RETELL

=RETELL UPDATE SPRING 2016= == __**YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A FREE 2016-2017 SEI COURSE IF:**__ 1. You applied for and were granted a hardship during our cohort years, 2014-2016 2. An ELL enrolled in your class during 2015-2016 school year and you did not have an opportunity to register for a course 3. You were wait listed for a course and did not get in 4. The course you registered for was cancelled

=Visit Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's website on RETELL:= []

DIRECTIONS ON APPLYING FOR SEI ENDORSEMENT: []

*** SEE ELL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES PAGE on this WIKI for details on Martha's Vineyard's RETELL SEI Endorsement Courses***
= RETELL Initiative: Rethinking Equity and Teaching for English Language Learners = Changes To Licensure: SEI Endorsement required for all content area/classroom teachers who have one ELL in their class- July 2014 PDP's Required for Re-licensure: 150 Professional Development Points (PDPs) needed to renew an educator license:  – 15 PDPs related to ESL/SEI   – 15 PDPs related to instruction of students with disabilities   – 90 PDPS in content or content-based pedagogy   – 30 PDPs in an elective = =

= = – The administrators’ course will be composed of five three-hour sessions. (OFFERED ON ISLAND Fall 2015, Registration opens August 3, 2015 ) – The full-length course currently consists of eleven face-to-face sessions and five online sessions, which must be held sequentially. (OFFERED ON ISLAND SY 2015-2016, Registration opens August 3, 2015 ) – The longer Bridge course, for educators who __ completed any two __ of Category Trainings 1, 2 and 4, will be 24 hours in length, broken into ten sessions ; sessions 1, 2, 4 and 8 will each be three hours in length; the remaining sessions will each be two hours long. (OFFERED ON ISLAND Fall 2015- Registration opens August 3, 2015) – The shorter Bridge course, for educators __ who completed Category Trainings 1, 2 and 4 __ will be a total of 15 hours, broken into five face-to-face sessions of three hours each. (OFFERED ON ISLAND Spring 2015, Registration opens August 3, 2015 )