A Comprehensive ENL Program Overview

First of all, the ENL teacher’s activities are designed according to New York State's CR Part 154 Regulations.    

Here are a few resources for welcoming new ELL students . There is also a Virtual Parent Orientation located here.   (*Spanish version)

An ELL Family Welcome Kit here, 

Part 154 regulations include ENL Units of Study and a Glossary of important terminology here .  Helpful Word and Phrases here.

New terminology includes a concept called Integrated ENL. Students receive core content area and English language development instruction which includes home language supports and appropriate ENL scaffolds. Integrated ENL must be carried out by a co-teaching approach with a NYS certified ENL teacher who teaches together with a content area teacher. 

There are specific policies and procedures for identifying and Placing ELLs in NYS. 

New York State Ed. provides Bilingual Glossaries located here. Please give glossaries to your ELLs as soon as they enter school; parents should also be given access to these glossaries. English language learners can use these documents as references in class and during all content tests, and especially when taking state examinations. Online visual dictionaries here

There are also a number of translated Parent Resources which are helpful to ELL/MLL families. 

My ENL Page - English-Spanish Resources (google.com) 

My ENL Page - English-Russian-Ukrainian Resources (google.com) 

My ENL Page - English-Chinese Resources (google.com)  

My ENL Page - English-Somali Resources (google.com) 

The Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages believes that "all teachers are language teachers", so they provide a great list of tools and best practices for teachers here. 

 We also have a great  Best Practices chart for you here  

Here are testing accommodations and guides to the NYSITELL and NYSESLAT Exams. 

Starting with the spring 2015 NYSESLAT, the new language proficiency levels are: Entering, Emerging, Transitioning, Expanding, and Commanding.  Understand the Different language Levels. (Youtube)

These Can-Do Descriptors explain what ELL/MLL students can do at different levels of language proficiency. 

Read and learn about Culture and ELLs here       Here are some Myths about ELLs.  Social Emotional Learning resources are available here. Read Alouds and Resources - SELspace 

The Mid-State RBERN provides an ENL Toolkit and a list of Translators/Interpreters on their website. 

The RBERN site includes many valuable resources including links to English Language Learners, Special Education, and SIFE articles. More about SIFE students: My ENL Page - SIFE/SLIFE Students (google.com) 

-Summer Enrichment for ELLs: .  Supplemental Summer Reading Resources here

-View a lesson here

-Colorin Colorado here

-ELL2.0 here