ESL stands for English as a Second Language. A standard ESL program provides a daily developmental English language instruction of up to two periods of instruction based on student needs. This program must address aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing in English using second language teaching techniques and incorporates the cultural aspects of the students’ experiences in their ESL instruction. The ESL curriculum shall be cross-referenced to the district’s content area curricula to ensure that ESL instruction is correlated to all the content areas being taught.
A high-intensity ESL program provides an alternative in which English Language Learners receive two of more class periods a day of ESL instruction. One period is the standard ESL class and the other period is a tutorial or ESL reading class.
The majority of the ESL students at Maywood Avenue School are enrolled in our Standard ESL Program. Students receive ESL instruction for one period, five days a week. For students who are enrolled in our high-intensity ESL program receive ESL instructions for two periods, five days a week.