Ensuring Equal Educational Opportunities for English Language Learners

1. Ensuring Equal Educational Opportunities for English Language Learners Amended Commissioner’s Regulations Part 154 Adopted September 2014 and November 2014

2. Welcome

3. Welcome • Unpack the Folder • Purpose, Process and Payoff • Bumper Sticker – Small Fires • Who are our ELLs? • CR PART 154 Regulations • Burning Questions • Needs Assessment

4. Purpose and Process Purpose: To understand leaders’ and districts’ expectations in ensuring equal educational opportunities for English Language Learners • Who are our English Language Learners? • What is the vision for English Language Learners? • What are the regulations that impact our English Language Learners? Process: Information Sharing Group work Discussion Reflection

5. Payoff • Increase working knowledge of the BluePrint for ELL Success • Increase understanding of Commissioner Regulations Part 154 regulations • Increase awareness of ELLs through their lens

6. Bumper Sticker • Draw an original picture • Word • Phrase • Sentence - Your understanding and feelings about implementation of the regulations

7. Small Fire • Each group selects a starter. • Each person in the small fire tells: • Name • Role • Feelings about the revised CR PART 154 regulations • Then the starter will give summary of the small fire responses to the large group.

8. Who are our ELLs?

9. Data provided by the Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages

10. Data provided by the Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages

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16. Key Takeaways Turn and Talk – One(1) Key Take Away Time: 2 minutes

18. Who are our ELLs?

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20. Expectations for Stakeholders • Clarify expectations for administrators, policy makers, and practitioners; • Provide a framework to prepare ELLs for success for college and career readiness; • Provide guidance, resources, and supports to districts, schools, and teachers • Promote a better understanding and appreciation of Bilingual Education, English as a Second Language, and World Languages/Foreign Language Studies.

22. COMMISIONER’S REGULATION PART 154 • Commissioner's Regulation Part 154 establishes the legal requirements for the education of English Language Learners (ELLs) in New York State. • On September 15th, 2014, NYSED’s Board of Regents amended CR Part 154 into Subparts: • SUBPART 154-1: Describes the requirements for the 2014-2015 school year. Essentially, the requirements are the same as in CR Part 154 (2007), but include changes in terminology. • SUBPART 154-2: Describes the new and expanded requirements of schools and school districts that are to be fully in effect as of the 2015-2016 school year. • SUBPART 154-3: Adopted by the Board of Regents: 1) ELL Identification criteria for Students with a Disability; and 2) ELL Exit process and criteria for eligible Students with a Disability. (Nov 2014)

23. Guiding Questions • How do the changes to C.R. Part 154 affect my role in my school building? • How will the changes impact my school’s administration, instruction, personnel and culture? • What factors must I consider to provide support to all stakeholders in implementing the regulations and meeting the expectations of the BluePrint for ELLs?

24. AMENDED AREAS OF CR PART 154 • Students with Disabilities • ELL Exit Criteria • Intervention Support for ELLs • Former ELL Services • Professional Development • School District Planning and Reporting Requirements • ELL Identification • Parent Notification and Information • Retention of Records • ELL Program Placement • Program Requirements • Provision of Programs • Grade Span • Program Continuity

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37. BURNING QUESTIONS

38. Payoff Received? • Increase working knowledge of BluePrint for ELL Success • Increase understanding of Commissioner Regulations part 154 regulations • Increase awareness of ELLs through their lens

40. BUMPER STICKER How has your bumper sticker changed?

41. Contact Information Mid-State Regional Special Education Technical Assistance Support Centers (RSE TASC) at OCM BOCES6075 East Molloy Road PO Box 4774 Syracuse, NY 13221 315-433-2645 Fax: 315-431-8495 Coordinator: Janel Payette Email:  jpayette@ocmboces.org Melissa Fenn, Bilingual Special Education Specialist Email: mfenn@ocmboces.org Web page: http://www.ocmboces.org/teacherpage.cfm?teacher=1438 Mid-State Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network (RBERN) at OCM BOCESRodax Bldg. #7P.O. Box 4774 – 6075  East Molloy RoadSyracuse, New York 13221Tel: (315) 433-2664 or 2610Fax: (315) 431-8449 Coordinator: Tanya Rosado-BarringerEmail:  tbarringer@ocmboces.org Resource Specialist: Sara Peters Email: speters@ocmboces.org Resource Specialist: Randy Soderman, Email: rsoderman@ocmboces.org Web page: http://rbern.ocmboces.org

42. OBE WL Albany Office 89 Washington Avenue 528 EB, Mezzanine Albany, NY  12234 Tel. 518-474-8775 Fax 518-474-7948 Email: obefls@nysed.gov Website: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/