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English for Speakers of Other Language (ESOL)
Identification and placement
All parents complete a Home Language Survey (HLS) during registration. If a parent indicates that another language is spoken at home, schools administer a comprehensive English language proficiency screener to determine whether that language has impacted
the student’s proficiency in English. Designated as English Language Learners (ELLs), students who meet eligibility for the program are placed in appropriate grades and courses with highly qualified ESOL endorsed or board-approved teachers.
Instructional model
The primary instructional model for Brevard is a main- stream inclusion model in which instruction is deliv- ered through the use of ESOL strategies, supports and accommodations. English-sheltered classes are also available at secondary schools with 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 differentiated instruction in a manner appropriate to an ELL’s level
of English proficiency. The language proficiency of an ELL is taken into consideration during lesson planning, instruction, assessment and as grading.
Supplemental assistance
Through district funding and Title III, the following sup- ports and resources are available for ELLs throughout the district:
• ESOL-Itinerant teachers for supplemental academic support and monitoring in non-staffed schools
• A Bilingual Assistant for any school with an enrollment of 15 ELLs of the same home language
• An ESOL teacher for any school with an enrollment of 50 ELL students
• An ESOL Parent Liaison for 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 enrichment programs
Progress monitoring
School principals designate an ESOL contact at their respective sites to serve as a district and school liaison to ESOL parents. The ESOL contact ensures school compliance. Through the ELL Committee,
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