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Agenda
Welcome to the ELLI Videoconference — Valerie Reinke
Introduce the Sites
- National City — Anne Campbell
- Mission Viejo — Cindy Costales
- Tulare County — Pat Habeck
- U.C. Berkeley — Carole Talan
- Auburn-Placer County — Cindy Tackett
- Plumas County — Margaret Miles
- Pasadena
10:00 PAWS for Reading demonstration — Yolanda 10
10:10 Brief background on ELLI - PowerPoint — Valerie 5
10:15 Introduce the panelists (I need brief bio’s from everyone!) 5
- Yolanda De La Cruz
- Cathay Reta
- Anne Campbell
- Margaret Miles
10:20 Questions for the panelists: 50
- Describe your current ELLI program…
- Since the ELLI grant involves partnerships with schools, how did you go about selecting the schools and the target group you serve in your program.
- The ELLI grant focuses on working with English Language Learners and helping them to improve their reading, writing, and conversational skills, describe the instructional models you use to involve parents, children, and families in your ELLI program.
- The ELLI grant offers the opportunity for literacy programs to present learning in fun and innovative ways. How did you make the learning experience fun and innovative through your ELLI program?
- How has ELLI impacted your library?
- What have been your biggest successes?
- What’s been the most challenging aspect of implementing this grant?
- What advice would you give to new applicants???
- How does ELLI fit into the overall mission of your library?
Note: We probably won’t get to all of these questions! We will also take questions from the field — both from the various sites and from those who are videostreaming live. For variety we will intersperse this segment with a look at the PowerPoint slideshow of pictures of ELLI programs.
11:10 BREAK! 15
11:25 Quick overviews (All questions welcome!) — Valerie 40
- Tips from this year’s ELLI programs (notes from the Ontario meeting)
- How to find an at-risk school in your county.
- The ELLI website
- Review of the Grant Application