Resources
X3 - Illinois Resource Center (IRC)
Since 1972, the Illinois Resource Center (IRC) has provided assistance to teachers and administrators serving linguistically and culturally diverse students. With support from the Illinois State Board of Education, the IRC has emerged as a major statewide intermediate service agency, and its educational and professional development programs have helped thousands of educators throughout Illinois and the nation to develop effective learning environments for English language learners.
Publication: Caslon Community
Topic: Professional Development
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Object(s): website
X3 - Institute for Language and Education Policy
The Institute for Language and Education Policy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting policies grounded in solid research, rather than fashionable 'reforms,' in serving English and heritage language learners. We are teachers, administrators, researchers, professors, students, and others who believe that the time for advocacy is now.
Publication: Caslon Community
Topic: Policy, Leadership, and Advocacy
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Object(s): website
X3 - International Literacy Association (ILA)
The International Literacy Association (ILA) is a global advocacy and membership organization of more than 300,000 literacy educators, researchers, and experts across 75 countries. With over 60 years of experience, ILA has set the standard for how literacy is defined, taught, and evaluated.
Publication: Caslon Community
Topic: Policy, Leadership, and Advocacy
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Object(s): website
X3 - National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
Since 1975, the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) has been a non-profit membership organization that works to ensure that language-minority students have equal opportunities to learn English and succeed academically.
Publication: Caslon Community
Topic: Policy, Leadership, and Advocacy
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Object(s): website
X3 - National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
The National Association for the Education of Young Children, the world’s largest organization for early childhood educators, has a magazine designed especially for preschool educators.
Publication: Caslon Community
Topic: Policy, Leadership, and Advocacy
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Object(s): website
X3 - National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
The founding mission of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is to advance the quality of teaching and learning by:
Maintaining high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do;
Providing a national voluntary system certifying teachers who meet these standards;
Advocating related education reforms to integrate National Board Certification in American education and to capitalize on the expertise of National Board Certified Teachers.
Publication: Caslon Community
Topic: Professional Development
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Object(s): website
X3 -National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA)
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA) works to support the mission of the office of English Language Acuisition (OELA), U.S. Department of Education, in meeting the needs of English learners in our schools.
Publication: Caslon Community
Topic: Professional Development
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Object(s): website
X3 - National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
The National Council of Teachers of English is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education.
Publication: Caslon Community
Topic: Policy, Leadership, and Advocacy
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Object(s): website