Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Virtual Institute
November 4, 2010 to December 2, 2010
Or
December 1, 2010 to December 22, 2010
Title III funding is available for the first 20 participants who want to take the Pearson Publishing
Company’s Virtual Institute.
Complete the attached application form for a mini-grant of $450 that will be paid upon completion of
the course.
Pearson Publishing is offering a professional development opportunity for ESL and classroom teachers
to learn more about Sheltered Instruction using the SIOP model. For more information about the
institute, please go to http://www.siopinstitute.net/index.html. This link takes you to Pearson’s home
page, look to the right, click on Register for a Virtual Institute. Here you will find a list of all the
institutes being offered. The institute that Title III funds will support participation in is the SIOP for
Teachers Virtual Institute on Nov 4- Dec 2, 2010 or the session for Dec 1- Dec. 22, 2010. Click on View
Details to learn more about the institutes.
Title III will award a $450 mini-grants for participation in this virtual institute to the first 20 people who
apply and are approved. If you or your colleagues would like to participate in this professional
development opportunity, please complete the application form attached to this email and return it to Pat
Latham by October 8, 2010. You will be notified in writing by way of email if you have received one of
the grants.
Once your application is approved you will need to personally register online for the virtual institute
through the Pearson site, pay for the institute yourself, complete the assignments, and attend each of the
11 sessions. (Four sessions are an hour long with a live presenter; the other seven sessions are
approximately 45 minutes in length with a variety of formats.) At the conclusion of the institute you will
receive a Certificate of Completion from Pearson. Send a photocopy of your Certificate of Completion
to Pat Latham along with the grant claim form. Once all claim forms are received, they will be taken to
the Board for approval. A check will be issued in the amount of $450 to you and sent to your home
address. (Claim forms will accompany your grant approval notification.)
You may want to consider forming a study team around this activity and submitting a professional
development course proposal (study team) for license renewal or graduate credit. Please talk to your
district administrators for their guidance on forming study teams in your building/district.
This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the SIOP model. We hope you will be able to take
full advantage of this opportunity. Please call if you have any questions.
Thank you,
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creed, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability. Direct inquiries to the Affirmative Action Coordinator, 6500
Corporate Dr., Johnston, IA 50131-1603, or Director, Office for Civil Rights, Chicago, IL 60606-7204.