March Newsletter

ELAT Program Contacts and Administrators

Thank you for completing MOY benchmark assessments!

Please plan now to ensure all students are progress monitored in a timely manner and are benchmarked during the ELAT end of year window: April 26th - May 14th. 

If educators are unsure or uncomfortable with remote assessments, please reach out to Dori Klar, our ELAT Professional Development Project Manager, and she will work with you to identify a time and plan for a coaching session to assist your educators. 

We also have many resources already posted on the ELAT Microsite. We want all educators confident in their assessment practices. 

March Office Hours - Mark your calendars now for Wednesday, March 3rd at 9 AM MST! We will be sharing “What are the MOY ELAT data telling us?”. We have had several requests for these data so we want to let you know that this topic is coming. As always, we will be recording it and sending to anyone that registers and posting it on the ELAT Microsite.

2021-22 Benchmark windows - Please plan a 2-week window

• BOY - first 30 days; K first 60 days

• MOY - Monday, November 29th -  Wednesday, December 22nd OR                                     Monday, January 3rd - Thursday, January 20th

• EOY - Monday, April 25th - Friday, May 13th

**We will share the Benchmark Window Request Form in the April Newsletter

Did you know?

• Within the mCLASS system, you can document the students who are on a READ Plan in your enrollment file? This will help you run targeted reports to monitor progress of your students identified as having an SRD. 

• If you have questions, please contact our Customer Care at 800-823-1969.

2020-21 ELAT Professional Development

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:

• Where can we find resources to plan phonemic awareness instruction?

• How do we prioritize our resources?

• How do we plan for small group instruction?

• How do we use our Pathways of Progress data to know where to prioritize instruction?

• How do we use our progress monitoring data to determine instructional plans?

• Review 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?

• Prepare for remote assessment (progress monitoring and/or benchmarking)

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

Spring Professional Development!

Please register now for our project-wide sessions available in April/May
 

• mCLASS:Acadience Reading Scoring Refresher - intended for those who might want extra scoring practice before completing the EOY Benchmark (3 dates available in April)
   

• EOY Data Analysis for Teachers - intended for those who want to evaluate classroom-level instructional growth and use data to plan for next year (6 dates available in May & June)
   

• EOY Data Analysis for Leaders - intended for those who want to evaluate school-level instructional growth and use data to plan for next year (6 dates available in May & June)

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!

ELAT Updates for Coaches and Teachers

March Office Hours - Mark your calendars now for Wednesday, March 3rd at 9 AM MST! We will be sharing “What are the MOY ELAT data telling us?”. We have had several requests for these data so we want to let you know that this topic is coming. As always, we will be recording it and sending to anyone that registers and posting it on the ELAT Microsite.

2020-21 ELAT Professional Development

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:

• Review 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?

• Prepare for remote assessment (progress monitoring and/or benchmarking)

• How do we use our progress monitoring data to determine instructional plans?

• How do we use our Pathways of Progress data to know where to prioritize instruction?

• How do we plan for small group instruction?

• How do we prioritize our resources?

• Where can we find resources to plan phonemic awareness instruction?

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

Spring Professional Development!

Please register now for our project-wide sessions available this spring!
 

• mCLASS:Acadience Reading Scoring Refresher - intended for those who might want extra scoring practice before completing the EOY Benchmark (3 dates available in April)
   

• EOY Data Analysis for Teachers - intended for those who want to evaluate classroom-level instructional growth and use data to plan for next year (6 dates available in May & June)
   

• EOY Data Analysis for Leaders - intended for those who want to evaluate school-level instructional growth and use data to plan for next year (6 dates available in May & June)