Title III English Language Acquisition, Enhancement, and Academic Achievement

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Title III English Language Acquisition,
Enhancement, and Academic Achievement

• Diana Fernandez
• ESL Director
• 6941 N Central, Room 1-A
• Portland, OR 97203
• 503-916-6525
• dfernand_at_pps.k12.or.us

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Purpose of Title III

• Increase English language proficiency.
• Increase achievement in core academic subjects.

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Activities for Title III

• Increase English Proficiency by providing
  high-quality language instructional programs
  based on scientific research.
• Provide high quality professional development to
  classroom teachers, principals, administrators.

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Title III Instructional Activities

• Improve the instructional program for limited
  English proficient children by identifying,
  acquiring, and upgrading curricula, instructional
  materials, educational software, and assessment
  procedures.
• Provide
• tutorials and academic or vocational education
  for limited English proficient children
• intensified instruction

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Title III Instructional Activities

• Provide community participation programs, family
  literacy services, and parent outreach and
  training activities to limited English proficient
  children and their families.
• Improve the English language skills of limited
  English proficient children.
• Assist parents in helping their children to
  improve their academic achievement and becoming
  active participants in the education of their
  children.

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Title III Professional Development

• Designed to improve the instruction and
  assessment of limited English proficient
  children.
• Designed to enhance the ability of such teachers
  to understand and use curricula, assessment
  measures, and instructional strategies for
  limited English proficient children.

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Title IIIProfessional Development

• Based on documented research demonstrating the
  effectiveness of the professional development in
  increasing children's English proficiency or
  substantially increasing the subject matter
  knowledge, teaching knowledge, and teaching
  skills of such teachers.

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Title IIIProfessional Development

• Should be of sufficient intensity and duration
  (which shall not include activities such as
  one-day or short-term workshops and conferences)
  to have a positive and lasting impact on the
  teachers' performance in the classroom.

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A Systematic ELD Program addresses the following

• Instruction is organized by level of English
  proficiency and focuses on
• Oral language development
• Purposes of language use (functions)
• Grammatical structures (forms), Vocabulary
• Structured oral and written language practice
• Aligned with language proficiency standards

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Evaluation of Program

• Evaluation must include information and data on
  the use of funds
• The types of services furnished
• The students served by the programs
• Identify the connection between the services that
  were provided and the effect on academic
  achievement and English proficiency

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Title IIISupport Resources

• ODE Title III page
• http//www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?1
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• PPS ESL/World Languages page
• http//inside.pps.k12.or.us/it/itpurchasing/
• OELA resource page
• http//www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oela/ind
  ex.html
• ODE (Oregon Dept of Education)
• PPS (Portland Public Schools)
• OELA (Office of English Language
  Acquisition)

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Additional Contact Information

• Judy Elliott, Chief
• Office of Teaching and Learning
• 503-916-3203