Syllabus

Grove MLP Syllabus

Description of Students

The Multilingual Program is comprised of approximately 250 students in Kindergarten through 5th grade. These students are identified as Limited English Proficient (LEP) and are eligible to receive support services through the ESL program. Students are served through pull-out groups,co-teaching, and/ or monitoring.

ML Program Goals:

*To support students in EL development (specifically production-speaking and writing).

Providing direct instructional support for students with the lowest proficiency in English language production and those on the cusp of exiting.
Providing classroom teachers with instructional strategies to support students’ English Language production.

*Continue to collaborate and communicate with classroom teachers, support staff, admin, and parents.

Continuous conferencing with inclusion teachers
PD for all teachers, admin, and support
Parent workshop

*To scaffold support to increase student intrinsic motivation and independence.

Beginning, and end-of-year student PL conferencing
Celebrations for student PL achievement per ACCESS

Program Models & Units of Study:

Newcomers will be served using the pullout service delivery model when they attend the school building. These students will also be served virtually on the days they are participating in e-learning. To assist students in developing BICS and CALP, National Geographic’s In the USA curriculum will be utilized for instruction. This curriculum is a balanced literacy text that is based on the order of language acquisition

K5-5th Grade will be served using the co-teaching model each. ESL teachers will meet with classroom teachers and ESL students to provide language support as needed. These students will also be served virtually on the days they are participating in E-learning. The Lexia Reading Core 5 curriculum will be utilized for additional instruction. This program focuses on the development of reading skills and features whole language elements for ESL students, data and reporting and mini-lessons.

Assessment Procedures/Evaluation of Student Progress

-Initial placement in the ESOL program is assessed using the Wida Kindergarten screener for K5 and 1st-grade students. First-semester K5 students will take the listening and speaking portions of the screener. K5 second-semester students and first-semester 1st-grade students will take all 4 parts of the screener. Students in 2nd grade and above will take the WIDA online screener. Students who pass the screening will be monitored for four years.

-All students are assessed each spring using the ACCESS FOR ELLs assessment. In order for students to exit the program, they must receive a 4.0 or higher in all four domains (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) and a 4.4 or higher overall. Students who pass the ACCESS assessment will be monitored for four years.

-All students will receive regular progress monitoring as dictated by the National Geographic’s Made in the USA and Lexia Core curriculums. Speaking rubrics will be used for students participating in Talk, Read, Talk, Write.

Rules for Behavior

Students are to abide by the school-wide discipline plan while in the MLP classroom.

Communication with Parents

A Parent Notification form is sent home at the beginning of the year informing parents of their child’s participation in the ESL program.

WIDA Standards Framework

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Syllabus

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Standard 5