Serving Students w Interrupted Educations

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Serving Students w/ Interrupted Educations
ESL Transition Teachers Scott McKendree Amy
Mirco Marshall Foster
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The International Center

• Educational Profile
• Parent/Guardian fills out form
• IC staff transfer to Excel form make 2 copies
  (1 for school-cum folder, 1 for us)
• We review all Ed Profiles,
• ID SIFE,
• add SIFE program in ESIS,
• Make copies for counselors resource teachers
• Contact ESL teacher

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CMS experienced an 980 growth in the of LEP
students from 1995 to 2007!
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October 1st, 2007 data LEP Students in CMS

• LEP 15,652
• ESL 9,172
• National Origin Minority Students 21,261
• Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, French, Korean,
  Chinese, Arabic, Hmong
• 100 languages total

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Current Data on SIFE Students in CMS

• Elementary School 11
• Middle School 31
• High School 73
• Total 115

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• NCCLAS-
• NC Checklist of Academic Skills
• HIAS-
• Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
• CSS-
• Catholic Social Services-(Refugee Resettlement)

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Myths and Misconceptions

• All SIFE students are the same
• SIFE students cant make a III on the NCCLAS

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Different Kinds of SIFE Students

• Academic skills and some English.
• Academic skills and no English.
• Some skills and no English.
• No prior schooling and no English.

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Factors Impacting Learning

• Motivation
• First language development
• Language distance
• Access to the language
• Home situation
• Malnourishment

• Self Esteem
• Age
• Personality and learning style
• Peers and role models
• Cultural background-philosophy of education

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What is the NCCLAS?

• North Carolina Checklist of Academic Skills
• Checklist of objectives
• Pick a few objectives
• Use all modifications applicable to individual
  student
• Based on the Standard Course of Study
• Assessor (You) judgment about what a student
  knows and can do
• Student profiles
• Student work folder

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www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/s
lep/index.htm
Testing Accommodations

• Testing in a Separate Room
• Scheduled Extended Time
• Multiple Test Sessions
• Test Administrator Reads Test Aloud in English
• Student Marks in Test Book
• English/Native Language Dictionary or
  English/Native Language Electronic Translator

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Tapping your resources

• Interpreter/translation services available
• CMS documents translated
• ESL for Parents
• Spanish for Educators
• www.culturalorientation.net part of CAL (Center
  for Applied Linguistics)(culture profiles)
• ALL ESL resources on DocuShare
  http//documents.cms.k12.nc.us/dsweb/View/Collecti
  on-798

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Questions? Comments?