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BILINGUAL, IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE EDUCATION DIRECTORS' MEETING
Leveraging Strategic Investments to Improve English Learners' Achievement
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel
St Paul, MN
May 6-9, 9
MEETING AGENDA
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
9:00 am - 2:00 pm St. Paul Public School Site Visits
5:00 - 6:30 pm School Visit Debriefing Light Refreshments (Sheraton Hotel)
Thursday, May 7, 2009
7:00 am - 9:00 am Registration
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Welcome and Meeting Goals
Meria Castarphen, Superintendent, St. Paul Public School
Michael Casserly, Executive Director, CGCS
Gabriela Uro, Manager of ELL Policy & Research, CGCS
9:30 am - 11:00 am Succeeding with English Language Learners in Urban
Districts Study Update-- Emerging Themes in Successful
Districts
Council staff will provide an update on the Council's ELL Study and
review the emerging themes linked to districts showing success in
improving ELL achievement. The discussion will also address the
ongoing challenges faced by all districts related to improvements
in educational outcomes for English Learners.
Panel: Jason Snipes, Director of Research, CGCS
Succeeding with English Language Learnres: Emerging
Themes
Ricki Price-Baugh, Director of Academic Achievement, CGCS
Amanda Horwitz, Manager of Research, CGCS
Moderator: Gabriela Uro, Manager of ELL Policy and Research, CGCS
11:15 am - 1:00 pm English Learners from St. Paul Public Schools-
A panel discussion with students point of view. St. Paul Public
Schools educates close to 15,000 English Learners who
represent 36 percent of the total student population speaking a
total of 126 languages. During this session, we will hear students'
voices express their hopes and dreams as well as the role of
school and educators in helping achieve such dreams.
Moderator: Maria Hinojosa, Nationally Syndicated Senior Correspondent for
PBS
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm General Session-- Tools to Provide English Learners
Greater Access to Rigorous Content Instruction.
This session will provide an overview of initiatives underway in two
Florida school districts to enhance English Learners' access to
rigorous curriculum in Science and Math. Okhlee Lee will discuss
her work as the Principal Investigator of Promoting Science
among English Language Learners (P-SELL) funded by
the National Science Foundation and Sandra Rosario will present
the iPASOS pilot math program for secondary ELLs.
Speaker: Okhee Lee, Professor of Science Education at the School of
Education, University of Miami
1. Promoting Science Among ELLS in High-Stakes Testing
Policy Content
2. Sample Lesson
3. Targeted Areas
Sandra Rosario, Supervisor, Programs for ELLs, Hillsborough
County School District with Hugh Norwood, iPASOS
Moderator: Margarita Pinkos, Executive Director of Multicultural Education,
Palm Beach County School District
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm Legislative Update on The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Manish Naik, the Council's
Manager for Legislative Services will provide a detailed
overview of the ARRA funds. Council staff will also discuss
the prospects of supporting ELL programs with ARRA funds
and provide an update on the Council's efforts to assist
member districts in the development of their spending plans.
Panel: Manish Naik, Manager Legislative Services, CGCS
Gabriela Uro, Manager of ELL Policy and Research, CGCS
6:00 pm Reception/Dinner
Sponsor by: iPASOS
Friday, May 8, 2009
7:00 Registration
7:30 am - 8:30 am Buffet Breakfast
8:30 am - 10:00 am General Session: Confronting Challenges to Program
Improvements for English Learners. This panel will provide an
update of Seattle Public Schools work on a major re-design of their
program for English Learners. Ms. Gallardo will share Seattle's
experience with reaching out to St. Paul as co-members of the
Council to help inform and move along Seattle's ELL program reform.
Philadelphia's own experience with EL Program reform will now
inform the State of Pennsylvania's efforts to support improvements in
EL programs through out the state. Ms Sainz de la Pena will discuss
State efforts and policies that are key to support the EL program
reform efforts at the school district level.
