1 / 15

English Learner Advisory Committee

English Learner Advisory Committee. Meeting one: General Meeting and Election. Welcome and Introductions. Site ELD Liaison: Mrs. Evangelista Administrators: Mrs. De Anda Interpreters Other personnel: Mrs. Ancheta. Purpose of ELAC. To provide parents of English Learners opportunities to:

garvey
Download Presentation

English Learner Advisory Committee

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. English Learner Advisory Committee Meeting one: General Meeting and Election

  2. Welcome and Introductions • Site ELD Liaison: Mrs. Evangelista • Administrators: Mrs. De Anda • Interpreters • Other personnel: Mrs. Ancheta

  3. Purpose of ELAC To provide parents of English Learners opportunities to: • Learn more about the programs offered to their children. • Participate in the schools’ needs assessment. • Advise the principal and school staff of the most positive and effective strategies for teaching English Learners. • Provide input on the most effective ways to support full participation of English Learners in all school activities. • Provide input on the most effective ways to ensure regular school attendance.

  4. Legal Requirements of ELAC • Parents are provided an opportunity for an election to the ELAC. Elected ELAC members are given an opportunity to advise the principal and staff on the following five items:

  5. Legal Requirements of ELAC • The development of a detailed school plan for English Learners that will be submitted to the governing board. • The development of the school’s needs assessment. • The administration of the school’s language census. • The most effective ways to ensure regular school attendance by English learner students. • Elect a representative to the District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC)

  6. Legal Requirements of ELAC • Parents must also be consulted in regards to the training necessary to fulfill duties required for ELAC.

  7. Parent Representative Responsibilities • Attend three more ELAC meetings scheduled for: December, 2013 February, 2014 April, 2014 • Attend four District English Learner Advisory Committee Meetings (DELAC) scheduled for: 11/13/013 @ 9:00 AM – 10:30 PM 01/22/14 @ 9:00 AM – 10:30 PM 03/12/14 @ 9:00 AM – 10:30 PM 05/14/14 @ 9:00 AM – 10:30 PM

  8. Nominations and Voting for Parent Representatives

  9. ELL Programs at Vejar • Before/After-School EL Program • Small Group Instruction for Els • Guided Language and Acquisition and Design (GLAD) strategies. • Into English Language Program • SDAIE (Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English

  10. Placement Measures • California English Language Development Test (CELDT) • California Standardized Test (CST)

  11. CELDT Results • B = Beginning • EI = Early Intermediate • I = Intermediate • EA = Early Advanced • A = Advanced

  12. Reclassification to FEP • CELDT score of EA or A with no subtest score below a score of I • CST score of Proficient (≥350) • Teacher Evaluation (satisfactory grades)

  13. To insure success, students should not be expected to perform beyond their linguistic abilities

  14. What can I do at home? • Check your child’s homework • Encourage your child to tell you what he did in school that day • Encourage English speaking activities (friends, TV, books, etc.)

  15. Cummins “Iceberg” Theory BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills) ELD 1 & 2 0-2 years CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency) SDAIE 5-7 years

More Related