English Language Development Program

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English Language Development Program

• 2014-2015

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The ELA program supports 1007 students or
approximately 30 of our districts total student
population.
Language Proficiency Number of Students
1 NEP Non English Proficient 212
2 LEP Limited English Proficient 532
3 FEP Fluent English Proficient 237
4 PHLOTE Primary Home Language Other Than English 24
5 FELL Former English Language Learner 2
1007
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Timeline for reaching English language
proficiency. 5-7 years
Time Line-2 Year
Time Line-1 Year
Time Line-1 Year
Time Line-1 Year
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School Teacher Paraprofessional
BRE Colby Ricci Julie Long
UBE Ann-Mari Westerhoff
FRE Shari Evans
SVE Helena Kinton and Susan Maar
DVE Sarah Adkins and Shelly Martinez Adela Guadardo
SCE Kristin Myers
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School Teacher/s Paraprofessional
SMS Bethann Huston Mary Lockard Amy Young Anna Arrivillaga Liria Chavez
SHS Stephanie Dewing Jill Heil Jonathan Mocatta Jonathan Mocatta Annie Olson Luis Cebrian
SPHS Jocelyn Meltzer
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We can expect

• to provide continued support.
• 25 languages other than English represented in
  our ELL student population.
• There are currently 88 Pre-K students who have
  been identified as having a primary language
  other than English.
• 12 GT students
• 151 students with IEPs (various disabilities)

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SSD supports its ELL students

• according to Title III (Sec. 3115(1),(2),(3),(4))
  of the No Child Left Behind Act which requires
  that local educational agencies develop and
  implement language instruction educational
  programs for early childhood, elementary, and
  secondary school programs based on methods and
  approaches that are scientifically-researched and
  proven to be the best in teaching the limited
  English proficient student.
• DVE-Two Way Bi-Lingual Program
• English as a Second Language Model Instruction is
  classroom based, delivered in English, and
  adapted to the students proficiency level.
• The focus is on content area curriculum.
• Incorporates contextual clues such as gestures
  and visual aids.
• Scaffolds and supports

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SSD supports its ELL students cont.

• Classes are being co-taught and instructional
  coaching/support is being offered as available.
• Collaboration between ELD teachers and classroom
  teachers
• Pull-out interventions/RtI (lower student to
  teacher ratio)
• Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI)
• Small-group, supplementary intervention designed
  for children who find reading and writing
  difficult.
• Reading Recovery
• Rosetta Stone
• Raz Kids
• READ Plan
• Identify those students in K-3 who have a
  significant reading deficiency.
• ELD teachers, Literacy Resource teachers and
  classroom teachers work collaboratively to
  identify both language and literacy goals.

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SSD supports administrators, teachers and
support staff

• Language Acquisition-New Teacher Orientation
• Differentiated Instruction for English Language
  Learners
• Classroom Instruction that Works for English
  Language Learners
• Building Academic Vocabulary K-12
• Cultural Proficiency
• Instructional Support/Building/PYP Planning
• Co-Teaching
• Daily Five/Café, LLI
• TPRS-Teaching Proficiency in Reading Through
  Story Telling
• Bi-monthly meetings for ELA teachers

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SSD supports administrators, teachers and
support staff cont.

• WIDA (World Class Instructional Design and
  Assessment)
• Working to align ELD standards to CCSS standards
• Identifying ways ELL students can demonstrate
  their understanding
• Kagan Strategies
• Addressing the language proficiencies of ELL
  students/supporting ALL students
• Academic Vocabulary
• Identifying/teaching key vocabulary necessary to
  access content curriculum

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Much to celebrate!!

• Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAOs)
• AMAO 1-Progress in Attaining English (ACCESS)
• Target Meets or Exceeds, Rating-Meets, Target
  Met
• AMAO 2-English Attainment (ACCESS for ELLs
  Proficiency)
• Target12, SSD 17.01, Target Met
• AMAO 3-Academic Growth (TCAP) and Graduation Rate
  for ELLs
• TargetMeets or Exceeds, Rating-Meets, Target Met

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More to celebrate

• SMS and SHS honored those students who are Fluent
  English Proficient and/or are exiting the ELL
  program.

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ELPA Award

• ELPA Excellence Awards honor 10 local education
  providers and 10 charter schools that achieve the
  highest English language and academic growth
  among English learners in an English Language
  Proficiency Program and that achieve the highest
  academic achievement for English learners who
  transition out of an English Language Proficiency
  Program.
• Dollars associated with the award will be used to
  provide professional development.

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• Language Camp scheduled for February Break 2015

75 students in Grades K-5 SMS students will be
invited to serve as coaches. Keystone Science
School will be providing programming during the
afternoon.
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Any Questions?