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Missouri Links

Missouri Migrant Education and English Language Learning Home Page
http://www.mo-mell.org/
DESE's English Language Learners Site
http://www.dese.mo.gov/divimprove/fedprog/discretionarygrants/bilingual-esol/index.html

CISE-MELL Clearinghouse (This library includes multicultural literature, videos, teacher training kits and ELL classroom materials, available for a 3-month, renewable loan to Missouri educators)
http://mu-cise-web1.coe.missouri.edu:7195/webopac/main
MidTESOL (contains information about Missouri ESL Educators)
http://www.midtesol.org/
Cambio De Colores (the site contains information on this year's conference and previous years' presentation materials all about Latinos in Missouri)
http://www.decolores.missouri.edu/

Administrator Links

School Administrators' Guide to the ESL Standards
http://www.tesol.org/assoc/k12standards/resources/copyright.html
Parents Guide to the ESL Standards
http://www.tesol.org/assoc/k12standards/resources/parentguide-1.html
The English Language Learners Knowledge base
http://www.helpforschools.com

Hot Topics

Illegal Aliens
Schools are responsible for the education of undocumented students. Find out what information you can ask of enrolling students and what your responsibility is to them at:
http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed321962.html

ESL and Special Education
Your ESL student may be struggling. Is it a language/culture problem or is there something more? When is it appropriate to refer ESL students to Special Education? To find out try this web site:
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/classics/focus/05referral.htm

Gifted LEPs
Could a limited English proficient child be eligible for your Gifted program?
http://www.sde.state.id.us/GiftedTalented/Biblio/

Migrant Free Lunch Guidance

Culture and Country Information

The State Department Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
BBC Country Profiles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
CIA Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
UN Cyber School Bus
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/index.asp
Canadian Cultural Profiles
http://www.settlement.org/cp/english/index.html
Country Reports
http://www.countryreports.org/

National Organizations

CAL (The Center for Applied Linguistics)
http://www.cal.org/
TESOL (National Professional Organization of Teachers of English as a Second/Other Language)
http://www.tesol.org/
OELA (National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition)
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/
Office of Migrant Education
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/ome/index.html
NCLB Publications for Parents in Spanish
http://www.ed.gov/espanol/publicaciones/es/edpubs.html