DELAC District English Learner Advisory Committee SLUSD Teaching Learning and Educational Equity Department February 26, 2015

Goals

•  Review parliamentary procedures

•  Provide input and feedback on the SLUSD ELL Parent Annual Survey

•  Receive an update on the LCAP

Our DELAC officers

Chairperson: Juan Martinez

Vice Chair : Jodi Li

Secretary: Elena Lamas

Parliamentarian:

Ruben Garcia

Our ELs

2,275 ELs

26% SLUSD

32% Elementary

14% Middle school

12 % High school

34 Languages spoken in SLUSD

Tea party …

On an index card write one thing that your school has done to get input from parents of English Language Leaners about the EL programs.

Tea party

When you hear the music find a partner and read what is on the card . Leave your card with your partner and find another partner.

What is “Parliamentary Procedure”?

     A set of rules and norms used during formal meetings that allow everyone to be heard as

well as promote decision making that is transparent

3 Basic Principles

•  Fairness and courtesy for all •  Address one issue at a time •  Majority rule

“Order of Business”

Parliamentary  procedure  generally  

follows  a  set  order  of  formal  items  within  an    “agenda.”      

   

 

 

A  Typical  DELAC  Agenda      

q   Opening/Welcome  q   Icebreaker  q   Approval  of  Mee>ng  Minutes  q   New  items  (presenta>ons)  q Ques>on  and  Answer  session  

q  Only  ques>ons  relevant  to  the  mee>ng  items  will  be  addressed  q  General  ques>ons  may  be  addressed  aFer  the  mee>ng  is  officially  adjourned  on  

an  individual  basis  q  Ques>ons  leF  unaddressed  due  to  lack  of  >me  will  appear  in  next  mee>ng’s  

minutes  q Public  Announcements  q   Raffle  q   Adjournment  

Time  is  Precious…  

•  Each  item  is  assigned  a  specific  amount  of  Ame  by  the  DELAC  Board  

 

•  The  Parliamentarian  is  tasked  with  keeping  track  of  >me  

 

•  IF  more  >me  is  required,  the  Parliamentarian  may  iniAate  the  moAon  procedure  

Your opinion matters

“Making a Motion”

A motion is a proposal by a committee member in favor of or against an issue or to discuss its merits. ONLY Representatives or their Alternate hold this privilege.

The process is as follows:

Wait  un>l  the  Parliamentarian  requests  a  mo>on:  

•  Address  him  as,  “Mister  

Parliamentarian  or  Mr.  

Garcia  ”  

•  Speak  clearly  in  a  concise  and  courtous  manner  

•  Express  the  mo>on  in  an  

affirma>ve  manner,  “I  am  

making  a  mo>on  to…”  

“I’d like to make a motion”

“Seconding” the Motion

To ensure that the motion counts on support from the commitee, it must be seconded (support  expressed  for  the  mo>on)  

•  The  Parliamentarian  will  call  for  someone  to  second  the  mo>on  •  If  it  is  not  seconded,  the  mo>on  will  not  be  considered,  as  it  did  not  have  support  

Motion Discussion (optional)  

•  Discussing a motion •  Useful when considering major decisions or there exist great

differences of opinion

Ø  The Parliamenterian may state, “A motion has been made and was

seconded by…It will be submitted to a vote unless it needs to be

discussed”

Ø  Any discussion must weigh the merits of the motion

Ø  The President has the authority to halt the discussion when s/he feels

its reached a stopping point

Voting Motion Procedures  Ø  The Parliamentarian may state:

Ø  “Those in favor of the motion show the green voting card

those opposed, please show the red card .”

Ø  Once the Parliamentarian submits the motion to a

vote, the decision is final and will be noted in the

minutes as an official action/decision of the

committee

Ø  Only Representatives (or an official alternate) may

vote. Only one vote per site is allowed  

Summary    

ELL Needs Assessment Surveys (Parent Survey)

DELAC: Task #2

Undertaking an overall study, in order to collect data around the educational needs of English Learners and their parents at each school site.

3/12/15

Purpose: How is this data useful?

•  To reach a goal or objective •  To attempt to find a solution to a problem •  Investigate an issue or question •  Evaluate the needs of a program

Examples of questions

Currently, is your child’s school implementing strategies to promote/ improve parent attendance?

□ YES □ NO

What is the percentage of English Language Learners in SLUSD?

Do you approve or disapprove of your child participating in the program? Why or why not?

The ELL Parent Survey What does it investigate?

•  It strives to measure: •  ELL parents’ level of

knowledge on various components of a ELL Master Plan

•  ELL parents’ level of knowledge on the services and programs pertinent to English Learners

•  ELL parents’ opinions on ELL instructional programs

•  ELL parents’ opinions on the quality of their school’s ELAC

Recommendations PRIOR to distributing

ü Identify who your ELL students are ü Review the survey step-by-step ü Explain the importance of the survey ü Identify the process for sending the surveys home

and getting them back

Things to consider… •  Identify a central location

where completed surveys can be returned

•  Create an ELAC subcommittee whose purpose is to help collect the surveys

•  Consider incentives for children who return surveys

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No later than March 20th… •  The DELAC Representative must turn in survey

results to the Teaching, Learning and Educational Equity Department

•  Directly to zzanipatin@slusd.us Or- the DELAC Representative can turn in the results sheet via mail

•  In April, the DELAC Board and Assistant Director of Teaching, Learning and Educational Equity will compile all the district wide data received

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Finally…

•  In May, the DELAC Board formally presents the results to the San Leandro Board of Trustees and Superintendent

•  The Board of Trustees considers the results in future policies it considers

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•  Placing a Talking Chip in

the center of the table once you have shared your 3 ideas about the survey questions.

•  SHARE YOUR THINKING… •  Which questions resonate

with you? AGREE?DISAGREE… •  Are there any questions

you would you want to change to be clearer?

Talking Chips…

LCAP Update

4 Tasks of DELAC

•  EL Master Plan & EL Program Goals

•  Needs Assessment •  Input on

Reclassification •  Language Census

Next Time:

Next meeting April 28 2015 5:30 – 7:00pm

Take information back to your sites

•  Review results

of EL Needs Assessment

•  Input on EL Master Plan