Welcometothedistrict’sELDprogram

Bienvenidos!

OurProgram

•  TheEnglishLanguageDevelopment(ELD)programisdesignedtohelpyourchildsucceedbydevelopinghisorher– WriAngskills ‐‐Listeningskills– Readingskills ‐‐Speakingskills– Vocabularyskills ‐‐GrammarSkills

•  TheELDprogramhelpsstudentslearnEnglishasquicklyaspossible

•  TheprogramisincompliancewithProposiAon203regulaAonsandallinstrucAonisinEnglish.

ProgramGoals

•  Listening/Speaking:thelearnerwillunderstandandcommunicateinEnglish

•  Reading:thelearnerwillunderstandwriPenEnglish

•  WriAng:thelearnerwillcommunicateusingEnglishinthewriPenform

•  Vocabulary:thelearnerwillunderstandEnglishvocabularyanduseitincorrectcontext

•  Grammar:thelearnerwillusecorrectwordusageinEnglish

IdenAficaAon

•  IfalanguageotherthanEnglishistheprimarylanguagespokeinthestudent’shome,pleasemarkthatcorrectlyonthedistrictenrollmentformandtheHomeLanguageSurvey.

•  StudentswillbeevaluatedtodeterminehisorherlevelofEnglishproficiency.

•  StudentsingradesK‐12areevaluatedinlistening,speaking,readingandwriAngcompetencies.

StudentsareidenAfiedthroughthePrimaryHomeLanguageOtherthanEnglish(PHLOTE)formthatallparentsfilloutuponregistraAon.

Assessment

•  Theresultsofyourchild’sassessmentonthestateassessmenttool,theArizonaEnglishLanguageLearnerAssessment(AZELLA),areusedtodeterminewhetherthechildwouldbenefitfromservicesprovidedthroughthedistrict’sELDprogram.

•  AparentnoAficaAonandconsentformwillbesenthomewithstudentswhoqualify.

Placement

•  OncethenoAficaAonandconsentformaresigned,thestudentisplacedintheELLProgram.

Transcripts

• WhennewstudentsarriveintheUSA,thecounselor&ELLinstructorevaluatespriorrecordstodeterminewhichcoursestransfer.

• ThedeterminaAonincludesseatAme&standardalignment(thiscanbealimitaAontoacceptedcourses).• Parentsandthestudentareinvolvedinthisprocess,andtypicallythemulAlingualELLinstructortranslates.

InternaAonalStudents

•  Iftranscriptsareunavailable,severalvariablesareaddressedbuttypicallythestudentwillbeplacedinELLcoursesfor4periodsaday.

•  TheothertwoclassesincludeMathandanotherrequiredcourse.

CourseWork

•  Ourdistricthasa“liblab”wherestudentsmake‐upmissingcredits.Thisisanaberschoolprogram.

•  AnotheropAontomake

upcreditsissummerschool

offeredatvariouslocaAons

inourdistrict.

UpperLevelCourseWork

•  JuniorsandSeniorlevelstudentsin2ndorsubsequentyearsofELLservicescanbeexcusedfrom2ofthe4hoursofELLcoursework.– Pre‐reqsincludegraduaAontrackandsuccessfulAIMSscores.

CollegeBound!

•  Freshmanentrance:4hoursofELLblock.Math&PE.WorldHistoryduringsummerschool.

•  Sophomoreyear:4hoursofELLBlock.Math&Science.AmericaHistoryduringsummerschool.

•  Junioryear:IfstudenttestsproficientattheendofYear2,studentenrollsin:Math,English,Science,HealthandelecAves.

•  Senioryear:RequiredcourseworkincludeEnglish,Economics,Math,ScienceandGovernmenttoenrollinAZuniversiAes.

FamilyInvolvement

•  FourAmesayear,progressreportsandreportcardswillbemailedtoparents

•  ParentswhohavequesAonsaboutwhattheycandoathometohelptheirchildsucceedshouldcontacttheclassroomteacher

FamilyInvolvement

•  ELLFamilyNightisaprogramnightwhenfamiliescanmeetwithadministraAon,theELLinstructor,andotherstudentsandfamiliesintheprogram.– ConnecAonsaremadewithstudentsfromsimilar

culturalbackgroundsandlanguagesthatmaynot

occurintheeducaAonalseing.

FamilyInvolvementForeignLanguageFair

•  EachspringtheschoolhasaFLCarnivalthatembracesthevariousculturesthatrepresentthestudentsattheschool.

•  Foraweekuptotheevent,studentssharemusicandlanguagefromtheirhomecountries.

• ThedayoftheeventthefamiliesareinvitedtojoininthecelebraAonforseveralhoursaberschool.• Parentsareencouragedtosharefoods,cultures,andsetuptablesforthefair.

Prop300

•  Prop300succeedsin10outof11cases.•  Occasionallystudentsdofallthroughtheclass,dropoutandwefailthem.

•  TheimpactoneducaAonisthatcounselorsandtheELLinstructorhavelessflexibilityintermsofscheduling.– TheywhoknowthestudentbestsomeAmescannotintervene.

Prop300TheClericalPolice

•  Prop300makescounselorsandschoolstafftheclericalpolicebasedontheinformaAongatheredduringtheregistraAonprocessatschoolsinArizona.

Prop300

•  AposiAveimpactforthisproposiAonisthatthere’smoreAmeontasklearningforEnglishlanguageintheschool.

ScholarshipOpportuniAes

•  AIMSScholarship:ExcelinallareasofAIMSandhavenolessthanaBinanyacademiccoursetobeawardedinstateuniversitytuiAonforeightsemesters.

•  FirstinMyFamilyScholarshipProgram:Maintaina3.0GPA,bethefirstpersoninyourfamilytoaPendcollege,andbeaHispanicAmerican(legalciAzenorpermanentresident)withfinancialneeds.

ReflecAon

•  Iamfamiliarnowwiththeprograms inplaceinmydistrict.

•  ThroughinterviewswithadministraAon,ELLinstructorsanddistrictpersonnelIamabletohaveabePergrasponthesupportaffordedtoourELLstudentsattheschool.

ReflecAon

•  Throughthiscourse,theresearchIdid,thepeoplewithwhomIspoke,theprivatecommentaryshowedmetheinnerworkingsofthecontroversiesandsAgmadealingwithELLinourborderstate.

•  ThroughtheseprivateconversaAons,IfeelasifIamastrongeradvocateforthesechildrennowinourclassrooms.

ReflecAon

•  I’vealwaysbeeninterestedinmulA‐minoritystudents(typicallyGLBT,Gibed,etc…)butthroughthisworkandmyinterviewswithillegalimmigrants(broughthereassmallchildren),IhavediscoveredmyiniAalimpressionsofELLwasmisfoundedandIreallyneedtoreflectonmyformerlyignorant‐stereotypicalperspecAveofsomeofourstudents.

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