Of Special Interest

• The TESOL Electronic Village Online announces its Call for Proposals for the Electronic Village Online 2008. The CALL Interest Section of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL) offers language teachers world-wide the opportunity to participate in the Electronic Village Online (EVO), a professional development project and virtual extension of the TESOL 2008 Convention in New York, NY, USA. The free 6-week sessions allow participants to engage in online discussion and/or short hands-on workshops on topics of professional interest in the field of ESL/EFL. TESOL member groups, in particular, are invited to sponsor sessions related to convention presentations. For further information on how to become a moderator of one of our sessions, please visit our Call for Proposals page at: http://dafnegonzalez.com/evo08/Cfproposals.htm
• CATESOL is home to many returned Peace Corps volunteers and teacher trainers, two groups that will be adversely affected by the USPS elimination of the use of M-bags (seamail) to ship books overseas. At the old M-bag rate, it was possible to ship books at $1.00 a lb.; the new rate via air more than triples the rate. You can sign an online petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/zikomo/petition.html. Comments about how you have used M-Bag, and the impact these books have, are also welcome. The USPS manager in charge of Global policy is going to be checking the petition daily.
• Presenters at the 2007 CATESOL Conference are invited to make submissions for inclusion in the 2007 Conference Proceedings. You can view the Proceedings of the 2006 CATESOL Statewide Conference online.
• The Program Book for the 2007 CATESOL Conference is available in PDF format. Note that the file is quite large (3 Mb), so make sure it completely downloads before you try to browse through the document.
• The Commission on Teacher Credentialing has issued its position related to the 150 hour Professional Growth Requirement for a credential renewal. This change was a part of SB 1209 (Scott) signed into law by the Governor with the effective date of January 1, 2007. Correspondence #06-0017 (PDF format) clarifies the change in requirements and provides the online renewal process teachers and others are to use when renewing their credential.
• Proceedings of the 2006 CATESOL Statewide Conference are now available.
• Read CATESOL President Cadiero-Kaplan's Response to "Proposal Revives Bilingual Education Debate," an article from the August 11, 2006, LA Times by Carla Rivera
• American Institutes for Research and WestEd: Five-year Study of Proposition 227 finds no conclusive evidence favoring on einstructional approach for English learners
• English Learners in U.S. Schools: An Overview of Research Findings by Fred Genesee, Kathryn Lindholm-Leary, William Saunders and Donna Christian, is now available.
• What credentialing do I need to teach ELD in K-12? Here's the answer.
• CATESOL has prepared a model course outline for a degree-applicable writing course at a community college. This PDF file includes the outline, background on its development, pertinent Title 5 language regarding degree credit, and descriptors and a writing sample from California Pathways.
• A Past President of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges responds to questions on ESL Courses for AA Credit
• Join a level listserv to communicate with other ESL professionals about issues of mutual concern.
• Resources for Indispensable Schools and Educators is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that builds a professional network of teachers, schools and businesses that provide career and economic support to keep high-quality teachers in K-12 public schools serving low-income communities. RISE provides quality teachers with access to jobs at prescreened public schools committed to teacher support and/or financial resources to increase their effectiveness and satisfaction. RISE works with over 200 Teachers and 30 schools nationally.
• Nevada Certifies Adult Ed Teacher Competencies
• TESOL Statement on the Acquisition of Academic Proficiency in English
• Community-Based English Tutor Project Descriptions, compiled by Kathy Hamilton, former CATESOL Adult Level Chair
• California State Plan for Adult Education(hosted by OTAN)

CATESOL's mission is to promote excellence in education for English language learners and a high quality professional environment for their teachers. CATESOL represents teachers of English language learners throughout California and Nevada, at all levels and in all learning environments. CATESOL strives to:

• improve teacher preparation and provide opportunities which further professional expertise
• promote sound, research-based education policy and practices
• increase awareness of the strengths and needs of English language learners
• promote appreciation of diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

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