Lonoke School District

ELL (English Language Learner) Program

An ELL student is a student who: Was not born in the United States Or whose native language is not English Or who comes from an environment where a

language other than English is dominant

What is an ELL student?

How does the school identify an ELL

student? Review of Home

Language Surveys Administrative

recommendation Teacher

recommendation Records from the

previous school

Two types of ELL

students Limited English

Proficient (LEP) These students are

not proficient in English

Language Minority (LM)

These students first language was not English but they are now proficient in English.

What is the next step if they are new to U.S.

schools? The student must be

tested or screened for their level of English Proficiency. Lonoke uses the LAS Links Placement test.

The results are then shared with a Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC)

LPAC

The committee is made up of the following people at each school:

ELL Director Principal Counselor Student’s Teacher

The job of the LPAC is to:

Review the progress of each LEP student using• ELDA results• Benchmark results• Student grades• Feedback from

student’s previous teacher

Update the ELL Student Plan

ELL Student Plan

The ELL director meets with each student’s teacher(s) and discusses the plan including the classroom modifications, testing accommodations, and effective teaching strategies.

ELDTEnglish Language Development Tool

Differentiating Instruction for ELLs: Accessing the Curriculum While Developing Language

How long does it take to become proficient in

English? This depends what

level of proficiency they are when they begin school and what grade they enter a U.S. school.

Current research states that it can take from five to seven years and possibly up to ten to become proficient in English.

Levels of English Proficiency

These are the descriptors used for the English Language Development

Assessment (ELDA) which is given each spring to students that are limited English

proficient to monitor their progress in attaining higher levels of proficiency.

Pre-functional Beginning to understand short utterances Beginning to use gestures and simple words to

communicate Beginning to understand simple printed

material Beginning to develop communicative writing

skills

Level One

Beginning Understands simple statements, directions,

and questions Use appropriate strategies to initiate and

respond to simple conversation Understand the general message of basic

reading passages Compose short informative passages on

familiar topics

Level Two

Intermediate Understand standard speech delivered in

school and social settings Communicate orally with some hesitation Understand descriptive material within

familiar contexts and some complex narratives Write simple texts and short reports

Level Three

Advanced Identify the main ideas and relevant details of

discussions or presentations on a wide range of topics Actively engage in most communicative situations

familiar or unfamiliar Understand the context of most text in academic

areas with support Write multi-paragraph essays, journal entries,

personal/business letters, and creative texts in an organized fashion with some errors

Level Four

Full English Proficiency

Level Five

Student must score a proficiency level of 5 in

reading, writing, speaking, listening, and comprehension on the ELDA.

Student must have a “C” or better in all core subject areas.

Student must score proficient or advanced on the Arkansas Benchmark (3-8) End of Course (high school) in language and math.

A minimum of two teachers recommend exit from the program.

LPAC committee decides to exit the student

Exit Criteria for an LEP Student

After a student is exited from the

program they are monitored for two years by following their grades and performances on the Augmented Benchmark and End of Course tests.

Monitoring Students

Lonoke School District

Information about the ELL student population and services provided to the students and the parents

Lower proficiency level students are placed in

classes with teachers trained in ELL teaching strategies.

All LEP students are monitored Translation services are available upon

request ELL Director Homework Hotline

Services Provided

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LEPLM

ELL Student Growth

Grade Number of students

Kindergarten 11First 10

Second 7Third 6

Fourth 8Fifth 9Sixth 5

Seventh 7Eighth 7Ninth 2Tenth 3

Eleventh 2Twelfth 6

  Total – 83 students

District enrollment of limited English Proficient

by grade

Nationalities

Mexico Vietnam China India Iran Guatemala

Arkansas Goal #1

The Annual Measurable Achievement Objective 1 shows the percentage of ELLs making progress by moving from one composite level to a higher level on the ELDA. AMAO 1 target was 30% for 2012-2013. Lonoke Public Schools fell just short of the target with 29%.

Arkansas Goal #2

The Annual Measurable Achievement Objective 2 shows the percentage of ELLs who are fully proficient in English with a composite score of five on the ELDA. AMAO 2 target was 4.5% for 2012-2013. Lonoke Public Schools exceeded the target with 4.8%.

Graduation Rate

National average for ELLs is 56%

Arkansas average for ELLs is 76% (ranked 4th in the U.S.)

Lonoke average for ELLs is 100%

2014 Lonoke

ELL Graduates 13 ELL students are graduating Six honors graduates 10 with a GPA of 3.0 or higher Three with a 4.0 GPA

New United States CitizensCarlos – Class of 2009, Jose – Class of 2010, Rosa –

Class of 2012

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