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English Language Learners Network

2009 ELL Network Resource Development Retreat

Application Deadline: February 2, 2009
To submit your application, go to: http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/events/370

Overview

Retreat participants will be guided through the process of shaping a piece of work into one or more publishable forms that may include, but are not limited to, bibliographies, articles, presentations, demonstrations, online resources, and how-to manuals. It is our hope that by the end of the retreat each participant or team will submit a draft that, with the support of the ELL Resource Development Leadership Team, will be of use to the site and could also be disseminated in a variety of venues.

We encourage participants to attend the retreat in teams of two, to develop a resource about any successful writing project work for English language learners. We are especially interested in work that helps us to answer the following questions often posed to the ELL Network:

1. What resources exist to help sites talk and think about teaching ELL students?
2. How do writing project sites help teachers develop the necessary expertise to work with English language learners?
3. How do writing project sites support new teachers in working with ELL students?
4. What resources exist to help sites serving English language teachers begin a discourse around social action?
5. What resources exist to help sites talk and think about diversity and equity?
6. How are writing project sites exploring the changing face of teaching English learners?

Your complete application should consist of the following:

1. Up-to-date contact information for each participant that includes
   a. name of writing project site
   b. name of participant
   c. email
   d. home address
   e. home phone
   f.  work address
   g. work phone
   h. number of years at site
2. Answers to the application questions.
3. Letter of support from your site director.

Submission Instructions

Participation in ELL Network's Resource Development Retreat is by online application only. In order to submit your application, type your answers in a word processing program and save the document. Once you begin the application submission process, you may either copy and paste the text manually into the provided text box or upload the document as an attachment to your application.

Application Questions (limit 3 pages)

1. What has been your experience with your local writing project site and with English language learners? What was your involvement in the work that you will be showcasing?
2. Briefly describe the site program or inquiry upon which your resource will focus. Discuss how this program/inquiry began and how it has expanded your site's capacity to work with schools and teachers.
3. What data, evidence, examples of work, and/or human resources are available to you to help develop a resource?
4. How would you describe your resource's relevance for other sites across the network?

Letter of Support

This application requires a brief letter of support from the director of your site (due February 13, 2009), indicating support for you as you prepare to document your site's work through the development of this new resource. Please ask your site director to respond to the email inquiry he or she will receive after you have submitted your Resource Development Retreat application online. Your application will not be complete until we receive your letter of support.

Selection

Participation in this retreat is by application only. The group of participants chosen will be as representative as possible of the geographic, racial, and ethnic diversity of the English Language Learners Network. Sites are strongly encouraged to send a team of two teacher-consultants to develop a resource about a successful site practice. The Resource Development Retreat is limited to 22 participants.

Deadline

Submit completed applications no later than February 2, 2009. All applicants will be contacted regarding their applications by March 20, 2009.