ELL Information For Educators

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ELL Information For Educators
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Q1 How do you know that a student is an English
Language Learner (ELL)?Who Decides?
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Answer The ESOL teacher will inform you that a
student is an ELL and will confer with you about
the childs W-APT score that measures English
proficiency. This will let you know how fluent
the child is in Speaking, Reading, Writing, and
Understanding spoken English.
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Q2 Are all Hispanics ELLs? Are all ELLs
migrant?What determines?
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Answer No! Many Hispanic students may have been
born in the U.S. and may speak only English.
Also, migrant status is determined by whether the
parents work in an agriculturally related job or
not. Hispanics whose parents do not work in
agriculture are not migrants. Many ELLs and their
families do not migrate and are not migrants. Any
race of student can be a migrant if their parents
migrate for agricultural work.
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So one does not necessarily equal the
other.Hispanic does not equal ELL,ELL does not
equal migrant,Hispanic does not equal
migrant,migrant does not equal ELL.
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Q3 Do ELLs participate in state mandated
testing? How? What is the TPC plan?
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Answer ELLs participate in all state mandated
assessments but can be deferred from testing
during the 1st twelve months after entry into the
U.S. ELLs never defer math and science portions
of state assessments. The TPC Plan is a testing
participation plan that lists the accommodations
that must be implemented on a daily basis for all
testing including state
assessments.
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Q4 What accommodations are made for ELLs on
state mandated tests?
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Answer The standard accommodations that are
permitted vary per standardized assessment, but
all accommodations that an ELL receives must be
listed in the TPC Plan and should be implemented
on an on-going daily basis on all classroom
assessments.
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Q5 How do you adjust your daily instruction to
meet the needs of ELLs?
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Answer Teachers can maximize learning for ELLs
by using scaffolded instruction, flexible
grouping, graphic organizers, oral reading,
language modeling, word-to-word translators,
computer software, visual aids, and other
differentiated methods.
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Q6 What support services are provided by
teachers and staff so that ELLs succeed
academically?
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Answer Students are provided Student teacher
conferences, progress monitoring, lunch and
learn, 45 min. math tutoring, after school
tutoring, modified assignments, accommodations,
progress reports, parental contacts and
conferences, Sonday reading system, English
learning software, and much more!
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Q7 What professional learning have you
participated in that pertains to the needs of
ELLs, instructional activities, or assessment of
ELL progress?
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Answer All Colquitt County educators took 1 PLU
course that dealt with ELL issues through the
Para-educator Network. All Colquitt County
teachers were either given a copy of the Help Kit
for ELLs or provided with information on how to
download it from the district ESOL website
http//www.colquitt.k12.ga.us/esol/Additionally,
all schools have held mini- workshops or
seminars dealing with ELL related
topics.
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Q8 How do we communicate and inform parents of
testing requirements, student progress, and
classroom expectations?
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Answer Communication is maintained with ELL
parents by use of the district translator who
translates all school correspondence. To further
enhance our Home/School Partnership program, we
use 2 bilingual instructional providers at our
middle schools, and by use of the
TransAct website.
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Q9 What evidence do you have to show that the
needs of ELLs are being addressed in the regular
classroom? What is the evidence of differentiated
instruction for ELLs?
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Answer Periodic reference to the WIDA Can-do
Descriptors and the Georgia Performance Standards
posted and referenced in lesson plans and units,
as well as coding for those accommodations in
unit plan materials. Maintenance of progress
monitoring screening and student
classroom notebook.
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Q10 What is the ACCESS for ELLs test?
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Answer It is a standards-based, criterion
referenced English language proficiency test
designed to measure English Language Learners
social and academic proficiency in English. It
assesses social and instructional English as well
as the language associated with language arts,
mathematics, science, and social studies within
the school context across the four
language domains.
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Q11 What is WIDA and what are their standards?
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WIDA is a consortium of states, including
Georgia, dedicated to the design and
implementation of high standards and equitable
educational opportunities for English Language
Learners.
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See these WIDA standards links belowK-5
Standardshttp//www.wida.us/standards/PreK-520S
tandards20web.pdf6-12 standards
http//www.wida.us/standards/6-1220Standards20w
eb.pdfCan-do Descriptorshttp//www.wida.us/st
andards/CAN_DOs/index.aspx