ESL Updates

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ESL Updates

• September 6 and 7, 2007
• Laurie Shaw

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Introductions

• Your support team
• Dr. Armando Sanchez, Director of Bilingual and
  ESL Programs
• Laurie Shaw, ESL PD Specialist
• Barbara Kennedy, Bilingual PD Specialist
• Maribel Hernandez, Senior Associate
• Yourselfplease tell us who you are!

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ESL/Bilingual Manual Online!

• The ESL/Bilingual Manual can be found online on
  our web page.
• Go to the PISD website
• Click on departments at top
• Click on online curriculum on left
• Click on ESL at left

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Know your Campus TAKS Data!!

• Look through the TAKS data showing the
  percentages of LEP students passing TAKS in PISD
  in 2007
• Locate the table that you believe represents your
  campus
• Write your campus name above the table and give
  to Laurie Shaw
• If you are correct you will receive a prize in
  the mail this week!

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Set your own goals for 2006-07

• Based on your campus TAKS data, campus
  initiatives and your own personal goals and
  objectives, write down one main goal that you
  want to achieve with your LEP students this year.
  Add your name at the top.
• When I say, go, wad your goal up in a ball and
  throw it toward a wall in the room.
• On your way out today take a wad and dont look
  at it until you get back to school.
• Email this person periodically throughout the
  year providing support, encouragement or ideas to
  help them achieve this goal.

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Newcomer Progress Report

• Refer to guidelines and reports in your handouts
  today

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Title III Documentation

• You need to keep track of the number of students
  TESTED during each school year
• Please create a database or spreadsheet to keep
  track of the students you test throughout the
  year
• This number will be reported to Susan Oglesbee in
  May

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LPAC Quiz

• Test your knowledge of LPAC by taking the quiz in
  your handouts.
• On your mark, get set, go!
• Prizes will be awarded to those scoring 100

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19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 89.
Adaptations for Special Populations. Subchapter
BB.
Introduction to LPAC Training (p. 14-17 in Manual)

• The Commissioners Rules Concerning the State
  Plan for Educating Limited English Proficient
  Students state that all school districts that are
  required to provide bilingual education and/or
  English as a Second Language (ESL) programs
  establish and operate a Language Proficiency
  Assessment Committee (LPAC).

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Bilingual/ESL Education Program Assessment
Acronyms

• TAKS Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills
• TELPAS Texas English Language Proficiency
  Assessment System
• (2 components)
• OP - Observation Protocol (K-12)
• RPTE - Reading Proficiency Test in English
  (2-12)
• OLPT Oral Language Proficiency Test

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Bilingual/ESL Education Program Commonly Used
Acronyms

• LEP Limited English Proficient
• ELL English Language Learner
• HLS Home Language Survey
• PEIMS Public Education Information
  Management System

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Who serves on an LPAC committee?
LPAC Membership
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LPAC Membership

• For ESL Programs
• ESL teacher
• Administrator or counselor
• A parent of a limited-English proficient student
  (this parent may not be an employee of the school
  district)

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Meetings are held

• Upon initial enrollment- within the students
  first 4 weeks (20 school days)
• Immediately prior to assessments
• At the end of the year for annual review and for
  the following years placement decision
• As needed to discuss student needs
• All meetings should be documented

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LPAC Training

• All LPAC members must be trained annually
• If one of the members does not understand English
  (parent), the training should be developed in the
  members primary language
• At the LPAC meeting, an interpreter should be
  available
• The parent volunteers his/her participation in
  the LPAC

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Confidentiality

• The trained LPAC parent serves as the
  representative parent for all LEP students.
• Each trained member should sign an oath of
  confidentiality. All information discussed
  during the LPAC should only be shared with school
  personnel needing the information.
• The Oath is included in todays handout. Please
  keep it in your binder.

