January Newsletter

 

ELAT Program Contacts and Administrators

 

Welcome to 2021! As we reflect on 2020, we want to thank you for all of your extremely hard and creative work to support other educators and students during these times. You are appreciated!!

 

 

ELAT 2021-22 Application Process

CDE is now accepting applications from both new and renewal applicants for the Early Literacy Assessment Tool (ELAT) Project. 

Applications are due Friday, January 29, 2021, by 11:59 pm.

 

An application training webinar was held on Thursday, January 7th. If you missed it, please feel free to listen to the recording. You can also review the slides that were discussed. 

 

The application is available online through Smartsheet. Access the link in the       request for applications document. 

 

 

January Office Hours

The ELAT Amplify Team will be hosting January Office Hours, “Using your MOY data to plan the next five months” on Thursday, January at 2:00 PM MST. We will be recording and sending it out as well as posting on the ELAT Microsite so all educators can have access. Please register to receive the recording.

    OPTIONAL Pre-Work

• Run the following reports and bring:

  • Comparing Populations for MOY for 2019-20 and 2020-21 school year by grade level. 

  • Comparing Measures Report for MOY 2020-21 by grade level.

  • Correlation Report for BOY to MOY 2020-21 by grade level.

 

Suggested Reading: Education Post 

How to Help Beginning Readers During the Pandemic

 

 

 

 

2020-21 ELAT Professional Development

 

Data analysis and instructional planning are more do-able when we work together! Join our PD sessions to help make it a bit easier. 

ELAT will be offering sessions after the MOY benchmark windows are completed. Please join us for one of the following:

 

• Post-MOY Data Analysis for Teachers (for schools in Year 2 and beyond)

• Post-MOY Data Analysis for Leaders (for schools in Year 2 or beyond)

• Post-MOY Instructional Planning and Delivery Across the Tiers for Leaders (for schools in Year 2 and beyond)

• Post-MOY Instructional Planning and Delivery Across the Tiers for Teachers (for schools in Year 2 and beyond)

 

Learn more about the sessions here and register here.

 

Coaching Sessions

We are pleased to offer 3-hour coaching sessions available to your teachers and/or coaches, complimentary as part of your participation in ELAT. These sessions are designed around your needs. Possible topics include:

• Understanding your MOY data

  • What do my measure level data reports tell me?

  • What does my Pathways of Progress data tell me?

  • What do my Correlation Reports data tell me?

• Planning instructional next steps

• Reviewing school level processes (schedules, PD planning, curriculum, data analysis process, staffing and assessment practices)

• How does Acadience Reading tie into what we are learning about The Science of Reading?

Please request coaching support here; any questions about the sessions can be sent directly to Dori Klar.

 

ELAT Contact Information:

• Laura Stelling, CDE READ Act Grants Project Manager

• Karen Cushman,  ELAT Project Manager, Amplify

• Genna Faulkenberry, ELAT Benchmark windows, Amplify

• Dori Klar, ELAT Professional Development, Amplify

 

Please share the information below with your staff - THANK you for your assistance!

 

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ELAT Updates for Coaches and Teachers

 

Welcome to 2021! As we reflect on 2020, we want to thank you for all of your extremely hard and creative work to support other educators and students during these times. You are appreciated!!

 

January Office Hours

The ELAT Amplify Team will be hosting January Office Hours, “Using your MOY data to plan the next five months” on Thursday, January  at 2:00 PM MST. We will be recording and sending it out as well as posting on the ELAT Microsite so all educators can have access. Please register to receive the recording.

    OPTIONAL Pre-Work

• Run the following reports and bring:

  • Comparing Populations for MOY for 2019-20 and 2020-21 school year by grade level. 

  • Comparing Measures Report for MOY 2020-21 by grade level.

  • Correlation Report for BOY to MOY 2020-21 by grade level.

 

Suggested Reading: Education Post 

How to Help Beginning Readers During the Pandemic

 

2020-21 ELAT Professional Development

 

Data analysis and instructional planning are more doable when we work together! Join our PD sessions to help make it a bit easier. 

ELAT will be offering sessions after the MOY benchmark windows are completed. Please join us for one of the following:

 

• Post-MOY Data Analysis for Teachers (for schools in Year 2 and beyond)

• Post-MOY Data Analysis for Leaders (for schools in Year 2 or beyond)

• Post-MOY Instructional Planning and Delivery Across the Tiers for Leaders (for schools in Year 2 and beyond)

• Post-MOY Instructional Planning and Delivery Across the Tiers for Teachers (for schools in Year 2 and beyond)

 

Learn more about the sessions here and register here.

 

Coaching Sessions

We are pleased to offer 3-hour coaching sessions available to your teachers and/or coaches, complimentary as part of your participation in ELAT. These sessions are designed around your needs. Possible topics include:

• Understanding your MOY data

  • What do my measure level data reports tell me?

  • What does my Pathways of Progress data tell me?

  • What do my Correlation Reports data tell me?

• Planning instructional next steps

• Reviewing school level processes (schedules, PD planning, curriculum, data analysis process, staffing and assessment practices)

• How does Acadience Reading tie into what we are learning about The Science of Reading?

Please request coaching support here; any questions about the sessions can be sent directly to Dori Klar.