OPEN FOR REGISTRATION Instructor: Alicia Serafin Participants: Teachers, Administrators, Guidance Counselors Date/Times: 1/20/22/Online 15 hour course Ends 2/28/22 Location: Online Course #: 2021-43 Course Info Contact: Sherri Tetrault, 508-998-5599 ex 23, [email protected] Course Description: This online 15 PDP ESL course involves 4 (approximately 2-hour) weekly self-paced modules. After finishing the 4 weekly modules, participants will have an additional week to complete the other 7 hours of the course by developing a Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Lesson Plan to synthesize learning from the reading and modules. This 15 hour course fulfills the requirement that all educators must have 15 PDPs related to [...]

OPEN FOR REGISTRATION Instructor: Laurie Sullivan Date/Times: 01/31/22,02/07/22,02/14/22,02/28/22,03/07/22,03/14/22,03/21/22,03/28/22,04/04/22,04/11/22,04/25/22,05/02/22/4:00-7:00 Location: Virtual Course #: 2021-43 Course Info Contact: Sherri Tetrault, 508-998-5599 ex 130, [email protected] 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. The purpose of this course is to prepare the Commonwealth’s teachers with the knowledge and [...]