OPTEL Advisory Committee Meeting - May 2023
Observation Protocol for Teachers of English Learners (OPTEL) May 30, 2023, Advisory Committee Meeting.Meeting Details
Date: May 30, 2023
Time: 3:30pm – 5:30 p.m. PDT
Location: Virtual (via Zoom)
Objectives
- Build common understanding of the OPTEL’s development process
- Review results from the OPTEL field test
- Build consensus around:
- recommended modifications to the OPTEL tool to make it more usable for teachers;
- recommendations for technical support or professional learning to support teachers to implement the OPTEL; and
- recommendations for OPTEL implementation to support reclassification decisions.
Agenda
- Welcome and Introductions
- Review OPTEL Development Process
- Preliminary OPTEL Field Test Results:
- OPTEL Field Test Sample
- Alignment of OPTEL Ratings Between Teachers
- Relationship between OPTEL Ratings and English Language Proficiency Assessments for California, or ELPAC, Performance
- Educators’ Feedback on the OPTEL Tool
- Implementation Considerations
- Questions and Answers
- Breakout Group Discussions
Questions:
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Last Reviewed: Tuesday, June 18, 2024
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