•   OUR TEAM

    Program Director: Dr. Tremaine Young

    TITLE III LEAD: Juliette Grosclaude

     EL Teachers

    Janet Rodman: SHS/NHS/SWS & BCECHS

    Krista Norris: JCT & NES 6-8

    James Watters: EES & BES

    Patsy Soper: CPS

    Paige Evans: NES K-5 & JSS

    		 Marsha Young: CMS

    Elizabeth Shinohara: WHS

    		 Mariah Nichols: PSJ       
       

                 OUR PROGRAM

    -Content Based Pull-Out: designed to help students who speak a language other than English at home or who spoke another language before English.                                                                                         

    -Students qualify via a Screener which assesses their Academic English ability in the 4 language domains: Speaking, Listening, Reading & Writing.

    -It consists of Comprehensive (Maximum), Supportive (Moderate) or Transitional (Collaborative) levels of service, varying in length & frequency.

    -The service level is determined by the student’s Teachers Team and written into the EL Plan (English Learner Plan). The members consider the student’s ability in the 4 language domains: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.

        OUR EL STUDENTS

    -Approximately 9% of BCS student population are English Learners. We serve about 490 EL students. The vast majority speaks Spanish as a first language.     BCS has, or has had, EL Students whose first language is German, French, Ukrainian, Gujarati, Bengali, Russian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Fujianese, Tagalog,   Arabic, Greek, Shona or Chinese.

    -The regular teachers document modified instruction, methodology, and assessment. Each regular teacher is also responsible for determining student progress, and assigning grades for the EL Students. It is very important for the EL Teachers and the regular teachers to collaborate.

    -NC is part of the World-Class Instructional Design & Assessment (WIDA) Consortium. WIDA Standards guide the instruction of English to EL Students. The 5 WIDA Standards are: Social & Instructional, ELA, Math, Science and Social Studies. WIDA Standards are arranged by the 4 language domains: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. There are six proficiency levels, from “Entering” to “Reaching”.

    -Students must master Academic Language to progress in school and to score at (or above) grade level on Large Scale, High Stakes assessments. It is essential for EL Students to be provided with a variety of instructional strategies in order to meet their specific linguistic needs.

    -EL’s normally take 3 to 7 years to become fully proficient in Academic English. BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills) take 6 months to 2 years to develop. CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency) may take 5-7 years to develop proficiently. BICS competency may lead the regular teacher to discount language as a cause of academic difficulty, when that actually is the source due to lack of CALP.

                                   ENGLISH LANGUAGE ASSESSMENTS

    WIDA Screener: Serves to identify new students for the program when the Home Language Survey (HLS) states a language other than English.                             It is administered to Kindergarten Students and Newcomers (students new to the country or who enter BCS from outside the WIDA Consortium) across grade levels.

    ACCESS Test: Administered annually (February-March) to EL Students in Grades K-12. This test assesses growth in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing proficiency on the 1-6 Scale.