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The IEP and ESOL Compliance 2008 / PowerPoint in PDF format

M-DCPS / Division of Bilingual Education and World Languages

M-DCPS / Division of Bilingual Education and World Languages - Resources Website

The Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA)

The BUENO Center
The BUENO Center for Multicultural Education is an integral part of the School of Education at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Through a comprehensive range of research, training, and service projects, the Center strongly promotes quality education with an emphasis on cultural pluralism. The Center is deeply committed to facilitating equal educational opportunities for cultural and language minority students. The Center also disseminates research findings and related information through various Center publications. Funding for some Center programs is provided through grants and contracts from the U.S. Department of Education.

National Foreign Language Resource Center

U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Programs for English Language Learners

Language Policy Web Site and Emporium
Website sponsored by James Crawford, respected journalist, known for his well-research reporting on bilingual education issues and the author of Bilingual Education : History, Politics, Theory and Practice.*

National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
Promoting educational excellence and equity through bilingual education, the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) is the only national organization exclusively concerned with the education of language-minority students in American schools.*

National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Education Programs  (NCELA)
NCELA, the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs (formerly NCBE, the National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education) is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement & Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA, formerly OBEMLA) to collect, analyze, and disseminate information relating to the effective education of linguistically and culturally diverse learners in the United States. NCELA provides information through its web site site and topical publications, and produces a weekly electronic news bulletin, Newsline, and a monthly electronic magazine, Outlook.*

National Parent Information Network (NPIN)
The result of a collaboration between the ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education at the University og Illinois at Urbana Champaign, NPIN offers one stop shopping on parent education and involvement resources, including numerous documents available in English and Spanish.*

National Information Center for Children and Youths with Disabilities
NICHCY is the national information center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues. Anyone can use our services—families, educators, administrators, journalists, students. Our special focus is children and youth (birth to age 22).  This websites has a sister site completely in Spanish.

ERIC -EECE Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education
This website offers Spanish translations to frequently requested information.

Center for Applied Linguistics
CAL is a private, non-profit organization: a group of scholars and educators who use the findings of linguistics and related sciences in identifying and addressing language-related problems. CAL carries out a wide range of activities including research, teacher education, analysis and dissemination of information, design and development of instructional materials, technical assistance, conference planning, program evaluation, and policy analysis. This website provides a link to ERIC/CLL which has recently published a new Spanish for Spanish Speakers (SNS) resource page. Visit the site at www.cal.org/ericll/sns.

Teachers of Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

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*Denotes a website recommended by Dennis Sayers, Ed.D.
 

Please Note: 
Mandatory meeting regarding CELLA Training -  one administrator and test chair. 
You must register on-line.  The actual testing begins in September.

 SPECIAL BRIEFING                                                                     August 17, 2006

 TO:                 All Principals

 FROM:           Joanne Urrutia, Administrative Director

                         Division of Bilingual Education and World Languages

SUBJECT:    FALL 2006-2007 COMPREHENSIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING ASSESSMENT (CELLA)

Consistent with the Department of Education’s (DOE’s) evidence of program accountability in accordance with Title III of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), which calls for schools and districts to meet state accountability objectives for increasing the English-language proficiency of English language learners, the district will implement the Comprehensive English Language Learning Assessment (CELLA).  Each school district must administer the CELLA to identify language proficiency levels of individual students during the fall and spring of the 2006-07 school year.

Because the assessment is being newly implemented, it is essential that school site administrators and ESOL personnel are informed regarding how to implement the CELLA administration. Two half-day CELLA orientation sessions are scheduled on August 21, 2006 for Test Chairpersons and school administrators. Registration is required. Please register on-line at:

 http://teacherfair.dadeschools.net/CELLA/CELLAForm1.asp

 CELLA Orientation meeting

 August 21, 2006

 Sheraton Hotel (formerly Radisson Mart)  777 NW 72^nd Ave.   Miami, FL 33126

            AM Session               8:30 to noon

            PM Session               1:00 to 4:30

 Questions regarding this information may be directed to the Division of Bilingual Education and World Languages at 305-995-1945.

The George Washington University, Graduate School of education and human development is offering an Online Certificate in Bilingual Special Education.

Download the flyer to obtain more information.

Program Information and Requirements