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Lonoke School District. ELL (English Language Learner) Program. What is an ELL student?. An ELL student is a student who: Was not born in the United States Or whose native language is not English Or who comes from an environment where a language other than English is dominant. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Lonoke School District
ELL (English Language Learner) Program
An ELL student is a student who: Was not born in the United States Or whose native language is not English Or who comes from an environment where a
language other than English is dominant
What is an ELL student?
How does the school identify an ELL
student? Review of Home
Language Surveys Administrative
recommendation Teacher
recommendation Records from the
previous school
Two types of ELL
students Limited English
Proficient (LEP) These students are
not proficient in English
Language Minority (LM)
These students first language was not English but they are now proficient in English.
What is the next step if they are new to U.S.
schools? The student must be
tested or screened for their level of English Proficiency. Lonoke uses the LAS Links Placement test.
The results are then shared with a Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC)
LPAC
The committee is made up of the following people at each school:
ELL Director Principal Counselor Student’s Teacher
The job of the LPAC is to:
Review the progress of each LEP student using• ELDA results• Benchmark results• Student grades• Feedback from
student’s previous teacher
Update the ELL Student Plan
ELL Student Plan
The ELL director meets with each student’s teacher(s) and discusses the plan including the classroom modifications, testing accommodations, and effective teaching strategies.
ELDTEnglish Language Development Tool
Differentiating Instruction for ELLs: Accessing the Curriculum While Developing Language
How long does it take to become proficient in
English? This depends what
level of proficiency they are when they begin school and what grade they enter a U.S. school.
Current research states that it can take from five to seven years and possibly up to ten to become proficient in English.
Levels of English Proficiency
These are the descriptors used for the English Language Development
Assessment (ELDA) which is given each spring to students that are limited English
proficient to monitor their progress in attaining higher levels of proficiency.
Pre-functional Beginning to understand short utterances Beginning to use gestures and simple words to
communicate Beginning to understand simple printed
material Beginning to develop communicative writing
skills
Level One
Beginning Understands simple statements, directions,
and questions Use appropriate strategies to initiate and
respond to simple conversation Understand the general message of basic
reading passages Compose short informative passages on
familiar topics
Level Two
Intermediate Understand standard speech delivered in
school and social settings Communicate orally with some hesitation Understand descriptive material within
familiar contexts and some complex narratives Write simple texts and short reports
Level Three
Advanced Identify the main ideas and relevant details of
discussions or presentations on a wide range of topics Actively engage in most communicative situations
familiar or unfamiliar Understand the context of most text in academic
areas with support Write multi-paragraph essays, journal entries,
personal/business letters, and creative texts in an organized fashion with some errors
Level Four
Full English Proficiency
Level Five
Student must score a proficiency level of 5 in
reading, writing, speaking, listening, and comprehension on the ELDA.
Student must have a “C” or better in all core subject areas.
Student must score proficient or advanced on the Arkansas Benchmark (3-8) End of Course (high school) in language and math.
A minimum of two teachers recommend exit from the program.
LPAC committee decides to exit the student
Exit Criteria for an LEP Student
After a student is exited from the
program they are monitored for two years by following their grades and performances on the Augmented Benchmark and End of Course tests.
Monitoring Students
Lonoke School District
Information about the ELL student population and services provided to the students and the parents
Lower proficiency level students are placed in
classes with teachers trained in ELL teaching strategies.
All LEP students are monitored Translation services are available upon
request ELL Director Homework Hotline
Services Provided
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LEPLM
ELL Student Growth
Grade Number of students
Kindergarten 11First 10
Second 7Third 6
Fourth 8Fifth 9Sixth 5
Seventh 7Eighth 7Ninth 2Tenth 3
Eleventh 2Twelfth 6
Total – 83 students
District enrollment of limited English Proficient
by grade
Nationalities
Mexico Vietnam China India Iran Guatemala
Arkansas Goal #1
The Annual Measurable Achievement Objective 1 shows the percentage of ELLs making progress by moving from one composite level to a higher level on the ELDA. AMAO 1 target was 30% for 2012-2013. Lonoke Public Schools fell just short of the target with 29%.
Arkansas Goal #2
The Annual Measurable Achievement Objective 2 shows the percentage of ELLs who are fully proficient in English with a composite score of five on the ELDA. AMAO 2 target was 4.5% for 2012-2013. Lonoke Public Schools exceeded the target with 4.8%.
Graduation Rate
National average for ELLs is 56%
Arkansas average for ELLs is 76% (ranked 4th in the U.S.)
Lonoke average for ELLs is 100%
2014 Lonoke
ELL Graduates 13 ELL students are graduating Six honors graduates 10 with a GPA of 3.0 or higher Three with a 4.0 GPA
New United States CitizensCarlos – Class of 2009, Jose – Class of 2010, Rosa –
Class of 2012
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