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LINKS TO CT GUIDANCE, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES

* PLEASE NOTE: Connecticut permits use of ONLY word-to-word bilingual dictionaries as a CMT/CAPT test accommodation.

Additional links that provide guidance for schools/districts regarding ELLs in CT schools

Connecticut Education, Data, and Research (CEDaR) Web site

CT Accountability for Learning Initiative (CALI)

Effective Tier I Instruction for ELLs (Best Practices in Educating our ELLs) Basic Training

Best Practices in Educating our ELLs Advanced Training

CT Regional Education Service Centers (RESCs)

The CT RESC Alliance

CT RESC Alliance ELL Resources

Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES)

ARCTELL

Cooperative Educational Services (CES)

Capitol Region Education Council (CREC)

EASTCONN

ELL Professional Development Activities

Education Connection

LEARN

State Education Resource Center (SERC)

Initiative on Diversity in Education - ELL Resources

SERC's Statewide Professional Development Activities on the Education of ELLs

ELL In-district, Job-embedded Professional Development and Technical Assistance Topics & Info

Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU)

Training for All Teachers (TAT) Program (M.S. Degree)

Professional Development: Trainng for All Teachers (TAT) Workshop: "Educating our ELLs"

UCLA-School Management Project (SMP), Northeast Region

Professional Development: Support for English Language Learners

Publishers/Testing

CTB/McGraw-Hill

Organizations and Agencies - Resources

Office for Civil Rights (OCR), U.S. Department of Education

Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA), U.S. Department of Education

National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA) [OELA]

Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)

Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners (CREATE) [CAL]

Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE) [University of California, Berkeley]

The National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt)

Equity Alliance at Arizona State University (ASU) - Language-Differences Media Lab

Center on Instruction: ELL: K-12: Resources

NYU Steinhardt - ALBETAC - Translated Content Area Glossaries

NEW!! New York State Education Department (NYSED) - Translated Content Area Glossaries

Professional Organizations

National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Connecticut Teachers of English of Speakers of Other Languages (ConnTESOL)

Connecticut Council of Language Teachers (CT COLT)

National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)

New England Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME)

Miscellaneous Sites and Resources

* CAPELL does NOT endorse any of the following sites. The websites listed below are simply a collection of instructional resources.

http://www.helpforschools.com - comprehensive resource

http://www.daveslcafe.com- national and international resource

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ - a general guide to school related topics

http://www.alr.org/ - American Language Review

http://www.etanewsletter.com/ - English Teacher's Assistant

http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall/fob/index.htm - Focus on Basics

http://www.handsonenglish.com - Hands-on English

http://hub1.worlded.org/docs/connections/tableofcontents.htm - Multi-Level Classes

http://www.cal.org/ncle/NCLENOTE.html - NCLE notes

http://www.culturalorientation.net - Natural Orientation Web Site

http://eleaston.com/english.html - E.L. Easton Materials for Teaching English

http://www.otan.dni.us/webfarm/emailproject/email.htm - E-Mail Projects Homepage

http://www.linguistic-funland.com/esloop/ - collection of ESL-related sites

http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/index2.html - online resources for teaching adults

http://www.educationalsolutions.com - Silent Way Website with links to other sites

http://www.uneeducationpourdemain.org/en/ - French Site for EFL, Silent Way