ESL Program at Old Rochester Regional
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In an effort to educate each child individually, it is important to consider how each child can best learn. In the Old Rochester Regional School District, Massachusetts School Superintendency Union #55 (ORRSD), it is important that we provide English Language Learners (ELL) or Limited English Proficient (LEP) students with the opportunity to become proficient in English and provide them with full access to the curriculum. Some students do not have a strong base of literacy or fluency in their first language and need to develop essential skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English (Appendixes A and B). In order to accomplish these goals, English Language Learners will receive Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) in classrooms in accordance with state and federal laws. Sheltered instruction addresses the concepts and skills as defined in the curriculum and assists students with language development. Students may participate in English Language Development (ELD) classes, if necessary.
Terms to Know
ELL - English Language Learner
ESL - English as a Second Language
LEP - Limited English Proficient - students who have a non-English language background
FLEP - Former Limited English Proficient
Low Incidence - Fewer than twenty LEP students of one language group.
High Incidence - Program usually having 20 or more of one language group enrolled in a school district or schools
Integration - In the context of Chapter 71A, integration means students receiving services are engaged in meaningful learning activities with their peers
SEI - A program model whereby instruction and materials are in English and utilizes sheltered instruction techniques
ELD - English Language Development - a methodology through which the development of language and academic content skills are promoted simultaneously and may utilize native language for clarification purposes
MA SIMS Classification - Classification of child according to the SIMS data element. Students requiring services are labeled a LEP, students who no longer receive services (ELL) are coded as FLEP
Native Language - First language of the learner
WIDA Standards - World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment Standards – English Language Proficiency benchmarks and outcomes to be used as a basis for developing curriculum and programs for ELLs (formerly ELPBO)
ESL - English as a Second Language
LEP - Limited English Proficient - students who have a non-English language background
FLEP - Former Limited English Proficient
Low Incidence - Fewer than twenty LEP students of one language group.
High Incidence - Program usually having 20 or more of one language group enrolled in a school district or schools
Integration - In the context of Chapter 71A, integration means students receiving services are engaged in meaningful learning activities with their peers
SEI - A program model whereby instruction and materials are in English and utilizes sheltered instruction techniques
ELD - English Language Development - a methodology through which the development of language and academic content skills are promoted simultaneously and may utilize native language for clarification purposes
MA SIMS Classification - Classification of child according to the SIMS data element. Students requiring services are labeled a LEP, students who no longer receive services (ELL) are coded as FLEP
Native Language - First language of the learner
WIDA Standards - World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment Standards – English Language Proficiency benchmarks and outcomes to be used as a basis for developing curriculum and programs for ELLs (formerly ELPBO)