ELD Program
The goal of the ELD Department at Eleanor Roosevelt High School is to help MLs develop proficiency in English needed to be successful academically, culturally and socially. We empower MLs to master academic English to thrive in school, college, and career, and as global citizens. ESSA and WIDA Standards for MLs have placed a greater demand on our English language learners. Accordingly, this program is designed to meet the linguistic and academic needs of MLs. Structured, systematic English language instruction supports the annual measurable achievement objective and the attainment of English language proficiency needed in reading, math, and science. We pledge to provide 21st Century instruction, assessment, and parental engagement to cultivate academic excellence.
ESOL Course Information
ELD Newcomers
ELD Beginners
ELD Intermediate
ELD Advanced
ELD Language Lab
English 10 for MLs
Language of American History
Language of Science
Applications in Algebra for MLs
Before and After School
Academic Support for MLs
The ESOL Department at Eleanor Roosevelt High School provides before and after school reading, math, and science tutoring for all MLs. Please contact the ELD teachers for details.
ESOL Department Faculty
Ms. Anne Zhu anne.zhu@pgcps.org
Mr. Ian Gleason Ian.Gleason@pgcps.org
Ms. Inna Llanos inna.llanos@pgcps.org
Ms. Maria Abadejos Maria.Abadejos@pgcps.org
Mr. Sun Huh bob.huh@pgcps.org
Registration
Students require PGCPS International Student Office registration and/or ML screening before any school-based registration if:
The student was born outside of the United States, and/or
The student is transferring from a school system outside of the United States.
The parents respond to two or more Home Language Survey (HLS) questions with a language other than English.
For information on registration (Para mayor informacion sobre la inscripcion), please contact the PGCPS International Student Counseling Office (ISAEO). Click the following link for details. sites.google.com/pgcps.org/esolenrollmenttesting/student-registration
International Student Counseling Office (ISAEO)
Judy Hoyer Family Learning Center
8908 Riggs Road
Adelphi, MD 20783
Phone: 301-445-8460
Fax: 301-445-8464
Terms and Acronyms Used in ELD ACCESS for MLs – Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Language Learners. ACCESS for ELLs is the annual English language proficiency test that is aligned to the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) English language development standards. WIDA, a consortium of 31 states, provides a research based framework that informs the range of academic English that must be acquired in all core academic content areas. Maryland joined the WIDA consortium in June 2011.
AMAO – Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives. AMAOs are set annually by the Maryland State Department of Education to specify the percentage of ESOL students yearly who are expected to progress toward English language proficiency (AMAO I), attain English language proficiency (AMAO II), and demonstrate adequate yearly progress in reading and math at the county level (AMAO III).
ELD - English Language Development
ML - Multilingual learners
ESOL – English for Speakers of Other Languages. This term is used to identify the programs, staff, and students served by the Division of ESOL/Bilingual Programs.
ELL – English Language Learner (also seen in the literature as English Learner (EL)). An ELL is a student who uses a language in addition to or other than American English.
EL Plan – The EL Plan is the accommodations documentation for ELLs who qualify for the ESOL program. It is required in Grades 2-12 for all levels of English language proficiency.
ELP – English Language Proficiency (ELP). The degree to which a student is able to use and comprehend American English as a language of instruction.
ELP Programs – Curricula developed to prepare students to be able to use American English as a language of instruction.
ELD Assessments – ESOL formative assessments are designed by ESOL teachers to measure the English Language Proficiency (ELP) levels of all ESOL students in listening, speaking, reading, and writing academic English. ESOL Rubrics and/or World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment Performance Definitions are used for scoring these formative assessments and providing, and should be used to provide feedback to ESOL students on the progress they make toward ELP. County-wide ESOL summative assessments are administered at the high school level to measure the ELP levels of all high school ESOL students.
Essential Questions – Essential questions are focus questions for a unit of study.
Indicators – Indicators are observable behaviors that demonstrate a student's mastery of the content and skills which students are expected to learn during the course of each thematic unit.
LEP – Limited English Proficient. An acronym used at the federal level to describe English language learners who participate in the ESOL program.
RELL – Reclassified English Language Learner (also referred to as reclassified English Learner (REL)). An RELL is a student who has exited the ESOL program within the last two years.
REL Plan – The REL Plan is accommodations documentation for each ELL who has exited the ESOL program within the last two years. It is required in Grades 2-12 for all RELLs.
TOEFL – Test of English as a Foreign Language. The results of the TOEFL are used for college admissions.
W-APT – WIDA ACCESS Placement Test. The W-APT is the English language proficiency test used to screen English language learners in their second semester of Grade 1 through Grade 12 to determine eligibility for ESOL services. The W-APT is aligned to the WIDA English language development standards.