The RETELL initiative (Rethinking Equity in the Teaching of English Learners) was developed to address the persistent gap in academic proficiency experienced by EL students. This initiative includes new training and licensure requirements for the Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement, which core academic teachers of ELs and principals/assistant principals and supervisors/directors who supervise or evaluate such teachers must obtain.

This course is open to ALL teachers who want to earn the SEI Teacher Endorsement

The purpose of this course is to prepare the Commonwealth’s teachers with the knowledge and skills to effectively shelter their content instruction so that our growing population of English Learners (ELs) can access curriculum, achieve academic success, and contribute their multilingual and multicultural resources as participants and future leaders in the 21st century global economy.

This course has twelve, 3 hour synchronous/live Zoom sessions, and one 2-hour Capstone session.

Sessions: 10/19/21; 10/26/21; 11/02/21; 11/09/21; 11/16/21; 11/23/21; 11/30/21; 12/07/21; 2/14/21; 12/23/21; 1/4/22; 1/11/22.

Capstone: 1/18/22 & 1/25/22

 Make Up Dates: 2/1/22 & 2/8/22

Synchronous online instruction via Zoom

 67.5 PDPs

Cost: $450.00 (member districts)/$495 (non-member districts)

Our BICO Member Districts are: Attleboro, Bellingham, Blackstone-Millville, Easton, Foxborough, Franklin, Hopedale, King Philip, Mansfield, Milford, Norfolk, North Attleboro, Norton, Plainville, Swansea, Tri-County, Uxbridge, Walpole and Wrentham.

IMPORTANT CANCELLATION POLICY: All cancellations are subject to a $25 cancellation fee. A full refund, less the $25 cancellation fee, will be provided if the cancellation is made prior to the start of the second class. After the second class, no refund will be processed.