National Professional Development: Project Directors Meeting 2013

Date: March 4-5, 2013

Location: U.S. Department of Education

OELA hosted the 2013 National Professional Development Directors Meeting on March 4th and 5th. The meeting was held at the U.S. Department of Education, LBJ Auditorium. The one and half day meeting included panel presentations, demonstration of STEM science kit experiments aimed at teaching ELs literacy and academic language, and small group interactive discussions related to professional development topics. Participants had opportunities to share information on professional development best practices, effective use of data, and improving performance reporting and evaluation. The sessions were designed to enhance all aspects of professional development activities carried out by grantees in order to improve instructional strategies used by teachers of English learners.

Conference Materials

• Agenda

Monday, March 4, 2013

Common Core Standards and ELP Alignment: Using the Common Core Standards to Help English Learners Become Better Academic Writers

• Dr. Annette Daoud, California State University, San Marcos: Designing Accessible and Equitable Lessons for High School English Learners: Using California’s ELD Standards and the CCSS
• Dr. Carol Booth Olson, University of California Irvine & Dr. Robin Scarcella, University of California Irvine:
  • Presentation: A Cognitive Strategies Approach to Help English Language Learners Meet the Common Core State Standards
  • Handout: A Cognitive Strategies Approach to Help English Language Learners Meet the Common Core State Standards
  • Pre-test and Post-test 6th Grade English Learner Student Paper: "The Man in The Water"
  • Guidelines for Revising your Pre-test essay: "The Man in The Water"

From Measurable Objectives to Assessing Teacher Effectiveness

• Dr. Angelo Gatto, Educational Research Advantages, LLC & Dr. John Spiridakis, St. John's University:
  • Presentation: Designing Measurable Objectives for the USDOE Title III NPD Programs
  • Handout: Designing Measurable Objectives for Title III National Professional Development Programs
  • USDE GRANT Presentation Performance Objectives Worksheet

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

• Dr. Rodolfo Chavez, New Mexico Highlands University & Dr. Patricia Cloud, New Mexico Highlands University:
  • Termites Catch the Scent—Teaching Academic Language Through Science
• Cindy Ryan, Director, Discretionary Grants Division, OELA & Karen Gray-Adams, Westat:
  • Performance Reporting
  • Performance Reporting: Questions and Answers