Panel: Veronica Gallardo, Seattle Public Schools
Bilingual Program Update
Bilingual Program Update
Seattle Tiered Coaching Model
Seattle IA Roles and Responsibilities
Seattle Teachers Role and Responsibilities
Ana Sainz de Pena, Educational Consultant, Pennsylvania
Training and Technical Assistance Network and former director of
ESOL and Bilingual Programs, Philadelphia Public Schools
PowerPoint Presentation
Moderator: Ricki Price-Baugh, Director of Academic Achievement, CGCS
10:20 am - 12:00 pm Breakfast Sessions
Session I. Early Childhood Education and ELLs--Trends and
Priorities. Eugene Garcia has been at the forefront of
extracting crucial and relevant information from the Early
Childhood Longitudinal Study. In this session, he will present
the latest statistics and trends regarding ELS and discuss the
implications for designing and implementing Early Childhood
programs.
Speaker: Eugene Garcia, Vice President, Education Partnerships,
Curriculum and Instruction, Arizona State University. Chair of the
National Task Force on Early Childhood Education
for Hispanics.
Powerpoint Presentation- ELL Early Education
Moderator: Manish Naik, CGCS
Session II. District Program Design to Meet the Needs of
Lesser Spoken Languages. Urban school districts educate a
heterogeneous population of English Learners, at times representing
in excess of 100 different languages in a single school district. Many
challenges exist to meet the educational needs of ELs whose
primary language are so diverse. During this presentation, three
Council member school districts will share their district's
organizational and instructional strategies to serve ELs whose
primary language may be less commonly spoken.
Panel: Margarita Pinkos, Palm Beach County and former Director of
Office of English Language Acquisition (U.S. Department of
Education)
Heidi Bernal, Director of ELL Programs, St. Paul Public Schools
Powerpoint Presentation
Christine Garbe, Supervisor, Bilingual/ELL Program
Anchorage Public Schools
Moderator: Amanda Horwitz, CGCS
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Luncheon and Presentation of McGraw-Hill Education Award
for Outstanding Contributions to ELL Achievement
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) as a
Unique Opportunity to Support English Learner Instruction. The
AARA represents an unprecedented investment in education. Though
Title III is not one of the categorical programs explicitly funded under
ARRA, English Learners receive educational services under Title I and
IDEA as well as other authorized programs mentioned in the
legislation. Kenji Hakuta will provide an overview of the
Recommendations for Addressing the Needs of English Language
Learners-- a white paper prepared by a research working group of
nationally recognized experts on EL issues. Valeria Silva from St.
Paul Public Schools and Bud Larievy from Boston Public Schools will
share their districts' plans for making strategic investment of ARRA
funding to improve achievement for ELs.
Panel: Valeria Silva, Chief Academic Officer, St. Paul Public Schools
PowerPoint Presentation
Kenji Hakuta, Jacks Endowed Chair Professor, Stanford University
1. Recommendations for Addressing the Needs of English
Language Learners
2. Recommendations for Addressing the Needs of English
Language Learners-Executive Summary
Arthur F. Larievy III (Bud), Interim Director of the Office of
English Language Learners, Boston Public Schools
PowerPoint Presentation
Moderator: Pat Forgione, Superintendent, Austin Public Schools
2:45 pm - 4:15 pm Breakout Session
Session I. Data Systems and Strategic Use of Data. This panel will
focus on the need of strategic use of data systems and data analysis
to improve academic outcomes for English Learners. Dr. Allensworth
is the lead author in What Matters for Staying On-Track and
Graduation in Chicago Public Schools and has recently began an
three year study of the transition to high school which follows a
cohort of eight grade students and looks at their perceptions of the
challenges of high schools and the school practices that foster or
hinder student performance.
Panelists from two Council member districts will discuss the
implications of Elaine Allensworth's work with regard to the need for
developing data systems and statistical models that accurately
predict achievement and school completion for English Learners.
Panel: Maria Santos, Executive Director of the Office of English
Language Learners, New York City Public Schools
Elaine Allensworth, Co-Director for Statistical Analysis,
Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of
Chicago
PowerPoint Presentation- Graduation and the Ninth Year
Grade
Jorge Aguilar, Associate Superintendent for Equity and
Access, Fresno Unified School District
Embedding Equity and Access Principles in the Process of
Preparing Career Ready Graduates
Moderator: Jason Snipes, CGCS
Session II. OPEN Breakout Session and Brainstorming for
Stimulus Spending to Improve Instruction for English Learners
Moderator: Gabriela Uro, CGCS
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm Planning Next Steps
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Reception and Demonstrations
Saturday, May 9, 2009
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Feedback and Future Meetings
Goals and objectives, issues and venue for future meetings will
be discussed
11:00 am Adjourn
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