Professional Development Resources
Does DRC offer professional development to help teachers understand the data collected during the identification process?
Yes! DRC has developed a suite of robust Professional Development modules designed to empower teachers, both EL/ML certified and content area teachers, by connecting the data collected during LAS Links testing with classroom strategies to help teachers and students reach their targets and goals.
By engaging in the academic language and item level data provided by LAS Links interim assessments, educators can provide evidence-based instruction and in-turn select High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) that meet students at their current level and accelerate growth across all four language domains.
DRC offers the 9 Professional Development Modules listed below. Click HERE
for more information about each module.
LAS Links 101:
Navigating the Data and Reports
Description: This module provides “introductory” information regarding the data and reports provided by LAS Links
Implementing Data Driven Strategies to
Achieve Growth Targets
Description: This module supports the use of the growth study developed by DRC, helping districts to set and meet their growth targets.
Connecting the Data to the
Multi-tiered System of Supports (MTSS)
Description: This module guides participants on how to dig into the LAS Links Strand Scores to determine for each of the strands if students need Tier 1, Tier 2, and/or Tier 3 interventions.
LAS Links Item Analysis – Focus on
Subskills and Objectives
Description: Reviews student performance on each item on the assessment, allowing teachers to cross-reference to the subskills and objectives measured by each item.
Connecting Language and
Achievement Data: A Holistic Approach
Description: This module provides guidance regarding the difference between language and achievement but emphasizes the critical impact of both on educational outcomes.
LAS Links and Parent Engagement
Description: This module provides district personnel with tips and tools they can use to engage parents in their students’ language journey through the lens of LAS Links performance data.
Student Engagement: “Leveling Up!”
Description: This module provides strategies to engage students in their own language journey.
Understanding Oracy’s Role in
Literacy and Biliteracy
Description: This module focuses on connecting the LAS Link Oral/Oracy score to the LAS Links Literacy score to allow teachers to strategically plan their instruction so that it supports each student’s individual path to literacy.
LAS Links Español: Strengthening
Bilingualism and Biliteracy
Description: This module has two main points of emphasis: 1) using LAS Links Espanol data to monitor the progress of Spanish language development in a Spanish Dual Language Programs and 2) comparing students’ English and Spanish language proficiency to determine language dominance.