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| Title | National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition Begins New Contract |
| Body | August 15, 2008 The George Washington University, edCount, LLC, and Barrera Associates, Inc., are pleased to announce that their team has been awarded the contract to operate the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA) on behalf of the Office of English Language Acquisition at the U.S. Department of Education effective June 23, 2008. NCELA’s mission is to capture, coordinate, and disseminate a broad range of resources in support of an inclusive approach to high quality education for ELLs. Under the new contract, NCELA will be offering a range of new opportunities for educators to engage with research and new developments in the field. NCELA will be beginning a series of monthly interactive Web conferences hosted by experts in the field of English language learning. Our first Web conference, Defining Academic English Language, will be hosted by Dr. Robin Scarcella on August 21, 2008. Beginning in October, NCELA will be offering a series of smaller conferences throughout the year. Our first meeting is the 2008 LEP Partnership Meeting [pdf], to be held October 15-16, 2008, in Washington, DC. Additional conference opportunities will be announced throughout the year. As always, NCELA will continue to make available information about outside conferences and educational opportunities in the field of English language learning on NCELA’s conference calendar. The most recent additions can be viewed on the NCELA home page; the full list of conferences can be seen on the searchable calendar page. The NCELA-list will be dedicated to announcements of interest to our subscribers from NCELA and OELA. Federal grants and regulations, NCELA conferences and meetings, and other time-sensitive announcements from OELA and NCELA will be delivered through the NCELA-list. Beginning in the fall, NCELA will be debuting its new quarterly newsletter. The newsletter will offer articles by leading experts on instructional strategies for ELLs, and will showcase best practices from schools and districts around the nation. The newsletter will also announce new resources and research in the field of ELL education. Visit the NCELA website for more information about these services and changes at http://www.ncela.gwu.edu . |
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