PLC 2008-2009 topics

May 6, 2009- 1-3pm: Providing translations

February 4, 2009- 9am-3:30pm: ELE Publisher’s Fair
June 3, 2009- 1-3pm: Review of PLC activities and planning for 2009-2010
January 7, 2009- 1-3pm: Working with students with special education needs Note: meeting canceled due to inclement weather.
December 3, 2008- 1-3pm: Working with students with limited literacies. Ken Pransky, Curriculum and Instruction Consultant from the Center for English Language Education at HEC, will be our guest speaker. Ken will lead a discussion about issues that affect the reading performance of culturally and linguistically diverse learners and offer a different perspective on what causes some/many students to struggle with reading.
November 5, 2008-1-3pm: Sharing Resources
Check Resources page for updated suggestions as result of PLC meeting!
Oct 8, 2008: Massachusetts Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education initiative. Kathy Earley, from the MADESE’s Office of Language Acquisition and Academic Achievement [OLAAAA], will be our guest speaker. She will provide an overview of the document, Content-Based English as a Second Language: Curriculum Development Guidance. A ‘toolkit’ CD-rom containing templates and samples will be provided to participants.
Review of 2007-2008
June 4, 2008 9am-3PM
Location HEC; 97 Hawley St., Northampton, MA
Review Professional Leadership Learning Community 2007-2008 activities and plan learning activities for the following academic year.
May 7, 2008 9am-3PM
Location HEC; 97 Hawley St., Northampton, MA
Review Massachusetts English Language Benchmarks and Outcomes [ELPBO] and the new Massachusetts Department of Education curricular standards. Discuss ways in which these are/can be applied in our work with ELLs. Discussion about grading ELLs.
Feb. 6, 2008 9am-3PM
Location HEC; 97 Hawley St., Northampton, MA
Publishers’ Fair of high quality ESL and ELL materials. Vendors from a range of publishers of high quality materials including: CTB/McGraw Hill (publisher of the LAS and other assessments); Alta, Child’s Play, Barrons, Dominie Press, Hampton Brown, National Geographic, Pearson, Pro Lingua, and Santilliana.
January 9, 2008 1-3PM
Location HEC; 97 Hawley St., Northampton, MA
Review of Survey results about ELL programming among our districts. Have our ELL populations and programs changed from last year?