Serving Students w/ Interrupted Educations

ESL Transition Teachers

Scott McKendree

Amy Mirco

Marshall Foster

The International Center

Educational Profile Parent/Guardian fills out form IC staff transfer to Excel form & make 2 copies

(1 for school-cum folder, & 1 for us) We review all Ed Profiles,

ID SIFE, add SIFE program in ESIS, Make copies for counselors & resource teachers Contact ESL teacher

CMS experienced an 980% growth in the # of LEP students from 1995 to

2007!

173222592649

43395570

68228035

988510,944

13,30714,88315,652

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1995-96

1996-97

1997-98

1998-99

1999-00

2001-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

October 1st, 2007 data LEP Students in CMS LEP = 15,652 ESL = 9,172 National Origin

Minority Students = 21,261

Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, French, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Hmong

100+ languages total

Current Data on SIFE Students in CMS

Elementary School: 11

Middle School: 31

High School: 73

Total: 115

NCCLAS- NC Checklist of Academic Skills

HIAS- Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society

CSS-Catholic Social Services-(Refugee Resettlement)

Myths and Misconceptions

•All SIFE students are the same

•SIFE students can’t make a III on the NCCLAS

Different Kinds of SIFE Students

Academic skills and some English.

Academic skills and no English. Some skills and no English. No prior schooling and no

English.

Factors Impacting Learning Motivation First language

development Language

distance Access to the

language Home situation Malnourishment

Self Esteem Age Personality and

learning style Peers and role

models Cultural

background-philosophy of education

What is the NCCLAS?

North Carolina Checklist of Academic Skills

Checklist of objectives Pick a few objectives Use all modifications applicable to individual student

Based on the Standard Course of Study Assessor (You) judgment about what a student

knows and can do Student profiles Student work folder

www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/slep/index.htm

Testing in a Separate Room Scheduled Extended Time Multiple Test Sessions Test Administrator Reads Test

Aloud in English Student Marks in Test Book English/Native Language

Dictionary or English/Native Language Electronic Translator

Testing Accommodations

Tapping your resources Interpreter/translation services available

CMS documents translated

ESL for Parents

Spanish for Educators

www.culturalorientation.net part of CAL (Center for Applied Linguistics)(culture profiles)

ALL ESL resources on DocuShare: http://documents.cms.k12.nc.us/dsweb/View/Collection-798

Questions? Comments?