Center for Assessment & Learning English Language Acquisition The Office of English Language Acquisition and Academic Achievement (OELAAA) oversees the English Language Acquisition Professional Development (PD) state budget line-item In FY13, approximately $603,153 was appropriated to support PD for educators of English language learners (ELLs) implementing sheltered English immersion (SEI) and teaching English language acquisition. This funding supported the professional development of approximately 3,500 teachers. The Department used this funding to help develop PD capability within districts in multiple ways: By hosting several train-the-trainer workshops for the SEI Endorsement classes in which approximately 90 educators participated to become SEI PD trainers. By developing four SEI Endorsement courses including three teacher courses and one administrator course to be used for the entire length of the Rethinking Equity and Teaching for English Language Learners (RETELL) course window (2012-13 to 2015-16). By funding the procurement of approximately 90 pilot and full SEI courses. By funding one partnership initiative between districts and higher education institutions in order to build capacity within districts to prepare teachers to work with ELLs. This project was led by the University of Massachusetts - Amherst and it supported the Access to Critical Content and English Language Acquisition (ACCELA)/ESE scholarships for urban classroom teachers in the western part of the state. OELAAA also used federal funds from Race to the Top (RTTT) and Title III. In FY13, approximately $250,000 was appropriated to support PD for educators of ELLs implementing the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA), which is a statewide initiative to introduce and implement a new set of standards across all content areas and assessment for ELLs. During the fall and spring of SY2012-2013, the Department twenty regional trainings and numerous other district-specific workshops and consultations with these funds. The trainings were very well received by educators. More than 850 teachers and administrators participated in state sponsored WIDA PD this past school year. Funds were used for several types of PD offerings described below:
Center for Assessment & Learning English Language Acquisition The Office of English Language Acquisition and Academic Achievement (OELAAA) oversees the English Language Acquisition Professional Development (PD) state budget line-item In FY13, approximately $603,153 was appropriated to support PD for educators of English language learners (ELLs) implementing sheltered English immersion (SEI) and teaching English language acquisition. This funding supported the professional development of approximately 3,500 teachers. The Department used this funding to help develop PD capability within districts in multiple ways: By hosting several train-the-trainer workshops for the SEI Endorsement classes in which approximately 90 educators participated to become SEI PD trainers. By developing four SEI Endorsement courses including three teacher courses and one administrator course to be used for the entire length of the Rethinking Equity and Teaching for English Language Learners (RETELL) course window (2012-13 to 2015-16). By funding the procurement of approximately 90 pilot and full SEI courses. By funding one partnership initiative between districts and higher education institutions in order to build capacity within districts to prepare teachers to work with ELLs. This project was led by the University of Massachusetts - Amherst and it supported the Access to Critical Content and English Language Acquisition (ACCELA)/ESE scholarships for urban classroom teachers in the western part of the state. OELAAA also used federal funds from Race to the Top (RTTT) and Title III. In FY13, approximately $250,000 was appropriated to support PD for educators of ELLs implementing the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA), which is a statewide initiative to introduce and implement a new set of standards across all content areas and assessment for ELLs. During the fall and spring of SY2012-2013, the Department twenty regional trainings and numerous other district-specific workshops and consultations with these funds. The trainings were very well received by educators. More than 850 teachers and administrators participated in state sponsored WIDA PD this past school year. Funds were used for several types of PD offerings described below:
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