Educational Service District 105
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Course Description:
This course explores the legal history and politics surrounding language assessment and the different test structures and methods used to assess English language learners. Participants will examine how standardized tests are used to measure language proficiency and academic achievement. With that framework in place, participants will explore how to specifically assess listening, speaking, reading, and writing, both individually and in an integrated fashion. Participants will also examine test taking issues and strategies and will look at how technology can be used in assessment. Special needs students will also be addressed.
Course Objectives: Participants will
- Understand technical concepts about testing: accountability and standardized achievement tests; normed and criterion-referenced tests; validity and reliability; language proficiency; and authentic/performance-based assessment evaluation.
- Distinguish among traditional vs other test formats, and will have cognitive knowledge of the key strengths and weaknesses of traditional formats, and key test-taking strategies for ELLs.
- Identify common characteristics of informal assessments, use a model for organizing classroom assessment, and be familiar with some common types of informal/classroom assessment.
- Understand the process of creating and evaluating portfolios to assess English Language Learners, and apply rubrics to reading, writing, listening, and speaking tasks.
- Understand the concept of integration of language skills, and be able to describe common methods of assessing reading, writing, listening and speaking, and a variety of ways of eliciting speech for assessment.
Course Description, Enrollment and Pricing
Educational Service District 105
CE Credits Online and Educational Service District 105 are pleased to offer you online professional development courses at discounted pricing.
Upon completion of your course(s), please request either ESD 105 clock hours or academic credits from Seattle Pacific University*
To Request Clock Hours:
Please submit the following Clock Hour Request Information along with payment upon course completion:
• Clock Hour Help Sheet
• Program Evaluation
• Clock Hour
Use these ESD105 Forms to request Washington State Approved Clock Hours:
Program Evaluation Form
Clock Hour Claim Form
FAQs
Please submit Forms and Payment to:
Educational Service District 105
33 S. Second Ave.
Yakima, WA 98902
If you have additional questions regarding Clock Hours Contact:
Sandra Cuevas
Certification Specialist/Registrar/Clock Hours
(509) 454-3102
sandra.cuevas@esd105.org
To Request University Credit:
University Credits: All courses are eligible for university credit. University credit must be requested within two weeks of course completion from your student homepage.
Please visit, University Affiliations for more information. (Credit fees are not included in the cost of tuition)
CE Credits Online is pleased to offer you high-quality online professional development courses designed to improve teaching and student achievement.
• Standards-based
• University credits available
• Asynchronous – start at any time
• Self-paced – work at your own convenience
• Completely online – no commuting, parking, missed classes and no dress code!
• User friendly and engaging with numerous videos that model new strategies and skills
• Facilitated by highly trained moderators, experienced in education
Information for Washington
Washington State Information
Washington State Certification Renewal Requirements
To maintain the validity of the continuing certificate, 150 clock hours of continuing education study and/or equivalent academic credit (15 quarter hours or 10 semester hours) must be completed every five years
OR
For those who hold a certificate from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) present a copy of a valid NBPTS certificate
For more information regarding maintaining/renewing a continuing certificate, please click here
Referenced from State of Washington Office of Public Instruction:
http://www.k12.wa.us/certification/teacher/continuing.aspx#maintain
University Affiliations
You may request academic credits upon completion of your CE Credits Online course(s).; This must be done within two (2) weeks of your CE Credits Online course completion.
If you will be requesting university credits, it is important you read all the information for your selected university. Some universities require you to obtain a letter grade and others offer both letter grades and a pass/fail option. If you require a letter grade or intend to obtain academic credit from a university requiring a letter grade, you will select that option prior to beginning your course during the enrollment process.
Please keep in mind, some of our university affiliations are quarter based credit systems and some are semester based credits systems. Please verify with your Professional Development department which credit based system they accept.
All courses are eligible for university credit. Please visit University Affiliations for more information. (University Credit fees are not included in the cost of tuition.)
CE Credits Online is pleased to offer you high-quality online professional development courses designed to improve teaching and student achievement.
- 100% Online – no commuting, parking or missed classes
- Clock Hours available through Educational Service District 123
- University Credits available through CE Credits Online university partners
- Asynchronous – start at anytime
- Self-paced – work at your own convenience
Why choose CE Credits Online
How CE Credits Online Satisfies Washington Educator Certification Renewal Requirements
University Credits
You may request university, post baccalaureate, academic credit(s) from one of CE Credits Online regionally accredited partner universities. CE Credits Online suggests each Washington educator contact their local professional development coordinator to obtain verification that the proposed activity meets criteria and needs of the teacher's individual Professional Development Plan (PDP), his/her school's professional development plan, and the local school system's professional development plan.
CE Credits Online courses are approved for Clock Hours through the following Educational Service Districts and Organizations
CE Credits Online suggests each Washington educator register for CE Credits Online courses through their Educational Service District (find the link to your ESD below. If you do not see your ESD, you can register through the ESD of your choice and request clock hours from them). We recommend to all educators that they verify that the course of their choice meets any specific or special requirements established by their school, district or personal professional development plan.
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