KolbElementary

School

ELAC

November 3, 2015Lilia Woo Tsui, ELD Specialist

Welcome to Kolb ELAC!

Welcome from Ms. Gibson, Kolb Principal A little about Ms. Woo, Kolb ELD

Specialist Get to know each other… Share your

name, your child’s grade, one goal that you have for your child this year.

Share at your table…any questions you may have and what you would like to learn today.

What is the role of ELAC?

• Purpose of ELAC• Each California public school from K-12 with 21 or more

English Learners must form a functional English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC). The ELAC a committee for parents and other community members who want to advocate for English Learners.

• The committee reviews and comments on the following:• The school’s program for English Learners• The school’s needs assessment.• The school’s annual language census (R-30 LC Report)

• Elects at least one member to the DELAC.

How was my child identified as an English Learner? Home Language Information

If parents indicate a student has a language other than English, or in addition to English in his or her background, the student must be given the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) test.

LAU ET AL. v. NICHOLS ET AL.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATESDecember 10, 1973, Argued January 21, 1974, Decided

The failure of the San Francisco school system to provide English language instruction to approximately 1,800 students of Chinese ancestry who do not speak English, or to provide them with other adequate instructional procedures, denies them a meaningful opportunity to participate in the public educational program…

California English Language Development Test - CELDT

• The CELDT is a test of English skills in the following areas:

Listening

Speaking

Reading

Writing

Purpose Of CELDT Test:

-Identify students who are English Learners

-Determine the level of English level proficiency

-Assess the progress of English Learner students

CELDT SCORES

An initially proficient CELDT score is overall Early Advanced or higher, with no more than one subtest score

of Intermediate. *Note: K/1 Listening & Speaking only

LEP/English Learner Status

When a student is given the CELDT test for the first time, he/she is designated as one of the following:

• Not Limited English Proficient (English Fluent) - if overall Early Advanced or higher, with no more than one subtest

score of Intermediate

• English Learner/Limited English Proficient (LEP))

- annual assessment until all reclassification requirements have been met

*Note: Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade English Learners will continue to be assessed annually until after they take the CELDT

test in 2nd Grade at the earliest.

Parent Notification of Assessment

Parents will be notifiedof official CELDT scores when we receive themback from the state. (usually in January)

Based on preliminary CELDT results, notification was sent home. Unless parent permission is given, EL students are not placed in ELD pull-out groups. They receive the instruction needed from their classroom or grade-level teachers or additional push-in support from the ELD specialist.

Single Plan for Student Success at Kolb

English Learner Services • California English Language Development Test

(CELDT)

• English Language Development Support (small groups support to students, push-in support in classrooms, and strategies/information shared with teacher)

• Integrated activities to support understanding

• Staff Credentials and Training (CLAD)

ELD Program—How do we support EL students at Kolb? Both integrated and designated ELD are provided to

English learners.

Integrated ELD is provided to ELs throughout the school day and across all subjects by all teachers of ELs. Examples of strategies: preview of academic vocabulary; use of visuals, graphic organizers, models; use of technology to allow students to hear and visualize concepts.

The CA ELD Standards are used in tandem with the CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy and other content standards to ensure students strengthen their abilities to use English as they simultaneously learn content through English.

Designated ELD is provided by teachers during a protected time during the regular school day.

Teachers use the CA ELD Standards as the focal standards in ways that build into and from content instruction in order to develop critical language ELs need for content learning in English.

CA ELD Standards

http://tinyurl.com/bootcamp1pagers

Link to view a one page description of the CA ELD standards for each grade level at each of the three language levels:

Emerging--------- Bridging----------ExpandingBeginning—Early Intermediate—Intermediate—Early Advanced--Advanced

Reclassification Requirements

In order for a student to be reclassified as English proficient, all of the following requirements must be met:

• Score of Early Advanced or Advanced on CELDT

• Academic performance at or above grade-level standards

• Teacher recommendation

• Parent notification and consultation

This process can begin as early as 2nd grade, after the official CELDTscores are released by the state.

Parent Notification of Reclassification

- Parents will receive this notification when their child has met all of the requirements to bereclassified as English fluent.

- If parents approve of this action, no further action is necessary. - If parents have questions or concerns, they may contact EL Support Services to discuss theirchild’s reclassification.

Benefits of Multilingualism Aside from the social benefits of multilingualism, research has

shown that there are many cognitive benefits as well. Here are a few examples:

Their brains are very active and flexible (Zelasko and Antunez, 2000)

They understand math concepts and solving word problems more easily (Zelasko and Antunez, 2000)

They develop strong thinking skills (Kessler and Quinn,1980)

They are better at using logic (Bialystok and Majumder, as cited in Castro, Ayankoya, & Kasprzak, 2011)

They are better at focusing, remembering, and making decisions (Bialystok, 2001)

They are better at thinking about language (Castro et al., 2011)

They are better able to learn other languages (Jessner, 2008)

In addition, research indicates that bilingualism may delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease (Dreifus, 2011)

Get Involved DELAC on December 2, 2015 6:30-7:30pm

District Office, 7471 Larkdale Ave., Dublin

DELAC on February 17, 2016 6:30-7:30pmDistrict Office, 7471 Larkdale Ave., Dublin

Parent Night on April 27, 2016 6:00-7:30pmFrederiksen Elementary School (informative

workshops)

Next ELAC meeting at Kolb in January 2016 (Date TBD)

Feedback from you• What questions do you still have?• What would you like to hear about at

our next meeting?• Do you have feedback about this

morning’s presentation?

Thank you for coming!Lilia Woo Tsui, ELD Specialist

TsuilLilia@dublinusd.org

This presentation is posted on my teacher webpage:

DUSD website Select ‘Kolb’ Select ‘Teacer Sites’ Select ‘Lilia Tsui’ Select ‘ELAC Presentation’