Page 38 - Heart of Brevard/Parent Resource Guide Summer Issue 2020

English for Speakers of Other Language (ESOL)
Identification and placement
All parents complete a a a a a a a a a a a a a Home Language Survey (HLS) during registration If a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a parent parent indicates that another language language is is is is spoken a at at at home schools administer a a a a a a a a a a a a a comprehensive English language language language proficiency screener to determine whether that language language has impacted the the student’s proficiency in in English English Designated as as English English Language Learners (ELLs) students who meet eligibility for the program are placed in appropriate grades and courses with highly qualified ESOL- endorsed or or board-approved teachers Instructional model
model
The primary instructional model
model
model
for Brevard is is a a a a a a a main- stream inclusion model
model
in in in in in which instruction instruction is is deliv- ered ered through the use of ESOL strategies supports and accommodations English-sheltered classes are also available a at secondary schools with a a a a a a a a a a a a a a large ELL popula- tion
These are English courses for ESOL students only As mandated by the Florida Consent Decree classroom teachers provide understandable and and and differentiated instruction in in a a a a a a a a a a a a a manner appropriate to an an an an an an ELL’s level
of o o of English proficiency proficiency The language proficiency proficiency of o o of an an an an an ELL is is taken into consideration during lesson planning instruction assessment and as as grading Supplemental assistance
Through district funding and and Title III the following supports and and resources are available for ELLs throughout the district:
• ESOL-itinerant teachers for supplemental academic support and monitoring tin in in non-staffed schools • a a a a a a a a bilingual assistant for any school with an an an an enrollment of of 15 ELL of of the same home language • an an an ESOL teacher for any school with an an an enrollment of 50 ELL students • an an ESOL parent parent liaison for parent parent engagement and community outreach programs
• quality professional development for instructional staff and ESOL contacts
• supplemental online programs
for language acquisition
• supplemental classroom materials
• ESOL tutoring
• Summer programs
Progress monitoring School principals designate an an ESOL contact at at their respective sites to to serve as a a a a a a a a a a a district and school school liaison to to ESOL ESOL parents The ESOL ESOL contact ensures school school compliance Through the ELL Committee 638