TooLS for ESL Leads 

KEY ROLES OF SCHOOL/DISTRICT LEADS MAY INCLUDE:

• Develop and actualize district policies as per AB ED ESL expectations

• Support intake, testing, and placement 

• Tracking deadlines, manage CUM files/folders and track students

• Share ELL data with stakeholders

• Build bank of resources

• Manage resource page and/or district website

• Ongoing communication and district newsletters, e.g. ESL Tip of the Week

• Provide sessions to teachers, schools and district staff

• Support programming in the classroom

  • • One on one pull-out with EA

    • Small group pull-out (daily or every other day)

    • Guided reading or guided math in class sorting of students

    • EA pushes into classroom to work with small group of ELLs

    • During whole school reading time e.g. DEAR (drop everything and read), students move to a different classroom that matches that students’ reading level

    • All staff including office staff, custodial and administrators are matched with a student who reads for 15 minutes a day

    • Study Buddy program with post secondary 

    • Homework Club

    • Reading Recovery intervention, Leveled Literacy Intervention - other literacy intervention programs to support struggling readers

    • Parent Volunteers and Seniors to come to school regularly to be read to.