Transitional Bilingual Instruction Program TBIP: What Every District Needs to Know

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Transitional Bilingual Instruction Program
(TBIP) What Every District Needs to Know

• Webinar August 21, 2009
• Howard De Leeuw, Director
• Bilingual Education Program, OSPI

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Remember This is a WEBINAR

• You have to have audio at your computer to hear
  this webinar the audio is NOT controlled from
  OSPIs end.
• Please make sure you un-mute your computer
  speakers and turn up the volume so you can hear.
• The audio will be one-way you will hear OSPI,
  but OSPI will not hear you.
• If you have questions/comments during the
  webinar, please type these in the question box
  and submit.

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Purpose of Todays Webinar

• To provide new and returning ELL administrators
  with essential information regarding TBIP.
• To provide a general timeline of important
  activities during the upcoming school year.

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Mission Statement

• English Language learners will meet state
  standards and develop English language
  proficiency in an environment where language and
  cultural assets are recognized as valuable
  resources to learning.

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August-September 2009 Do You Know Where Your
ELLs Are?

• Districts will have new and continuing ELL
  students.
• Every student that registers with a school
  district must indicate whether or not the first
  language of the student is/was English or a
  language other than English.
• This question can be on the district registration
  form or on a separate Home Language Survey
• www.k12.wa.us/MigrantBilingual/Forms.aspx
• www.wabilingual.org

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Identification of Potential ELL
Administer Home Language Survey

The language the child first learned to speak is
English
The language the child first learned to speak is
other than English.
WLPT-II Placement Testing is not required
Check database for previous TBIP enrollment
history. If none
Refer student for WLPT-II Placement testing
within 10 days of attendance
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Assess Student with the WLPT-II Placement Test
within 10 days of attendance
WLPT II Placement Test Language Proficiency Score
Beginning, Advanced Beginning, Intermediate, or
Advanced
Transitional
Student is not eligible for TBIP Services
Student is eligible for TBIP Services.
TBIP Services Waived
Place student in TBIP, send parent notification.
Enter student level data into state and district
databases. Alerts districts that student has
been tested and not eligible for TBIP
Enter New-to-Program student level data into
state and district databases
Enter student level data into state and district
databases with Program Model Code P
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WLPT-II Placement Test

• Districts must order these tests themselves
  check with your District Assessment Coordinator.
• Cost of placement tests can come out of TBIP
  budget, but NOT out of Title III budget.
• Check the OSPI Assessment website for placement
  test trainings
• www.k12.wa.us/assessment/WLPTII/PlacementTestTrain
  ings.aspx

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Process for Determining Placement of Instate
Transfers
Instate Transfers
Check for Initial Language Proficiency Placement
Test Score on File in databases/contact previous
district
Yes
No
No Testing Required Place in Program
Administer WLPT-II Placement Test with 10 days of
attendance
If initial test results become available, use the
results of first assessment. Maintain both
assessments in student cumulative file
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September-October 2009

• Bilingual database uploads non-disclosure forms
  due no later than October 1, 2009.
  www.wabilingual.org
• District student information system (exit L4s)
  each district is responsible for updating their
  own student info system.
• Send parent notification to new students. No
  signature required. www.wabilingual.org or OSPI
  website.
• Parent notification of continuing, if not done in
  June 2009, including WLPT-II annual score sheet.

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September-October 2009 (cont.)

• Begin planning bilingual parent/teacher
  conferences.
• Make the rounds at staff meetings/schools
  regarding TBIP, ELL program info.
• Provide schools with list of current and former
  ELLs with most recent assessment info, including
  information on proficiency levels.
• www.k12.wa.us/MigrantBilingual/ELD.aspx

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August 28 Bilingual Database WEBINAR

• Using the Bilingual Database for
• 2009-2010 School Year
• Intended Audience
• District Staff Responsible for Uploading Data to
  the Bilingual Database
• August 28, 2009, 200-330 p.m.
• https//www1.gotomeeting.com/register/269651169

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Different Databases Containing Eligible ELL
Information

• Each district maintains its own Student
  Information System (SIS) names include WESPaC,
  WISPC, Citrix, SASI, Zangle, etc.
• Districts upload comprehensive student
  information each month to CEDARS, which is the
  OSPI student database. This upload has been
  greatly expanded to include bilingual program
  information.
• Currently, CEDARS is not linked to the bilingual
  database therefore, districts will still have
  to upload bilingual data to the separate
  bilingual database for the 2009-10 school year.

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S I S District Student Information System
Contains all data the state requires for
reporting, in addition to data a district chooses
to collect.
State Bilingual Database (housed in Sunnyside)
SIS
SIS
SIS
SIS
SIS
SIS
C E D A R S State-level database districts feed
with information monthly, including the monthly
P223 count, identifying the total eligible ELLs
in the district. (housed in Olympia)
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S I S District Student Information System
Contains all data the state requires for
reporting, in addition to data a district chooses
to collect.
State Bilingual Database (housed in Sunnyside)
SIS
SIS
SIS
SIS
SIS
SIS
Planned for 2010-11
C E D A R S State-level database districts feed
with information monthly, including the monthly
P223 count, identifying the total eligible ELLs
in the district. (housed in Olympia)
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November-December 2009

• Continue uploads on the 15th of each month,
  entering any new information not included in the
  previous months upload.
• Update district student information system (exit
  all L4s) this will determine WLPT-II annual
  test You must keep your ELL info in your
  district student information system current since
  this will determine your annual WLPT-II student
  labels and ordering information.
• Immigrant count will be due on December 1, 2009.

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Annual WLPT-II Test Schedule

• WLPT-II Annual Test Window for 2009-2010
• The WLPT-II Annual Test window will be as
  follows
• Regular Testing Window from 2/8/10 to 3/5/10
• Makeup Testing Window from 3/8/10 to 3/12/10
• Designated  pick up dates 3/12/10 and  3/19/10
• There will be no May test window.

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January 2010

• Check with your District Assessment Coordinator
  regarding annual WLPT-II test materials.
• Send out a courtesy letter to all ELL parents
  notifying them of the upcoming WLPT-II test in
  February-March.

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February-March 2010

• Conduct annual WLPT-II testing of all eligible
  ELLs, including those whose parents have refused
  services.
• ELLs who were eligible for the first time in
  Washington state after December 31, 2009 will not
  take the annual test.

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Bilingual Program Staff(360) 725-6147

• Helen Malagon, Interim Director
• helen.malagon_at_k12.wa.us
• Alma Chacon, Program Supervisor
• alma.chacon_at_k12.wa.us
• Paul McCold, Data Analyst
• paul.mccold_at_k12.wa.us
• Penelope Mena, Secretary
• penelope.mena_at_k12.wa.us
• Liz Flynn, OSPI Consultant, Pasco School District

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Updated Bilingual Guidelines

• Coming soon!