2024-2025 DELAC Meeting Dates

11/6/24

1/29/24

3/12/25

Location: Las Virgenes District Office- 4111 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas 91302

Room: Board Room 

We care about our students, families, and community voices. The DELAC is instrumental in developing the District Master Plan for English Learners and helps establish district programs, goals, and objectives and determine resources for the programs and services for our linguistically diverse students. We highly encourage family participation, and the voices of non-English speaking parents are essential to students' academic and social-emotional success.  

Designated ELD:  This refers to classes in which all students are homogeneously grouped as English Learners and are taught with a curriculum intended for their ELD level specifically.

EL:  English Learner—A student whose initial score on the CELDT determines English proficiency and places the student on the District's official list of students learning English.

EL ALD:  English Learner Academic Language Development--This is the title for English Language Development classes intended for Long Term English Learners who have not yet met the requirements for reclassification and who continue to struggle academically. 

ELD:  English Language Development—This is the title for classes leveled 1-4 for students who have been in the United States for approximately 5 years or less.

ELPAC:  English Language Proficiency Assessments for California—This is the incoming English language proficiency assessment to be used by the state of California.  

ELRT: English Learner Review Teams are established at each school and include all EL students' stakeholders.  Meetings focus on reviewing data, completing compliance paperwork, including Catch-Up plans, providing student support and monitoring student progress toward ELD benchmarks and grade-level standards.

EO: English Only—A student whose primary language is English.  This student does not take the CELDT or any other language proficiency assessment.

IFEP:  Initially Fluent English Proficient—A student whose initial score on the CELDT determines fluent English proficiency and places the student in mainstream classes.  This student does not require English Learner services.

Integrated ELD:  This refers to most mainstream classes in which ELD students are mixed with EOs and teachers address the needs of English Learners within this setting.

LTEL:  Long-Term English Learner—This student has been in U.S. schools for approximately 6 years or more and is still classified as an English Learner.

Primary Language Support:  This refers to support the student receives from a teacher or from a paraprofessional who utilizes the first language of the student to facilitate learning in English.  This support may include bilingual dictionaries, glossaries, texts, and other relevant materials written in the student's first language.

Reclassification/Redesignation:  This refers to the process by which an English Learner meets a number of criteria required to be considered proficient in English and no longer need additional support classes.

RFEP: Reclassified Fluent English Proficient—This student was initially an English Learner but has met the criteria for reclassification and is no longer in need of an additional support class. The student’s progress is monitored for two years after reclassification to ensure academic success.  Interventions may be for those students who are not performing well academically.