The following announcement appeared in today's notes from the National
Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA). 

 

WestED SchoolsMovingUp Webinar

 

WestEd's SchoolsMovingUp website will feature another free webinar,
"English Learner Literacy Development through Formative Assessment of
Oral Language," on Wednesday, October 8, from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Pacific Time (1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time). 

 

Alison Bailey, Associate Professor in the Department of Education at the
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Margaret Heritage,
Assistant Director for Professional Development at the National Center
for Research Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA
will present an approach to literacy development for English learners
which stresses the kinds of oral language that are foundational to
reading. They will discuss formative assessment of language skills as a
key element in both oral language and reading development, and provide
practical illustrations of how formative assessment can be used in the
classroom.

 

See the Online Events page on SchoolsMovingUp for further information,
including specific topics to be addressed by this event, at
http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/onlineevents.

 

HOW IT WORKS

The Online Event is a combined PowerPoint presentation and conference
call. There are two ways to participate - by Web telecast or by
teleconference. The Web telecast option requires that you have access to
an Internet connection and a phone line at the same time. During the Web
telecast, you will see slides displayed on your computer screen as you
hear the presenter's voice over the phone line. You will be able to
participate in online polls and questions, view related Web sites and
resources, and ask questions by typing in the chat window. For the
teleconference option, you'll download the PowerPoint presentation in
advance and follow along while listening to the presenter over the
phone.

 

**Note: If you have special access needs (e.g., you have a hearing
impairment and need special arrangements made to access the audio,)
please let us know ASAP so we can make the appropriate arrangements.

 

REGISTRATION

To sign up for this event, please visit

http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/events/ellformative and select "Sign Up."

You will then be prompted to login or register for free on the site as
needed. If you plan to participate via the Web telecast option, you will
need to "Run the Wizard" to ensure that your computer can handle the Web
telecast. If you would prefer to participate via teleconference, you can
instead join the conference call and download the PowerPoint
presentation, which will be available the day before the event.

Registered participants will receive an email notification when the
slide portion of the presentation is posted. The message will also
contain further instructions for participating.

 

If you are unable to participate in the live event, you may view an
archive, which will be available beginning the day after the event.

 

CONTACT

We look forward to your participation. For more information, contact
Julie Duffield at jduffie at wested.org or 415.615.3213. For technical
questions, contact Dan Wilson at dwilson at wested.org or 510.302.4265.

 

STAY INFORMED

To be notified about our new Online Events each month, become a
registered user of SchoolsMovingUp for free at
http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/cs/wested/register.

 

 

Gail J. Price

Multimedia Specialist

National Center for Family Literacy

325 W. Main Street, Suite 300

Louisville, KY 40202

gprice at famlit.org

502 584-1133, ext. 112

 

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