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Transitional English Programs

2010-2011

District English Learner Advisory CommitteeDecember 8, 2010

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Part 1. Functions of DELAC

Opportunity to: Advise board on programs & services Conduct school-based needs assessment Advise on district program, goals, objectives

Advise on plan to ensure teacher and aide requirements

Review annual language census Review district’s reclassification procedures

Review written notifications

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Today’s Meeting: Review 2010 language census Review EL subgroup assessment results Review district program for English Learners

Review parent written notifications Review reclassification criteria Review funding for English Language Learners

Survey members’ need for training Provide opportunity for DELAC members to advise the school board

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Part 2. Language Census Terminology

English learner (EL) or Limited English Proficient (LEP)

Fluent (FEP)•I-FEP (initially fluent)•R-FEP (reclassified fluent); former EL

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Folsom Cordova Language Minority Students, 1979-2010

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English Learners, 1979-2009

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Language Minority Students, March 2010

By Schools

Schools EL RFEPBlanche Sprentz 35 4Folsom Com. Charter 2 1Cordova Gardens 74 11Cordova High 263 413Cordova Lane 105 32Cordova Meadows 88 32Carl Sundahl 11 4Cordova Villa 148 34Empire Oaks 27 40Folsom Hills 18 14Folsom High 42 103Folsom Lake High 5 6Folsom Middle 19 61Gold Ridge 57 41Kinney High 16 14Mather Heights 76 28Mills Middle 182 186Mitchell Middle 81 128Mather Youth Academy 9 4Natoma Station 32 28Naviagator 143 32Oak Chan 24 15Peter J. Shields 58 15Rancho Cordova 140 27Russell Ranch 38 29Riverview 39 10Sandra Gallardo 49 53Sutter Middle 36 83Theodore Judah 47 20Vista del Lago High 6 55Williamson 156 33White Rock 206 56Walnutwood High 28 21Total Sum of EL & RFEP 2260 1633

Language Minority Students, March 2010:

By Languages

Language I-FEP EL R-FEP Language I-FEP EL R-FEPAfrikaans 4 1 Kiswahili 1 7 1Amharic 1 Konkani 1Arabic 23 21 17 Korean 38 32 50Aramaic 1 Kosraean 8Armenian 23 166 134 Lao 2 2 4Assyrian 2 Malayalam 12 6 8Bangala 1 3 6 Mandarin 73 21 51Belarus 1 Marathi 8 1 5Bengali 11 8 16 Micronesian 8 1Bini 1 Mien 1Bosnian 2 1 Moldovan 1 11 7Bulgarian 3 Mongolian 2Cambodian 2 2 6 Nepali 1 7 4Cantonese 28 17 53 Nigrian 2 2Cebuano 1 1 Norwegian 1Chaozhou 2 Oriya 3 1 1Chinese 10 1 4 Pampango 2 1Czech 1 1 1 Persian 7 1 5Dari 4 6 1 Pilipino 18 13 16Dutch 2 2 1 Polish 7 4 2Ewe 1 Portuguese 3 6 4Farsi 37 31 29 Punjabi 31 46 43Fijian 1 2 Rumanian 3 26 9French 10 4 3 Russian 54 313 256Fukienese 1 2 Samoan 3 3German 7 6 5 Serbian 1Greek 1 Sinhalese 1 1Gujarati 14 9 12 Somali 1Hawaiian 2 Spanish 208 1077 466Hebrew 6 1 Swahili 1 9Hindi 57 37 55 Swedish 2 2Hmong 6 55 48 Tagalog 20 27 37Hungarian 4 1 Tamil 28 13 16Ibo 1 Telugu 49 24 22Ilocano 3 6 1 Thai 2 2 3Indian 1 1 Toishanese 3 1Indonesian 3 2 10 Tongan 1Italian 2 Turkish 1 3 5Japanese 6 8 10 Turkmen 4 2Kachi 1 Ukrainian 8 75 81Kannada 9 8 10 Urdu 24 13 17Kazakh 1 Vietnamese 39 65 70Khmer 1 3 Visayan 1 1Kikuyu 1 Yoruba 1 1Kirundi 1 Grand Total 923 2260 1633

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Part 3. English Learner Subgroup Assessment Results

California English Language Development Test (CELDT)

California Standards Test (CST)

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CELDT California English Language Development Test

•Level 1 Beginning•Level 2 Early Intermediate•Level 3 Intermediate•Level 4 Early Advanced•Level 5 Advanced

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CST-ELA California Standards Test—English Language Arts

•Level 1 Far Below Basic•Level 2 Below Basic•Level 3 Basic•Level 4 Proficient•Level 5 Advanced

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Achievement Goals Increase one CELDT level per year

54% (target was 53.1%)

“English proficient” (CELDT 4 or 5) 18.5% (target was 17.4%) less than 5 years 41.9% (target was 41.3%) more than 5 years

Proficient or advanced on the CST-ELA(regular English test given to all California students)38.8% (target was 56%)

2007-2010 Percent of EL Students who scored Proficient and Advanced on the CST – Language Arts

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2007-2010 Percent of EL Students who scored Proficient and Advanced on the CST – Math

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% Proficient or Above State Target

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Part 4. District Programs for English Learners High-intensity English language development for beginners Avenues, K-5 (White Rock Elementary) Inside, 6-8 (Mills Middle School) Edge, 9-12 (Cordova High School)

Use of core English materials by year 3 Teachers use SDAIE and ELD strategies English Learner supplemental materials

