Annual Meeting for BilingualESL Education Program Administrators

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• Annual Meeting for Bilingual/ESL Education
  Program Administrators
• Radisson Hotel, Madison, Wisconsin
• September 23, 2008
• Tolu Sanabria, Education Specialist
• Bilingual/ESL Education Program

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• Can you guess?
• How many districts qualified for state aids in
  the 1977-78 school year?
• How many districts qualified in 2006-07?
• How many/which languages met the trigger
  numbers in at least one district in the state
  2006-07 school year?

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• What was the smallest district i.e., number
  of eligible ELLs in 2006-07? About how many?
• What was the largest district i.e., number of
  eligible ELLs in 2006-07? About how many?
• Which district had the trigger numbers in the
  most languages? How many?

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• Addressing Concerns-
• Responses to the Survey

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• Instructional Approaches, Programs, Strategies
• It would be helpful to share some proven
  programs What works and what is acceptable?
• Developmental Bilingual
• Early Exit Bilingual
• Pull-Out ESL
• Mainstream Inclusion

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• What is ideal in a building with 50 of the
  population ELL and 3 Bilingual Teachers?
• Are there any vocabulary enrichment programs to
  add 1000s of words?

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• Especially for New Programs and New Program Staff

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• Who is Eligible
• Timelines for applications
• EOY Report August 1st
• Fiscal Claim (PI-1086) August 15th
• Plan of Services August 15th

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Small Group Work 3 Groups Eligible Spanish
speakers only eligible Hmong speakers only
and eligible speakers of more than one language
- OR - a language other than Spanish or
Hmong Each group will need a recorder and a
reporter
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• List 3 major concerns
• Brainstorm on creative solutions
• Report back to group

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• After the break
• Address parking lot and any other remaining
  questions if your questions have been answered,
  you are free to go

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• Bilingual/ESL Program Web Pages
• www.dpi.wi.gov/ell
• For online application/reports, click on
  Legislation and Funding, then scroll to bottom of
  page