Questions & Answers

What is ENL?

English as a New Language

What is Stand Alone ENL & how do my children qualify?

Stand Alone ENL is when a student receives pull out services (in an ENL classroom) in a small group to improve their language acquisition. Students who are entering and emerging qualify for this form of service.

What is Integrated ENL services & how do my children qualify?

Integrated ENL services is when an ENL teacher pushes into your child's homeroom to provide support in core content area (i.e., English Language Arts, Math, Science, or Social Studies) and English language development instruction which includes home language supports and appropriate ELL scaffolds. Students who are transitioning, expanding, and commanding qualify for this form of service.

What are the different models of instruction?

The “Push-In” Model

In this model, an ENL teacher comes into a general education classroom and supports ENL students during content instruction in collaboration with regular classroom teachers to provide language acquisition and vocabulary support while retaining content instruction time. This model is almost always found in K-8 settings. Ideally the ENL push-in teacher co-plans and co-teaches to provide targeted English language development within the content area. Push-in teachers have a caseload of students they must “serve” and may push-in to just a few or many different teachers’ classrooms.

The “Pull-Out” Model

In this model, ENL students leave their grade-level or content class to join an ENL teacher for targeted English language development. This model is almost always found in K-8 settings. Ideally the ENL pullout teacher works closely with general education teachers to ensure curricular alignment and to provide targeted English language development in their pull-out lessons. Pull-out teachers have a caseload of students they may pull-out from just a few or from many different teachers’ classrooms.