Bilingual instructional aide support Newcomer and Mainstream Classes

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District Programs (continued) Community Heritage Language Programs

Ukrainian, Russian and Spanish Saturday Schools Homework help at CHS Student Union Intervention classes for at-risk students

Avenues A, Threshold Vocabulary, Read 180, Lexia, Read Naturally, SIPPS, Open Book

Summer ELD program K-12 Frontloading of grade level standards in English Language Arts and Math

Language Learning through Music, Arts, Science and Physical Education

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Part 5. Written Notifications No Child Left Behind Annual Notice (continuing English Learners)

Notice of Assessment and Placement (new English Learners)

Notice of Assessment and Placement (continuing English Learners)

Notice of CELDT results (initial fluent)

Notice of CELDT results (initial English Learners

Notice of CELDT results (annual) Notice of Reclassification

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Part 6. Reclassification to Fluent CELDT

Level 4 or 5 (no 1’s or 2’s)

CST-ELA Level 3, 4, 5

Teacher evaluation of reading/writing “similar to English-only peers”

Parent opportunity for meeting

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Part 7. Funding for EL programs State

Economic Impact Aid (state) English Language Acquisition Program (ELAP)

Federal Title 3 LEP Title 3 Immigrant

Other Refugee Students’ Assistance Program Refugee Educators’ Network

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2009-10 EIA, Title 3, ELAP Expenditures

EIA, Title 3, ELAP Expenditures (10% to general fund for transportation)

Certificated 5%

Classified 26%

Benefits 8%

Books, supplies, software, printshop 6%

Other 17%

Direct/indirect administration 7%

Carryover 30%

Bilingual aides, intake center staff, materials and software, teacher training and support, Community Heritage Language Programs, translation/interpretation.

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Spending priorities, 2010-11

Bilingual supportAbout 30 instructional aides provide instructional support and family translation

TEP CoordinatorsSite representatives with knowledge in ELD materials, SDAIE strategies, compliance, home-school connection, computer programs and student assessments

Staff Development ELD curriculum lead teachers provide professional development

to teachers of English Learners and bilingual instructional assistants

Instructional Materials for English Learners

Intervention Classes

ELD Summer School

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Supplemental Materials for English Learners (above core materials)

Programs for beginners• Avenues, Inside and Edge

Program for 3rd-year students at secondary schools• Holt Plus classes for EL students

Threshold vocabulary and Academic Vocabulary• 1,000-2,000 high frequency words that make up 75% to 95% of any reading passage

• Academic vocabulary program for refugees class HM language support binder and story focus walls Read 180 at Title 1 schools Grammar

• Students Acquiring English Practice Book at elementary levels

• “Magic Lens” grammar at secondary in all classes Computer softwares (Lexia, Read Naturally, Let’s Go, others)

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Teacher Qualification and Parent Involvement 98% of district teachers are EL qualified

Parent Contact & Involvement Transitional English Programs office

• Enrollment, problem-solving, help Bilingual aides at sites Latino Family Literacy Project Phone interpretation (Language Line) Translated documents

• Conduct code, Parent Rights & Responsibilities, report cards, standards, school bulletin, etc,,,

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Part 8. Community Heritage Language Programs (Saturday

Schools)

Golden Bell Award Winner Partnership between community and schools (parent donations help with cost) Spanish (225 students), Rancho Cordova Elem. Russian (130 students), White Rock Elem. Ukrainian (190 students), Mills Middle

Learning to read the home language Improve student performance at school

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Passport to Your Future Refugee grant, in process Target: late-arriving refugee high school students who understand Russian

Guidebook Area schools, graduation requirements, what to do if students cannot pass the HS exit exam?

Job titles, with Russian translation Saturday vocabulary classes

Russian and English, 500 words, 5 credits each• 1-Essential Reading Vocabulary• 2-Academic Word List

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Part 9. Training needs

What kind of follow-up meeting would you be interested in? Learn about district programs for English Learners

Learn about materials used in the classroom

Learn how to help children at home Learn about legal requirements Learn how to contribute as an ELAC member

Other

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(School) ELAC meetings

Review Language Census Review success of EL and R-FEP subgroups

Review services for EL students School site plan

Identify if any subgroups have low attendance; if so assist the school in efforts to make parents understand the importance of school attendance.

Learn more about EL programs and state requirements.

Think of ways that parents can contribute to the school’s programs

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Part 10. What do you think?

What parts of the district’s program do you really like?

How can the district’s programs be improved/changed to help you and your children more?

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Opportunity to Advise

Please take a few minutes to complete the following Opportunity to Advise the School Board surveys:

District Master Plan District Needs Assessment District Goals and Objectives for English Learners

Training for DELAC Responsibilities

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For assistance Transitional English Office

2460 Cordova Lane, Rancho Cordova (916) 635-4301 Enrollment, questions, translation, data, resources,

Saturday School (Room 10) Nguyet Tham, Nadia Kalinyuk, Gudelia Castillo Passport to Your Future: Danna Domashuk Mark Rickabaugh, Director State & Federal Programs

ELD Lead Teachers Assist schools with English language development K-5 Sina Chau Pech, 985-7700 X197 schau@fcusd.org 6-8 Linda Dickenson, 363-6544 ldicken@fcusd.org 9-12 Stacy Kopshy, 362-1104 skopshy@fcusd.org

Website www.fcusd.k12.ca.us (departments>Transitional

English)

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Thank you for participating!