English Learner Advisory

Committee (ELAC)

ELAC Committee

•Purpose of ELAC•Responsibilities of ELAC Committee•Roles and Responsibilities of ELAC committee and officers•Future meeting dates•Nomination and election of officers:

ChairpersonVice-Chair personSecretaryDELAC Representative

What is ELAC?

English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC)

Committed to assuring that parents/ guardians of English Learners have a voice in the education of their children.

Responsibilities of ELAC Advise the principal and school staff on the

programs and services provided to English learners

Advise the schoolsite council (SSC) on the development of the school plan

Assist with the district/ school’s need assessment Assist with the school’s effort to make parents

aware of the importance of regular school attendance

If the district has 51 or more Els, the ELAC must elect a representative to the District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC)

Officer Duties

Chairperson shall:

Preside at all meetings of the ELAC Sign all letters, reports, and other

communications of the ELAC Assume other duties as assigned

Vice-chairperson shall:

Represent the chairperson or the ELAC in assigned duties

Substitute for the chairperson in his or her absence.

Secretary shall:

Keep minutes of all regular and special meeting of the ELAC

Promptly transmit to each of the ELAC members and DELAC chairperson copies of the minutes of ELAC meetings

Serve as custodian of the ELAC records Maintain a list of the address, phone

number, and term of office of each ELAC member

Perform such duties that are assigned by the chairperson

DELAC representative shall:

Be a parent/ guardian of an English learner who is not be employed by the school or district

Attend all DELAC meetings Receive input from the ELAC and

share the information with the DELAC Provide the ELAC with information

from the DELAC meetings

Variation In Amount of Independent Reading

98% 65 4,358,00090% 21.1 1,823,00080% 14.2 1,146,00070% 9.6 622,00060% 6.5 432,00050% 4.6 282,00040% 3.2 200,00030% 1.3 106,00020% 0.7 21,00010% 0.1 8,0002% 0 0

PercentileIndependent

Reading Minutes Per Day

Words Read Per Year

Cunningham & Stanovich, American Educator, Spring/Summer 1998

What Reading Does for the Mind Content Emphasis