Download - Update on TESOL Policy & New Initiatives
1 10/27/12
Update on Policy and New Initiatives
John Segota, CAE Associate Executive Director for Public Policy & Professional Relations
TESOL International Association
National Council of State Title III Directors Conference 15 October 2012
Budget & Appropriations
• FY 2013 Budget – $732 Million for Title III
• Congressional Action – S. 3295 – Labor/HHS/Ed – CR through March 2013
• Budget Control Act - Sequestration – $4 Billion for Dept. of Ed.
ESEA Reauthorization
• Senate ESEA Bill
• HR 3989 – Student Success Act
• HR 3990 – Encouraging Innovation & Effective Teachers Act
Other Legislation
• S 1158 – English Learning & Innovation Act
• DREAM Act S. 952 / H.R. 3842
– Deferred AcJon on Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
• Strengthen and Unite Communities with Civics Education and English Skills Act (H.R. 1617)
Common Core State Standards
• English Language Proficiency Development Framework
• Understanding Language
• Assessments
– ASSET
– ELPA 21
Professional Development
• Online Courses & Webinars – Preparing for NCATE Review
• TESOL Academies – St. Paul, MN
– BalJmore, MD
• NEW Professional Development Institutional Bundles
Publications & Resources
• Briefs and papers
• New Ways series
• TESOL Resource Center
• Professional Teaching Standards
“Jtle3”
2013 TESOL International Convention
• 20-23 March 2013, Dallas, Texas
• K-12 Day – 20 March 2013
• ELT Leadership Management Certificate Program
• Common Core Standards
• 35 PCIs