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LPAC Responsibilities

• Identification
• HLS indicates language other than English
• OLPT indicates Limited English Proficiency
• Does not score 40th percentile on ITBS
• Does not have passing TAKS score in R W
• Determine proficiency level and academic level
• Placement
• ESL or Bilingual
• Student schedule
• No services for parent denials

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LPAC Responsibilities

• Parental Notification/Consent
• Parents must give permission for their child to
  be served in ESL/Bil program
• Must be provided information about benefits of
  each program
• Forms should be sent home in Spanish and
  Vietnamese as appropriate
• Assessment and documentation
• Determine need for exemptions and language of
  tests
• Procedures for Exiting and Monitoring
• PK-K students may not be exited
• Grade 1-2 fluent on OLPT and scores at or above
  40ile on reading and language ITBS
• Grades 3-12-fluent on OLPT and passes TAKS
  reading and writing or 40thile on ITBS reading
  and language

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LPAC Responsibilities

• Coordination with ARD Committee
• A representative from the LPAC must attend all
  ARD meetings on LEP students
• Annual Review (linguistic academic progress)
• Every LEP student must be reviewed annually
• Include parent denials
• Include M1 and M2 students

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What is reviewed?

• Any data that is available that can be used to
  make good, sound decisions on the following
  years placement, for example
• CBAs
• Classroom Tests
• State Criterion Test Data (TAKS)
• Norm-referenced Standardized Achievement Test
• Data (ITBS, SAT, MAT-8, etc.)
• Oral Language Proficiency Test Data
• Reading Proficiency Test Data (RPTE,TPRI, DRA
  etc.)
• Observation Protocols Data
• Grades
• Dibels progress monitoring data

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LPAC Responsibilities

• When students are exited from BIL/ESL the LPAC
  reclassifies them as non-LEP.
• Parents must be notified that the student has
  met the state criteria for exiting and will be
  monitored for 2 years.
• Parent notification of the students exit must be
  present in the students record folder

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Monitoring Exited Students
LPAC Responsibilities

• The LPAC committee is responsible for monitoring
  the exited students for the next two years that
  follow.
• Monitoring consists of incremental, documented
  review of grades, academic progress,TAKS scores,
  etc...

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Monitored Students

• Newly exited students naturally experience
  adjustments to the mainstream classroom
  environment.
• Districts should be aware of this and utilize all
  available resources to ensure former LEP students
  continue to achieve academic success
• Communication between the ESL teacher and the
  regular mainstream teacher during the year is
  important in case an LPAC meeting is needed to
  discuss the students reclassification or to
  discuss any other needed interventions.

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• What do we do when a student transfers in from
  another school?

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If the student transfers from a Texas school

• Review the withdrawal form, if available, to see
  if he/she was being served in an ESL/bilingual
  program or identified LEP in PEIMS
• Try to get as much original documentation as
  possible, especially the HLS and LPAC report
  (document your attempts)
• LPAC identifies and places students within the
  first 20 school days of enrollment. Be sure that
  all of the necessary signed documents are in the
  students green folder.

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If the student transfers from a school outside
of Texas

• Review any documentation brought in by the
  student
• Proceed with Texas law for identification as
  outlined for Texas students new to the district

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Top Rater Trainings

• All ESL teachers must be trained and certified as
  TOP raters.
• Teachers who have not been trained and certified
  as TOP raters will attend a training here on
  September 24. Please register on cornerstones.
• Teachers who have already been trained and
  certified will complete a new and improved online
  refresher details later ?
• If you need ESL certification, the ESL academy
  will be on Nov. 17 and Dec. 1

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Lesson Plans and Schedules

• Please email your lesson plans and schedules to
  me by Monday of your week.
• I will be making my schedule next week and will
  send it out to you asap.

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Spanish Speaking Students

• Before recommending a Spanish speaking student to
  bilingual education, the he/she should be tested
  in Spanish
• Please contact Dr. Armando Sanchez or Barbara
  Kennedy to administer the test for you

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We Want Your Input

• TABE conference in San Antonio
• Oct. 4-5
• How can we make the website more beneficial to
  you?
• What trainings would you like to have this year?

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Rosetta Stone

• Be sure that you have emailed all of your ESL
  students needing Rosetta Stone to Sue Bryant.
  She will input the names into the system.
• After your students are entered you will create
  the classes and tracks for your students. Email
  Sue if you need help.

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• Questions or Comments?