Title III-LEP Directors’ Meeting

Idaho Title I ConferenceApril 6-8, 2011

Reminders!

• LEP and Emergency Immigrant Count—Due April 22, 2011

• Title III-LEP Plan--Due June 30, 2011

• Title III District Improvement—Due June 30, 2011(Only for districts that have not made AMAOs for two or three consecutive years)

• Title III Corrective Action—Due June 30, 2011(Only for districts that have not made AMAOs for four or more consecutive years)

• LEP Data Collection Spreadsheet—Due June 30, 2011

Coming Soon!

• Idaho Toolkit: English Learners Who May Have a Disability

-For more information attend workshop today, Wednesday, 1:30-4:30 or Friday, 1:00-4:15 with Dr. Susan Duron.

• New district LEP Plan and Title III Plan Guidance -Coming in the 2012-2013 School Year

• 2011-2013 LEP Enhancement Grants-school applications w/district support, specific allowable

activities, grant writing workshops, technical assistance & pre-submission review, review process & awarding

Office of Civil Rights:Core LEP Programs

• Must be paid for with local and State LEP funds

“States and schools are required to provide core language instruction educational programs and services for limited English proficient (LEP) students. This requirement is established based on Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and its implementing regulations, as interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.”

Office of Civil Rights:Core LEP Programs

• Must meet the Lau (1974) requirements

This court case ruling states, “Under these state-imposed standards there is no equality of treatment merely by providing the same facilities, textbooks, teachers and curriculum for students who do not understand English effectively.”

• Must meet the Castaneda (1981) requirements

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals formulated a test to determine school district compliance with the Equal Educational Opportunities Act (1974). The three-part test includes the following criteria:

• Theory: The school must pursue a program based on an educational theory recognized as sound or at least, as a legitimate experimental strategy.

• Practice: The school must actually implement the program with instructional practices, resources and personnel necessary to transfer theory to reality.

• Results: The school must not persist in a program that fails to produce results.

Federal Title III Programs for English Learners

• Services provided with federal Title III funds must supplement the core LEP program.

• Only 2% of a district’s federal Title III allocation may be used for administrative purposes—this includes both direct and indirect costs.

• A portion of federal Title III funds MUST be used for professional development.

Core LEP Program That Meet OCR Requirements or Not?????

• A district hires paraprofessionals to assist students in content classes and help with class work.

NO

• LEP students are served by a district’s bilingual dual- immersion program.

YES

Core LEP Program That Meet OCR Requirements or Not?????

• LEP students are provided English language development services via pullout five days a week for 30 minutes each day.

YES

• Services to LEP students are provided by content teachers who have been trained in SIOP.

NO

• LEP students are served through Tier II interventions in reading and math.

NO

Core LEP Program That Meet OCR Requirements or Not?????

• Services to LEP students are provided via ESL classes that count as electives (i.e., ESL for Newcomers, ESL Academic Language classes, etc.).

YES

• A paraprofessional pulls LEP students in small groups and works on reading skills from the district’s reading program (i.e., Language!, Open Court, etc.).

NO

Supplemental Title III Programsor Not?????

• A district provides summer school services for LEP students.

YES

• A district hires a teacher or paraprofessional with federal Title III funds to provide instruction in core LEP programs.

NO

• A district provides before and after school tutoring in content areas for LEP students.

YES

Supplemental Title III Programsor Not?????

• A district provides professional development for teachers and administrators working with LEP students.

YES

• A district uses federal Title III funds to provide ESL classes to parents of LEP students.

YES

• A district uses federal Title III funds to purchase content area textbooks (i.e., math, reading, science) for its LEP students.

NO

Supplemental Title III Programsor Not?????

• A district uses federal Title III funds to pay for substitutes so teachers can administer the IELA.

NO

• A district uses Title III funds to purchase the ELLis Data System to ensure more accurate data collection of LEP students.

YES

• A district uses Title III funds to help LEP students take concurrent credit in high school.

YES

Congratulations!2011 Idaho LEP Award Recipients

• Sarah Seamount–LEP Administrator of the YearVallivue School District

• Becky Moore- LEP Teacher of the YearBoise School District

• Maria Gonzalez-LEP Paraprofessional of the YearWendell School District

• Desert Springs Elementary School-LEP Program of Excellence Vallivue School District

• Wood River Middle School-LEP Program of ExcellenceBlaine County School District

Questions?????