Carol MehochkoAdministrator, ELL Services

Ext. 14769

ELAC Training and Review

CELDT report that is sent to parents (January)

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Number of EL’s (R-30)For 2013, 84958495

EL’s were reported on the R-30 =

29.33% of population

# of EL’s by CELDT Prof Level

Source: Retrieved from CompleteSchool mylang101 on 9/27/13

What resources are available for English Learners?Title III -- Federal Funds for grades K-12 (district)

Title III Immigrant funds – Federal funds for recent immigrant students (district)

Economic Impact Aid - LEP – State funds for K-12 (district/site)

How can schools involve families of English Learners?

Communicate in the language parents understand (15% rule)

Welcome parents to school and classrooms

Provide childcare, when neededFind out how parents would like to

participateSchedule meetings at convenient

timesEnglish Learner AdvisoryAdvisory Committee

English Learner AdvisoryAdvisory Committee

What is an ELAC?What are its responsibilities?

Where is your school site in this process?

Which schools must have an ELAC?

A school site with 21 or more EL’s must have a functioning English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC) with parent members elected by parents or guardians of EL’s in the same percentage membership as their children represent in the student body.

What does an ELAC do?

Important responsibilities:Important responsibilities:Assist in the development of the school’s needs assessment needs assessment for English learners.

Review language census language census (R-30)(R-30)Make parents aware of the importance of regular school regular school attendance.attendance.

What does an ELAC do?Important responsibilities Important responsibilities (cont’d):(cont’d):

Advises the school site council (SSC) on the development of the Single School Plan for Single School Plan for Student AchievementStudent Achievement

Advises the principal and staff on the school’s program for school’s program for English learnersEnglish learners

What does an ELAC do?Important responsibilities Important responsibilities (cont’d):(cont’d):

The ELAC has the opportunity to elect at least one member of the DELAC or has participated in a proportionate regional representation scheme when there are 51 or more English learners.

According to FPM Reviewers (CDE) on 9/19/11Advises School Site Council (SSC) on the

development of the Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)

Advises principal and staff on the development of SPSA.

Advises principal and staff on the school’s programs for EL’s

Receives training materials and training to carry out legal responsibilities. (Understanding beyond just receiving a PowerPoint presentation.)

Elects District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC) representative

What is the DELAC?Districts with more than 51 EL’s

enrolled are required to establish a DELAC made up of at least one representative from each site-level ELAC.

DELAC meets to improve educational opportunities for EL students.

First meeting was on September 11, 2013

Next meeting is on October 16, 2013

What trainingtraining do ELAC parents need?Parents receive materials and training appropriate to assist them in carrying out their legal responsibilities as ELAC/DELAC members and consult on the planning of these activities.

Parents need to be able to articulate to others what they have been trained.

2013-14 ELAC StatusFunctioning ELAC's

Delegated to SSC in 2012-2013

Need to Reconvene in 2013-2014

Casa Loma Garza EisslerChavez Harris Stella Hills

Chipman Longfellow Munsey

College Heights Mann William Penn

Compton Pioneer Stiern

Curran Roosevelt Thorner

Emerson Sequoia Washington

Evergreen

Franklin

Fremont

Harding  

Hort  

Jefferson    

McKinley    

Mt. Vernon    

Nichols    

Noble    

Owens Int.    

Owens Pri.    

Pauly

Sierra

Voorhies

Wayside

West

Williams

Determine the percentage of English learners in the school and determine preliminary size of the committee.

Notify all parents in the school of the initial ELAC

meeting.

During first meeting,

conduct the parent

elections. Only parents of

English learners may vote.

Train members on their roles and responsibilities.

ELAC decides to remain a committee.

ELAC decides to remain a committee.

ELAC meets 4-5 times throughout the year

ELAC assumes its roles and responsibilities.

ELAC elects a member to the DELAC

ELAC meets 4-5 times throughout the year

ELAC assumes its roles and responsibilities.

ELAC elects a member to the DELAC

SSC accepts ELAC responsibilities (record in SSC minutes). SSC gets trained on

ELAC roles and responsibilities. SSC assumes ELAC roles and

responsibilities and meets throughout the year. SSC elects a

member to the DELAC.

ELAC votes to delegate its duties and responsibilities to the SSC if percent of if percent of EL parents on SSC matches percent of EL parents on SSC matches percent of

EL’s at school siteEL’s at school site. (record in ELAC minutes).

CHART FOR ESTABLISHING AN ELACCHART FOR ESTABLISHING AN ELAC

According to FPM Guidelines …

• The school may designate an existing school level advisory committee, or subcommittee of such advisory committee to fulfill the legal responsibilities of ELAC, if the advisory if the advisory body meets the criteria body meets the criteria in (b) EC 52176[b][c]in (b) EC 52176[b][c]

Group Composition

% of Els at site

Number of ELL parents

Number of other parents

Number of Staff

Total ELAC membership

Actual % of El parent membership

56% 4 1 1 6 67%

49% 3 1 2 6 50%

41% 4 2 2 8 50%

32% 4 3 3 10 40%

26% 2 2 2 6 33%

19% 1 2 1 4 25%

12% 1 4 3 8 13%

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Determine the preliminary size of the advisory committee. Here are some examples of membership:

ResourcesFor resources on ELAC, please visit our

website:

http://www.bcsd.com/ell/elac

ResourcesFor translation requests, please visit:

http://bcsd.com/communications

Things to remember

According to the Greene Act, EC Section 35147 (c), notice of the meeting and the agenda shall be posted at the school site at least 72 hours before the meeting.

Things to remember

In order for a meeting to be official, you must establish a quorum. Quorum is half of your membership plus 1 [i.e. in a group of 10, quorum is 6 (5+1)].

Things to remember

Even though meetings are public, be sure that those making motions are members of your ELAC.

Questions? Contact:Tina Mendez at 1-4682 or mendeze@bcsd.com

Carol Mehochko at 1-4769 or mehochkoc@bcsd.com