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English Language Learners: demographics

English Language Learners: demographics. There are over five million ELLs in the United States. This number has risen by 57% over the past ten years. Six in ten qualify for free and reduced lunch.

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English Language Learners: demographics

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  1. English Language Learners: demographics • There are over five million ELLs in the United States. • This number has risen by 57% over the past ten years. • Six in ten qualify for free and reduced lunch. • Eighth-grade ELLs’ scores on reading and mathematics tests are less than half of those of their English speaking peers. • Students from households which speak a language other than English at home lag twenty points behind in high school graduation rates. • Educating English Language Learners: Building Teacher Capacity, Roundtable Report, National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition, 2008.

  2. ELLs are a very diverse subgroup • Immigrants with parallel schooling • Newcomers • Student with Interrupted Formal Education • Long-term ELLs • Special Education ELLs • Former ELLs

  3. What ELLs know and can do • Literacy in native language • Competencies in subject matter • Level of English language proficiency • Emergent bilinguals • Cross cultural competencies

  4. Rigorous curriculum and instruction • Rigorous and aligned to local, state and national standards • Native language support and development • ESL through content • Academic language focus • Literacy development • Vocabulary development • Accessible to all through scaffolding • Quality interactions • Technology integration

  5. Assessment and accountability • Diagnostic • English proficiency • Literacy in the native language • Content knowledge- mathematics, science and social sciences • Periodic • English language arts • Subject matter • English language development • Native language arts • Formative in multiple modalities • Summative • Accommodations • Accountability measures, rewards and consequences

  6. Teacher quality and professional development • All secondary educators • Second language acquisition • Second language academic literacy instruction • Cross-cultural context and connection • Content-based instruction while developing academic language • Vocabulary development • Purposeful scaffolding for access and language production • Selection and use of appropriate materials • Literacy specialists • ESL Teachers

  7. Student and family supports • Transition into a new schooling culture • Transition into a new culture • Environments that are safe, supportive and connected to the broader school community • Mindful of the contributions that students and families from diverse cultures and experiences make to the school • Libraries in native languages in the school • Language use and celebrations • ESL for families • College and career guidance

  8. Stakeholder engagement • Community based organizations • Feeder schools • Universities and community colleges • Adult education centers • Welcome centers

  9. Leadership and governance • Research informed policy • Professional development for school leaders • School leadership teams • ELL Literacy Institute • Secondary academic literacy development-QTEL • Language allocation policy • Focus on strengthening the instructional core

  10. Organization and structure • Flexible scheduling and grouping during the day • Purposeful homogeneous and/or heterogeneous grouping • Thematic or integrated learning • Block scheduling • Extended-day hours and Saturday academies • Individualized graduation plans • Newcomer or SIFE programs or academies • Small class size • Break the silos • Collaborative teaching • Collegial planning - ESL specialist with content teacher

  11. Resources for sustainability • Resources targeted to improvement areas such as production of academic language (oral and/or written) • Strong guidance • Academic interventions - technology enriched • Dedicated fiscal resources for staffing and extended day • Dedicated resources and time for collaborations between subject area teachers and ELL specialists

  12. FOR MORE INFORMATION • Maria Santos • 212.374.6072 • oell@schools.nyc.gov • http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/ELL

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