Virtual ESOL Teachers will Teach all K-8 Virtual ELs!

With the current EL student numbers that chose K-8 Virtual Academy, we were able to assign all virtual ELs to our ESOL virtual academy teachers!  There will be a delay on K5 students as they must be screened first before assigning to the virtual academy.  

Thank you ESOL Virtual Academy teachers for your patience and adapt and adjust attitude!

Upcoming Professional Development 

ESOL Monthly Professional Development

Our Monthly ESOL Professional Developments are every second Tuesday! We will be meeting via ZOOM Tuesday, September 8th.  Be on the look out for an e-mail from Christine Ware with the PD portal links. (You will need to sign up in the PD Portal.) 

Elementary Break-Out (Curriculum support for Reach in the USA and Phonics) 3:30-4:15

General Session  for ALL ESOL Teachers 4:15-5:00 

Secondary Break-Outs 5:00-5:45 (you must attend one of the following):

-Curriculum Support for Fundamentals volumes 1 and 2  and Inside Levels A,B, and C 

-Curriculum Support for Inside Phonics and Inside USA

Previous Professional Development

Beginning of the Year ESOL Meeting

Thank you so much for attending our BOY Meeting August 12th.  If you were not able to attend, please take the time to watch the recording and go over the Google Slides.  If you attended and would like to watch again or use the slides as a reference, please do so! 

Video Recordings of the BOY Meeting

Elementary

Secondary

Google Slides of BOY Meeting

FAQ of Elementary Session

FAQ of Secondary Session

Resources from the BOY Meeting (ESOL Personnel List and  Who to Contact)  and Language Line Info

Reminder and Clarifications

No EL Accommodation Plans; ILAPs Coming Soon

Please remember that we are creating ILAPs soon!  One step at a time!  We are not using old forms or PDFs.  We will begin creating ILAPs once the universial plan is uploaded into Enrich.  The plan is to begin September 22nd.  So relax and gather information on your students!  Use this time to get to know your students.  Make sure you attend our ESOL Professional Development September 8th for more Enrich details.  

No Orange Folders

Since we are shifting to the digital documentation process, we do not need to create orange permanent folders for our students.  All HLS forms and original Screener Score sheets with student written sections (writing for Elementary) are to be placed behind the Testing Card in the permanent records with DO NOT Purge written on them.

Updated ESOL Personnel List

This is ever-changing with the needs of our students and teachers.  Please save this link and check periodically as needed.  Thanks!

2020-2021 ESOL Personnel List by School

Instructional Support and Scheduling Students

In order for you to be able to access all your student information in various databases, the students must be scheduled to you in Power School.  For secondary ESOL teachers, you should be scheduled a consultative "caseload" if there are more than one of you at a school.  You need to divide up the students and ensure that all ESOL teachers have a portion of the consulative and monitored ELs in the building. If there are any questions, please contact Tanya Franca, Director of ESOL Services.

Scheduling Charts and Scheduling Information

We included the Curriculum Scheduling information and charts in our Beginning of the Year Folder.  By request I have linked it here for your convenience.  Keep up the great work!

Elementary Overview

Secondary Overview

Secondary Literacy Score Chart

W-APT and WIDA Screeners with Virtual Academy ELs

All ELs without a proficiency score must be screened.  If the students are enrolled in the K-8 Virtual Academy, they still must be administered a screener.  That must be done Face to Face at the home school.  When you screen a K-8 Virtual Academy EL, please complete the Google Form below for each student. This will signal our office to assign the EL to their virtual ESOL teacher.  Thanks so much!

Screened Virtual K-8 English Learner Form

ESOL teachers must reach out to the parents and schedule the students to come into the building to administer the screener.  If you have issues please reach out to your building administrators.  A process for documenting when parents refuse to bring students to the building will be shared in next week's newsletter after it has been shared with principals. 

Newcomers and Phonic Kits for Elementary Schools

We have a current list of schools that did not receive the Reach in the USA kits and the Phonics Kits this past January.  For the purchase of these materials, we are using an immigrant grant.  For various reasons unforeseen and out of our immediate control, the 20-21 grants have not been awarded yet.  Once those are awarded, our office will make the order and all schools that did not previously receive materials will receive them.  Looking at the current holds with the State Department it might be October before we receive them.  Please use as many online resources and the Lesson Planet created lessons for the first units. Latoi Gibson is your contact for the Elementary Newcomer Curriculum.