OELAS

Summer SEI Course Offering

The next session of the OELAS Structured English Immersion (SEI) online course will start May 29, 2018. Registration is now open. To register for the course, please go to https://ems.azed.gov and search for “SEI Completion Course”.

For more information, please visit the SEI Endorsement site, the OELAS SEI Course site, or contact the SEI Course Coordinator.

Professional Learning Opportunity for Teachers

Please visit the link below for information regarding an upcoming webinar for teachers of English Learners.

https://us.corwin.com/en-us/nam/el-excellence-every-day-6-essentials-to-raise-el-achievement

SEI Course Offering

The next session of the OELAS Structured English Immersion (SEI) online course will start February 20, 2018. Registration will open on Friday, December 15, 2017. To register for the course after December 15th, please go to https://ems.azed.gov and search for “SEI Completion Course”.

For more information, please visit the SEI Endorsement site, the OELAS SEI Course site, or contact Alexandra Miller.

ELP Standards Review Committee

The English Language Proficiency Standards will be reviewed and updated this year, and we are looking for interested participants to serve on the revision committee. The committee will meet monthly from October through May to complete this work. Those interested are invited to complete the application and submit it to [email protected] prior to October 6, 2017.

English Language Proficiency Standards Review Committee Application

For further information, contact Lin Murnane at [email protected], or 602-542-1132.

SEI New Teacher Academy Offerings

Are you new to Structured English Immersion (SEI) instruction? Do you need help in knowing how to teach within the four hour SEI Models? This two day course is here to help!

The SEI New Teacher Academy will acquaint you with the requirements of the SEI Models, instructional components, and the English Language Proficiency Standards. It will provide you with instructional strategies and planning ideas, including Grammar Wall basics.

This training will be offered in both the Flagstaff and Tuscon areas in the coming weeks. Click on the links below to register or for more information.

Flagstaff SEI New Teacher Academy – Canceled
August 29-30, 2017

Tucson SEI New Teacher Academy – Sold Out
September 13-14, 2017

FY18 Title III Funding Updates

In preparation for planning FY 2018 Title III programs, the Office of English Language Acquisition Services (OELAS) would like to inform you of some procedural and deadline changes which will impact FY 2018 federal grant funds administered by our office. Guidance was recently released by the Arizona Department of Education which addressed federal regulations for substantial approval, pre-award costs, and obligation of grant funds. OELAS followed up that guidance with an FAQ document to clarify questions LEAs may have had. In order to assist LEAs with meeting these regulations, Title III funds, including Emergency Immigrant Education Program funds, will be made available as soon as possible after the Federal award announcement. OELAS anticipates opening FY 2018 Title III applications mid to late July. The submission deadline for FY 2018 Title III and Emergency Immigrant Education Program Original Applications has changed to October 1, 2017.

For more information including application deadlines and descriptions of how the Integrated Action Plan impacts Title III applications, please see the following documents. They are also located on the Title III page under Title III Funding Guidance.

Substantial Approval Pre-Award Cost Memo from ADE Grants Management

Letter Sent From OELAS Regarding Title III Substantial Approval and Pre-Award Costs

FAQs Regarding Title III Substantial Approval and Pre-Award Costs

For questions regarding fiscal grant requirements, allocations, and application submissions, please contact Mary Ricci-Marriott, Title III Fiscal Specialist. For assistance with Integrated Action Plans and programmatic questions related to your FY 2108 application, please contact the Education Program Specialist assigned to your region. See our contact page for further details.

New Website Design

Welcome to the new OELAS website. As you can see, our site has changed significantly. If you have having trouble locating a page, please visit our Site Map under the About OELAS menu.