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Preparing for the 2011 Title III (ESL) Audit

PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS ESL/Immersion Department 6941 N Central Ave. Portland, Oregon 97203 503-916-6525. Preparing for the 2011 Title III (ESL) Audit. How were schools selected?. The selections were made by ODE In the past several audits, 50 PPS schools were audited

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Preparing for the 2011 Title III (ESL) Audit

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  1. PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ESL/Immersion Department • 6941 N Central Ave. Portland, Oregon 97203 503-916-6525 Preparing for the 2011 Title III (ESL) Audit

  2. How were schools selected? • The selections were made by ODE • In the past several audits, 50 PPS schools were audited • This year only 24 schools are being audited • 6 in Region One • 12 in Region Two • 6 in Region Three

  3. When, How, Who? • Each visit lasts between 2 to 3 hours • Week of February 22nd – 25th • An ODE auditor will visit your school along with a PPS ESL administrator and TOSA • Sitton~Friday, February 25th 8:30-11:30 a.m.

  4. What does the schedule look like? • Principal interview • Review school’s master schedule • Possible interviews with ELL Teachers, Case Manager, Support Staff, SPED, TAG, etc. • ELD classroom observations • Sheltered Instruction observations • ELL student interview • Debrief with principal

  5. a sample schedule • 8:30-9:00 Principal and VP/Coordinator –Principal’s Office • 9:00-9:30 Observation-ELD- ESL Teacher Rooms A-2, C-13, G-5 • 9:30-10:00 Teacher Interviews-Library Conf. • 10:00-11:00 Observations in Classrooms (Sheltered Instruction) Choose from any of the following: • Teacher Course# of ELL studentsRoom • Name A Math 16 B-12 • Name B Lang Arts 12 C-49 • Name C Geo 8 D-213 • Name D Art 20 A-228 • Name E Science 14 C-122 • 11:00-11:30 Student focus Group (Student Interviews)- Library Conf. Rm • 11:30-12:00 Debrief with Principal-Principal Office

  6. What will they be looking for? • Does the master schedule reflect: • When Els receive English Language Development (ELD)? • Do administrators and teachers of Els know the proficiently level of the students in the classrooms? • Do administrators and teachers of Els know the duel identified students in their class?

  7. What will they be looking for? • Do teachers know who the monitored students are in their classroom? • Do administrators and ESL teachers know the exit, promotion, and suspension of services process for Els? • Are Home Language Surveys (HLS) given to EVERY family new to the district? • Are the HLS in every CUM-File for new students?

  8. What will they be looking for? • Are teachers using the adopted curriculum and materials? • Are students engaged (talking and using oral language) in the classroom? • EA is not teaching ELD but is supporting ELD instruction. This needs to be reflected in the master schedule.

  9. What more will they be looking for? • The District’s Dual Obligation: • How is ELD delivered? • How are core content courses/classes made accessible to all Els? • Instruction utilizes adopted curriculum materials.

  10. Dual Obligation: Everyone’s Job • All school districts have a dual obligation in the law to serve English learners by: • Developing students’ English proficiency • English Language Development (ELD) • Providing meaningful access to academic content instruction • Sheltered Instruction • ODE mandated all PPS teachers and administrators trained in sheltered instruction by 2012. • ODE mandated measurement and reporting of sheltered instruction implementation.

  11. Auditors will be looking to SEE if Objectives are Postedin EVERY cl a ssroom! Content Objectives (the what) Language Objectives (the how)

  12. When will the results of the audit be known? • ODE will hold an exit conference with the Superintendent’s team at the end of audit • No individual schools, teachers, or administrators are named in the audit • However, it only takes one school to initiate a finding

  13. THANK YOU STAFF for all your hard work!

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