Takes place on 10/28, 11/4, 11/18, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10

Course #: 2020-39

Participants:  Teachers, Specialists

COURSE DESCRIPTION:  The RETELL initiative (Rethinking Equity in the Teaching of English Language Learners) represents a commitment to address the persistent gap in academic proficiency experienced by ELL students. At the heart of this initiative are training and licensure requirements for the Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement, which core academic teachers of ELLs and principals/assistant principals and supervisors/directors who supervise or evaluate such teachers must obtain.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this course is to prepare the Commonwealth’s teachers with the knowledge and skills to effectively shelter their content instruction so that our growing population of English language learners (ELLs) can access curriculum, achieve academic success, and contribute their multilingual and multicultural resources as participants and future leaders in the 21st century global economy.
The course has three overarching goals:
1. To help teachers effectively carry out their responsibility for the teaching and learning of ELLs as well as to understand the social and cultural issues that contribute to and impact the schooling of ELLs.
2. To expand teachers’ knowledge of how language functions within academic content teaching and learning, and how children and adolescents acquire a second language.
3. To provide teachers with practical, research-based protocols, methods, and strategies to integrate subject-area content, language, and literacy development—per the expectations of the World Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) English Language Development Standards (ELDS)—and thus to support ELL students’ success with all state academic standards.

DESE requirements, attendance is mandatory at all sessions in order to receive endorsement.

SEI FALL VIRTUAL SESSION

Session 1: Wednesday, October 28 @ 4:00-7:00PM
Session 2: Wednesday, November 4 @ 4:00-7:00 PM
Session 3: Wednesday, November 18 @ 4:00-7:00 PM
Session 4: Wednesday, December 2 @ 4:00-7:00 PM
Session 5: Wednesday, December 9 @ 4:00-7:00 PM
Session 6: Wednesday, December 16 @ 4:00-7:00 PM
Session 7: Wednesday, January 6 @ 4:00-7:00 PM
Session 8: Wednesday, January 13@ 4:00-7:00 PM
Session 9: Wednesday, January 20@ 4:00-7:00 PM
Session 10: Wednesday, January 27, 4:00-7:00 PM
Session 11: Wednesday, Feb 3 @ 4:00-7:00 PM
Session 12: Wednesday, Feb 10 @ 4:00-7:00PM
Capstone Dates Feb 22 and Feb 24
Makeup Sessions Due to Instructor Cancellation
March 3

Graduate Credit You will have the option of purchasing Graduate Credit for the SEI Endorsement Course.

COST:  $350

REGISTRATION: Register at SmartPD

Requests for withdrawals and refunds must be made prior to deadline. All cancellations subject to a $50 administration fee. October 200 is the registration deadline.

We must be informed at the time of registration if you have any ADA needs or require special accommodations of any kind