Parent Information & Resources
Please find below helpful links and resources for ENL parents and families!
New York State's Bilingual Education & ENL Website
The goal of New York State's Bilingual Education & ENL website is to provide resources for learners and their families in order to ensure success beginning in prekindergarten to lay the foundation for college and career readiness.
NYSITELL and NYSESLAT Parent Guides
This website provides parent guides to both the NYSITELL and NYSESLAT exams; guides are translated into 22 languages.
ParentsBillofRights_EnglishLanguage_FINAL.pdfParents' Bill of Rights for New York State's English Language Learners & ELL Parent Hotline
Click below for the Parents' Bill of Rights for New York State's ELLs, translated into 27 languages. This Bill of Rights outlines what each child is entitled to as an English Language Learner. Additionally, the website provides the number for the ELL Parent Hotline.
New York State's ENL Parent Orientation Video
This video describes the English Language Learner identification and assessment process and outlines in detail various available program options. The video is currently available in Arabic, Bengali, English, French, Haitian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Spanish, and Urdu.
Recommended Links from New York State
This website contains multiple recommended links for English Language Leaner parents, guardians, and families. Many of the resources are translated.
Content-Specific Bilingual Glossaries
These glossaries are to provide permitted testing accommodations to ELL students. They may also be used for instruction during the school year. These glossaries may be downloaded, printed, and disseminated to educators, parents, and ELLs.