Audience

Principals and Assistant Principals responsible for building-level instructional coherence, MTSS team facilitation, and SEI compliance;

Curriculum and Instruction Directors designing professional learning systems that meaningfully include language development for MLLs;

EL Directors and MTSS Coordinators who need to bridge both frameworks and build shared leadership across their school or district;

Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents overseeing district-wide MLL equity and DESE accountability metrics;

Presenter Name(s)

Laurie Sullivan

Presenter Bio(s)

Dr. Laurie Sullivan is the Associate Principal at St. Agnes School. Prior to her work at St. Agnes, Laurie was a 6th grade teacher at Pollard and High Rock Middle Schools in Needham and a home hospital tutor for students who could not attend school. In addition, she designed  professional development programs and started an Educational Consulting firm in 2015 specializing in Sheltered English instruction.   Laurie has instructed over 3000 educators to teach students learning English for speakers of other languages (ESOL).  Later, she became the Assistant Principal and Principal at St. Patrick’s School in Stoneham before joining St. Agnes School as an Associate Principal two years ago.

Description

Massachusetts school administrators bear direct legal, programmatic, and instructional accountability for the English language development of Multilingual Learners (MLLs). Yet in most Massachusetts schools, the Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) program and the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework operate as parallel systems — and the students who most need coherent, integrated support fall through the gap between them. 

This 5-module online course builds the knowledge, tools, and leadership skills Massachusetts administrators need to design and lead an integrated SEI-MTSS system: one grounded in Massachusetts law and DESE policy, responsive to the full diversity of MLL profiles in your school, and sustained through rigorous data use, genuine family partnership, and adaptive change leadership.

Synchronous / Asynchronous

Asynchronous

Location

Online

Dates & Times

May 1st – June 15th; 15 asynchronous to be completed during the (6) weeks

PDPs

15 PDPs

Graduate Credit

n/a

Cost

$295 ACCEPT members /$355 non-members 

Registration Deadline

Ongoing