. NCER hosts this training institute to increase the capacity of researchers to develop and conduct rigorous evaluations of the impacts that education interventions have on student outcomes. Application materials should be submitted online.
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Laurene Powell Jobs invest in company focused on ELLs. The Emerson Collective, a venture fund led by Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, joined Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, in investing in Ellevation. EdCentral Pew Research Center 5 facts about Mexico and immigration to the U.S. U.S. immigration from Latin America has shifted over the past two decades, according to thisFactTank article. Since 1965, more than 16 million Mexicans migrated to the U.S. in one of the largest mass migrations in modern history. But over the past decade, this migration has slowed dramatically. Today, Mexico increasingly serves as a land bridge for Central American immigrants traveling to the U.S. SuperSummary CLASP TESOL Why we still won’t teach the 5-paragraph essay. This blog post discusses the pros and cons of the t5-paragraph essay. The authors state that teaching it is not a solution for all writing issues ESL students in mainstream: 10 online resources for teachers. This blog post provides 10 resources with links for teaching ELs. Utilizing an online COP: Family, community, school. This blog posts discusses the “ideas and outcomes” from a six-week online project on how to better engage EL families in their local schools and communities Helping secondary students develop scientific literacy. This blog post discusses ways to make science instruction more accessible to EL students. ASCD Seven ways to scaffold instruction for ELs. A speech-language pathologist describes why and how to plan for common sticking points, like cognates, transition words, and abstract language, as ELs move toward proficiency. Helping long-term English learners get “unstuck.” Knowing enough to get by won’t set up long-term ELs for academic and career opportunities beyond high school. Use these strategies to help students progress. Shifting the focus to the student: The ExcEL attitude. Schools and teachers need the flexibility to design customized programs to fit ELs’ individual goals and needs. This attitude shift informs a program out of UCLA that shows teachers how to focus on each student’s progress in learning English. The Minnesota Campaign for Achievement Now The Atlantic |
 Northeast Rural Districts Research Alliance and Capital Area School Development Association, Research Symposium: Rural Schools, Community Well-Being, and Implications for Policy, March 22, 2016, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. (ET), Albany, NY. This daylong research symposium will engage practitioners and researchers in critical dialogue about priority issues in rural education with a focus on rural school and community well-being. Education researchers, policymakers, and practitioners–including rural district staff, administrators, school board members, and community leaders—should all consider attending.
TransACT Communications, EL Guidance Webinar Series—Issue #11: Avoiding Unnecessary Segregation of EL Students, March 24, 2016, 11:00 a.m.–12:-00 p.m. (PT).This webinar is the last in a year-long series that focuses on the issues addressed in the Dear Colleague Letter on ELs published on January 7, 2015, by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, and the U.S. Department of Justice, and will also cover material provided in the EL Tool Kit, published by OELA. A new year-long series, updated to align with ESSA, will begin again this April. Virginia International University’s School of Education, Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture, March 25-26, 2016, Fairfax, VA. As emerging technologies and globalization conspire to make education more international, this year’s conference seeks to explore how we, as internationally-minded educators, may be able to shape these developments in productive and exciting ways. TESOL, 2016 International Convention & English Language Expo, April 5-8, 2016, Baltimore, MD. There are also pre- and post-conference workshops. American Educational Research Association,2016 AERA Annual Meeting, April 8-12, 2016, Washington, DC. This year’s theme, “Public Scholarship to Educate Diverse Democracies,” will illuminate and enhance the role of education researchers as public scholars who contribute to public understanding, political debate, and professional practice in increasingly diverse democracies in the U.S. and around the globe. National Association of State Directors of Migrant Education, 2016 National Migrant Education Conference, April 24-27, 2016, San Diego, CA. Registration is currently open. Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), National Conference on Student Assessment (NCSA) 2016, June 20 – 22, 2016, Philadelphia, PA. Early-bird rates will end on Thursday, March 31, 2016. Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA), Sixth International Conference on Immersion and Dual Language Education, October 20-22, 2016, Minneapolis, MN. The conference will focus on connecting research and practice across contexts, and bring together five effective program models to engage in research-informed dialogue and professional exchanges across languages, levels, and learner audiences.
WIDA and CAL, Promoting Spanish Language Development for Emergent Bilinguals, April 14–15, 2016, Washington, DC. Please join WIDA and the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) for this engaging and interactive two-day symposium designed to promote Spanish language development in a variety of bilingual and dual language settings, including one-way and two-way 90-10 or 50-50 program models. Early Bird deadline is March 15, 2016. Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, 2016 National Early Childhood Education Inclusion Institute, May 10–12, 2016, Chapel Hill, NC. The 2016 Institute will include dozens of groundbreaking sessions and workshops on topics such as: challenging behavior, expulsion and suspension, dual-language learners, friendships, learning in outdoor environments, individualizing for each child, and supporting children with autism in inclusive environments. This year, all registrants will also get free access to eight online Connect Courses on Inclusion. These cutting-edge courses award CEUs, and several states have approved them for training. Registration deadline is May 1, 2016. Pearson, SIOP® Institute II, May 12–May 13, 2016, Austin, TX. Expand your understanding of the SIOP® Model and learn successful coaching and implementation practices at this 2-day workshop designed for educators who are currently using the SIOP® Model in their schools or classrooms.
The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA), University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC), seeks Director(Job Opening ID # 306957) to provide overall academic leadership for CARLA, one of 16 National Language Resource Centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington, KY, seeks a new Principal for the Maxwell Spanish Immersion Magnet Elementary School. Applications will be accepted until March 13, 2016. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, seeks a Senior Program Officer, Bilingual Workforce Specialist, Early Learning. Please apply online. Kent School District, Kent, WA, seeksElementary teachers for English/Spanish Dual Language Program for the 2016–17 school year. Madison Metropolitan School District, Madison, WI, seeks highly qualified candidates for both teaching and leadership positions for the 2016–17 school year. Attend a TEACH or LEADMadison mixer to learn more about the MMSD vision for great teaching. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, seeks an Associate Professor of Multilingual Learning and English Language Learning. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled; review began December 7, 2015. California State University, Long Beach, CA, seeks an Assistant Professor of Linguistics in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) to start August 17, 2016 (fall semester). Applications will be accepted until filled (or recruitment is canceled). |
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