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Teachers’ Institute

Friday, January 28, 2011

Academic Achievement for LEP/ELLs

across the Curriculum

at the Melville Marriott, Melville, NY

Dr. Pedro J. Ruíz

Coordinator, Office of Bilingual Education and Foreign Language Studies

NYS ED

“Current NYSED Initiatives for LEP/ELLs”

Erik Sweet

Associate in English Language Arts

Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Standards

NYS Ed

“The Common Core State Standards and LEP/ELLs”

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

I: Introduction to the SIOP Model

II: Language Difference or Learning Disability?

III: Web 2.0 for Bilingual and ESL Teachers

IV: Co-Teaching in ESL: When Two is Better than One

V: Bullying in the Schools: Culturally Responsive Strategies

VI: System-wide SIOP Implementation (for Administrators)