Click on the green buttons below to read the PETALLs newsletters containing project updates, information on professional development going on in the district, changes in licensing requirements, and articles written by Lawrence Public Schools teachers and administrators about effective classroom strategies and best practices.
In this issue:
- MATSOL 2017
- SEI Professional Development Workshops
- PETALLs Conference March 8, 2017
In this issue:
- MATSOL Academy
- PETALLs Certificate Updates
- Administrator Learning Walks
- SEI PD TELL
- PETALLs Conference Save The Date March 8, 2017
In this issue:
- I Learn America Film Documentary/Workshop
- ESL Certificate
- SEI Workshops
- Teacher Paraprofessional Workshops
- MATSOL Presentation
In this issue:
- Practices That Improve the Education of English Learners Conference 2015
- Keynote Address
- Poster Presentations
- Conference Collaborators
In this issue:
Interview with PETALLs Practicum Supervisor, Jane Beane
- Insights from PETALLs Colleagues:
Interview with PETALLs Practicum Supervisor, Jane Beane
- PETALLs Conference 2015 Registration Now Open
In this issue:
Integrating Academic Scaffolds for SIFE in ESL and Content Classrooms
Improving Performance of Paraprofessionals of ELs: What Really Matters
Helping Content-Area Teachers Assess EL Work Using WIDA Standards
- Lawrence Public Schools and UMass faculty present at TESOL 2015
Integrating Academic Scaffolds for SIFE in ESL and Content Classrooms
Improving Performance of Paraprofessionals of ELs: What Really Matters
Helping Content-Area Teachers Assess EL Work Using WIDA Standards
- PETALLs Conference 2015 - Save the Date!
- Call for Proposals
In this issue:
Patricia Fontaine
Tara De Oliveira
Eric Maillet
- Insights from PETALLs Participants
Patricia Fontaine
Tara De Oliveira
Eric Maillet
- PETALLs Updates
- PETALLs Conference 2015 - Save the Date!
- Call for Proposals
In this issue:
- Insights from PETALLs Participants (Featuring: Andrea Gobbi, Nicole Finneran, Alisha Silvestrone, Paraprofessional Perspectives)
- Save the Date: PETALLs Conference 2015
- ParaTELL 3.0
In this issue:
- An Article on Reciprocal Teaching by Health and Human Services High School Principal Paul Neal
- An Article on Vocabulary Development by Math, Science, and Technology High School Principal Timothy McCarron
- Information about the Fall 2014 New Cohort for the ESL Certificate
- Spring 2014 ESL Certificate and ParaTELL 2.0 Completers
- Updates on Summer 2014 and Spring 2015 ParaTELL Sections
In this issue:
- Tapping into the Potential of Paraprofessionals
- PETALLs at TESOL 2014
- ResourceTELL Updates
- Lawrence Faculty Present at Graduate School of Education Methods Courses
- Administrator Capacity Building
- PETALLs Advisory Board
In this issue:
- LPS High School Administrators Participate in ELL Professional Development Forum
- RETELL Updates
- ESL Certificate Program Continues
- Introducing the PETALLs Weebly Site and Teacher Resource Coordinator
- ParaTELL Training Continues with ParaTELL 2.0
In this issue:
- Overview: What Paraprofessionals Learned in the Spring Trainings
- Utilizing Paraprofessionals in the Classroom
- Results of ParaTell Training
- Fall 2013 ESL Certificate Program Courses
- ELLs and the Common Core Pamphlet created by Sue Ropiak and Danielle Sherman (attached below)
In this issue:
- RETELL: New Regulations
- ACCESS Testing Results
- LPS Teachers Complete First UMASS ESL Certificate Program Course!
- First ParaProfessional ESL Training is Complete!
In this issue:
- Quick Tips for Observing an SEI Classroom (what to look for)
In this issue:
- Professional Development for ParaProfessionals has Begun!
- Preparing for RETELL in Fall of 2013
- Updates on ACCESS
In this issue:
- Info on PARATELL (training opportunity for all paraprofessionals teaching ELLs)
- What is the ACCESS Assessment?
- Features of an SEI (Sheltered English Instruction) Classroom
- Vocabulary Instruction in the SEI Classroom
In this issue:
- Overview of the PETALLs project
- What is WIDA?
- What is RETELL?
- The Value of training for LPS Teachers
- PETALLs Professional Development Opportunities