Cohort B-ELL Professional Development

Institutes on Beginning Reading (IBRs)

Cohort B Orientation
  • Oregon Reading First and English Language Learners

IBR I: Selecting a Core Program (June 24, 2005)
  • Oregon Reading First: Progress Overall and Progress with English Language Learners
  • Cross-Linguistic Transfer of Reading Skills for Children Learning to Read in English and Spanish: What Does the Evidence Tell Us?
  • Review of Houghton Mifflin's Lectura Program

IBR I: IDEL Training (August 26, 2005)
  • Administration and Scoring of Fluidez en el Nombramiento de las Letras (FNL)
  • Administration and Scoring of Fluidez en la Segmentación de Fonemas (FSF)
  • Administration and Scoring of Fluidez en las Palabras sin Sentido (FPS)
  • Administration and Scoring of Fluidez en la Lectura Oral (FLO)

IBR II: Identifying Students Who Need Support and Planning Support (September 29, 2005)
  • Evaluating Fall Data and Planning Instruction for ELL Students Receiving Spanish and English Instruction
     • ELL Data from Cohort A
     • Creating Interaction Tables Using DIBELS and IDEL Data
     • Review of Cross-Linguistic Transfer of Reading Skills for Children Learning to Read in English and Spanish
     • Interpreting the Interaction Between DIBELS and IDEL Fall Data
     • Creating CSI Maps for ELL Students Receiving Spanish and English Reading Instruction

Leadership Trainings

October 24, 2006
  • Projectwide Data, Role of Leaders, Critical Features of Spanish and English Instruction, Progress Monitoring

April 24, 2007
  • Leadership Training Agenda

March 5, 2009
  • Cohort B-ELL Leadership Meeting presentation

May 26, 2009
  • Cohort B-ELL Leadership Meeting presentation

Statewide Coaches' Trainings

August 16, 2005
  • Statewide Coaches' Training presentation

November 4, 2005
  • Relation of Fall DIBELS and IDEL Scores presentation
  • Answers to Coaches' Questions

September 15, 2006
  • Statewide Coaches' Training Agenda

February 28, 2007
  • Spanish Teaching Routines
  • Identifying Areas of Improvement and Concern, Providing Feedback to Teachers

August 23, 2007
  • Overview of Video Presentations: Unveiling Critical Featuers of Instruction presentation

September 17, 2007
  • Cohort B-ELL Coaches' Meeting presentation

April 25, 2008
  • Cohort B-ELL Coaches' Meeting presentation

B-ELL Trainings

August 24-25, 2006
  • Coordinating Spanish and English Reading Instruction
  • Using las Tarjetas para la Instrucción Explícita

November 29-30, 2007 (with Maria Elena Arguelles)
  • Asking Questions handout
  • Narrative and Expository Cards
  • Getting the Main Idea and Summarizing handout
  • Questions for Narrative Story Structure handout