Adam Pitt

Assistant Director of English Learners and Special Populations for IN Dept. of Education - opinions my own.

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@gschneidercoach @ajgatewood7 @NicoleNLeach You all are too kind!

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@GinaWoodwrd I'm a learner on this question, but at the school level teaching job interview, resume, public speaking, budgets, etc. skills isn't a bad place to start. My secondary friends will have to fill me in on what course those fall under, but some of those skills cross content #INedchat

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@GinaWoodwrd School culture needs to be inclusive, allowing marginalized students to feel safe, supported, that they have a voice. Sets up school and students for success in academics/achievement #INedchat

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@GinaWoodwrd As I forgot to add #INedchat right off the bat...

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@GinaWoodwrd Adam Pitt, IDOE! Here to learn/share

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Looking forward to this week's #INedchat talking addressing the needs of homeless youth in Indiana schools. Come join us!

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The #INedchat live chat is back this week!

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@maestraw @suptdrmccormick @NicoleNLeach @jclambert33 @Greenwoodsupt Sorry for such a late reply - I hadn't been on Twitter for a moment. Thank you for hanging in there with us!

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Well done to everyone involved at MSD Lawrence Township Schools and community in putting together a fantastic outdoor Dia de los Muertos event! Great performances, ofrendas, food, and turnout @ltgoodnews @erika_tran10

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@LeclaireRobin Thanks, Robin! No compliments as yet on my Bitmoji likeness, which I'm quite proud of lol

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And that's a wrap on tonight's #INedchat, and over too soon! Thanks to everyone who participated!

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@gschneidercoach No right answers by any means! It's taken creative thinking, teamwork, dedication across the board #INedchat

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Tonight's final #INedchat question...

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@educatorbarnes Definitely more of an asset-based term! ESSA keeps us to the EL terminology in a lot of cases

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Time for the first #INedchat question of the night...

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@btrzpchcIN Absolutely. Personal investment and planning focused on growth makes such a difference #INedchat

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@gschneidercoach @NicoleNLeach @erika_tran10 Well well well look who's here ;)

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Question #3 of #INedchat centers around supporting long-term ELs...

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@NicoleNLeach One opportunity could be to highlight their bilingualism as an asset, We award the Certificate of Multilingual Proficiency for those students who can demonstrate their multilingualism. @NicoleNLeach is our CoMP expert! #INedchat More info here: https://t.co/puTn4iT9Ue

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@FrankChikiIN It's great to have Ss using academic language in different contexts, letting language domains build on one another. Speak and listen with a partern/small group, followed by writing, followed by partner speaking, etc. Building of ideas! #INedchat

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@loriannkatz Frayer models are great vocab tools and Ss can build great journals with them; for ELs I always liked to add a native language description/definition in one of the squares (when appropriate) #INedchat

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@dr_cflores Connections to terminology is so important; without visuals, representations, examples, use in different ways, academic terms can remain abstract #INedchat