PENCELLs 2006-2007 Professional Development Program

PENCELLs is an informal organization of area educators and service providers committed to increasing the academic achievement and addressing the social, cultural and social needs of students who are English language learners, whether they are newly arrived to the United States or they are born here. PENCELLs serves as a forum for sharing and networking among educators and service providers of this population and provides opportunities for professional development through workshops and roundtable sessions with well-known speakers and/ or practitioners from the field. All educators and service providers to ELL students and their families are welcome and encouraged to participate in the professional development programs and roundtable discussion groups sponsored by PENCELLs.

Date:		September 29, 2006
Time:		1:00 p.m.
Program:		Preparing Your School/District for Administration of the ACCESS for ELLs Panel discussion and roundtable work session on preparing your school and district for the administration of the ACCESS test.
Presenters		Agnes Smith, Sandra Howard, Karen Le Blanc, Kim Zinman, and Ana Casadas
Fee:		$10.00
Location:		North Cook Intermediate Service Center 2340 Des Plaines River Road, Suite 201 Des Plaines, IL 60018 All sessions will be held in the Conference Center on the second floor.
Audience:		Principals, Assistant Principals, Testing and/or Building Site Coordinators, TBE/TPI Coordinators, Lead teachers
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Date:		November 3, 2006
Time:		1:00 p.m.
Program:		An Overview of the New Rules and Regulations in the Illinois School Code Pertaining to ELLs An overview of the new rules and regulations concerning the responsibilities and requirements for Districts providing an educational program for ELLs will be presented and explained.
Presenters		Robin Lisboa, ISBE Division Leader of the English Language Learning Department
Fee:		$10.00
Location:		North Cook Intermediate Service Center 2340 Des Plaines River Road, Suite 201 Des Plaines, IL 60018 All sessions will be held in the Conference Center on the second floor.
Audience:		Principals, Central Office administrations responsible for TBE/TPI programs or ELL services, Social Ed directors, TBE/TPI Coordinators, Personnel Directors, TBE/TPI teachers
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Date:		January 26, 2007
Time:		1:00 p.m.
Program:		Creating, Supporting and Evaluating the Efficiency of a Learning Environment in which ELLs are Successful This session will include practical and timely information from the field from practitioners who work with schools who are committed to improving the academic performance of their ELL students .
Presenters:		Tony Waser, Mary Ann Glassner, Roger Skerrett
Fee:		$10.00
Location:		North Cook Intermediate Service Center 2340 Des Plaines River Road, Suite 201 Des Plaines, IL 60018 All sessions will be held in the Conference Center on the second floor.
Audience:		K-12 Educators in all positions at all levels
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Date:		April 20, 2007
Time:		1:00 p.m.
Program:		Language and Cognitive Development for Early Learners An overview of what considerations are needed for the development of the cognitive and linguistic language skills, including the role of the parents and the home language/culture for successful entrance into school. Then practitioners who have programs using best practice for ELLs will share the way they support ELLs in their cognitive and linguistic development.
Facilitated by:		Harriette Herrera and presenters (TBA)
Fee:		$10.00
Location:		North Cook Intermediate Service Center 2340 Des Plaines River Road, Suite 201 Des Plaines, IL 60018 All sessions will be held in the Conference Center on the second floor.
Audience:		Preschool Directors and Program Providers, Early Childhood Program Personnel, Elementary Principals and Teachers
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