ESU+6+&+7+Network+Notes

** StayBridge Suites, //Lincoln, NE// **
**Network Handouts:**
 * [|ELL Network Agenda 4.20.11.pdf]
 * [|NDE NOTES ESU6.docx]
 * [|Davis ELL Flyer for June 2011.pdf]

**Resources Used/Mentioned:** //Please see the Resources page as well!//
 * [|Morph-Word Learning in MS.pdf] (used for article study)
 * [|ELL Partner read-Content.pdf] (used for article study)

**Questions/Discussion Highlights:**

**Participant Feedback:**

** Holiday Inn, //Fremont, NE// **
**Network Handouts:**
 * [|ELL Network 2.23.10.pdf] //general information//
 * [|2.23.10 Network.pptx] //PowerPoint slides//
 * [|4 Versions of Partnership.docx]
 * [|Effective Home-School Comm JoBeth Allen.pdf]

**Resources Used/Mentioned:** //Please see the Resources page as well!//
 * Henderson, A.T. (2007). //Beyond the bake sale: the essential guide to family-school partnerships.// New York: The New Press.
 * [|Nebraska Parental Information and Resource Center (PIRC)]
 * [|Enhanced+Podcast.doc] //how to create a podcast,// //contributed by Deb Wragge, ESU 7, 2.25.10//
 * [|Working Together: School-Family-Community Partnerships: A Toolkit for New Mexico School Communities]
 * [|National PTA: National Standards Implementation Guide]
 * [|ED.gov: English Language Acquisition State Grants, FAQ]

**Questions/Discussion Highlights:** What tools/criteria that are used to indicate a students is ready to exit the ELL program?
 * //Districts represented required students to meet at least 2 of 3 indicators.//
 * ELDA (4+ composite)
 * Norm-referenced Assessment Results (50%ile +)
 * Teacher Recommendation (1-4 Rating, Yes/No - Comment; 2-3 Recommendations from core teachers)
 * State assessments (CRAs, NeSA)
 * Passing all core classes for two semesters

We also shared district policy and our experiences regarding topics such as meeting AMAOs, reading programs, and monitoring students who have exited ELL programs.

**Your Feedback:** //2.23.10 Participants Liked://
 * great ideas and tools
 * networking
 * the book (//Beyond the Bake Sale//)
 * sharing resources, questions, and concerns

//2.23.10 Participants Want://
 * to meet at least once, maybe twice per year
 * to meet outside of the ELDA testing window
 * to include more schools of similar size
 * less group activities in introduction
 * more elementary staff