1. Fall River Public Schools Leveraging Educator Evaluation to Support ELL Initiatives & RETELL

2. Background 2012-2013  Trained over 100 teachers in the WIDA standards  100 Teachers trained to administer ACCESS  50 teachers enrolled in RETELL  ESL and SEI teams identified incorporating WIDA into practice as a professional goal  LEP student goals linked to benchmarks & unit tests

3. District Goals vis à vis ELLs  Meet state enrollment number for cohorts 1-3 of RETELL  Integrate WIDA standards into curriculum maps  Create district, school, teacher and student goals based on ACCESS results

4. Potential District Goals ‘13-14  200 Staff members will take WIDA 101  100 Staff member will take WIDA 201 & create MPIs for ELD levels  75% of ELD 1&2’s will increase 1.5 levels by Jan ‘14 test  75% ELD 3 & 4’s will increase by 1 level  All science teachers will use listening/ speaking assessments 4 times/year

5. Potential District Goals Goal  Incorporate Wida ( World-Class Instructional Design & Assessment) Evidence  Formative and summative assessments in speaking & listening for math, science and social studies

6. Teacher/ Student Goal Goal  All students will increase the # correct in Language of Math by 30% Artifact  Accountable talk stems  Formative assessments in 4 domains  Student work

7. Teacher Professional Goal Goal  Incorporate WIDA  Create MPIs and lessons based on common core & ELD levels  Progress monitor using oral language rubrics Artifacts  MPIs for all 4 domains (R,W,L,S)  Student work from varying ELD levels/same content objective  Teacher created formative assessments

8. RETELL, WIDA & The Evaluation Tool  Rethinking Equity & Teaching for English Language Learners  Assignments are a opportunity for growth in all 4 indicators  Administrators can discuss, observe, and follow-up on certain practices  See appendix a for educator evaluation indicators, RETELL & WIDA artifacts and goals