Indian Prairie SD #204 English Language Learning Program

Developmental Bilingual Program

Rafael Segarra, Ed.D

Director of ELL Svc.

Traci Salek

ELL Coordinator

Board Policy 6:160 English Learners

ELL

English Language Learning

English as

a Second

Language Bilingual

Education

Transitional

Bilingual

Developmental

Bilingual

Dual

Language

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ELL = English Language Learning

EL’s = English Learners

LEP = Limited English Proficient (Used for data

management)

ESL = English as a Second Language

TBE = Transitional Bilingual Education

DBE = Developmental Bilingual Education

Terminology

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WIDA = In 2002 an EAG grant provided initial funding

for the organization that would become WIDA. Three

states were involved in the grant: Wisconsin (WI),

Delaware (D), and Arkansas (A), so the acronym WIDA

was chosen for the name. At the last minute, however,

Arkansas dropped out, and World-class Instructional

Design and Assessment was created to fit the acronym.

As WIDA grew, however, the original name no longer

adequately described its mission. Recently WIDA

decided to stop using the acronym definition. Now WIDA

just means WIDA.

Terminology

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ESL vs. Bilingual Education

ESL Bilingual

• 19 or fewer LEP students of the same language group in a school

•All Schools

•20 or more LEP students of the same language group in a school

•*Prairie Pre-School, Brooks, *Cowlishaw, Gombert, Georgetown, Longwood, McCarty, *Watts, *White Eagle, Granger, Fischer, WVHS, Metea

* = Offering another language other than Spanish

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Changes in the ELL Program over

the past 15 years

2005-2006 2019-2020

Program Model ESL ESL and BilingualPre-K to 12

Number of ELL students

Approx. 850 3,010

Number of ELL staff

29 (23 certified, 5 classified, 1 coordinator)

87(67 certified, 18 classified, 1 coordinator, 1 administrator)

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2005-2006 2018-2019

# languages spoken in the homes of District 204 students in ELL

62 77

* 89 (in District)

# students from homes where a language other than English is spoken

4,968 (18%) 7,173 (26%)

# of ELs in District Approx. 850 2,950

Changes in the ELL Program over

the past 15 years

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2018-2019 2019-2020

# languages spoken in the homes of District 204 students in ELL

77 74

# students from homes where a language other than English is spoken

7,173 (26.26%)

* (end of school yr.)

7,669 (28.37%)

* (as of 10.25.19)

# of ELs in District 2,950 3,010

Changes in the ELL Program over

the past year

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Top 10 Languages

District 204 Students ELL Students

Spanish (1528)

Telugu (1168)

Hindi (753)

Tamil 623)

Urdu (458)

Chinese Mandarin (388)

Gujarati (294)

Arabic (237)

Marathi (200)

Malayalam (176)

Spanish (833)

Telugu (403)

Hindi (250)

Urdu (201)

Tamil (177)

Arabic (122)

Chinese Mandarin (98)

Gujarati (81)

Russian (72)

Malayalam (57)

(source: District 204 data 10.25.19 )8

Accountability

Assessing Comprehension and

Communication in English State-to-State

for ELLs Testing (ACCESS 2.0)

Assesses students in language proficiency

through the 4 domains of Listening,

Speaking, Reading, and Writing

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Level of Proficiency and guidelines of

qualification: Score above a 5.0 overall of the W-APT or MODEL Screener test

or the ACCESS or MODEL Assessment test

WIDA

Proficiency

Levels

ENTERING BEGINNING DEVELOPING EXPANDING BRIDGING REACHING

ACCESS SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6

Program

LevelESL or BILINGUAL ESL MONITOR OUR GOAL!

Accountability

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Level of Proficiency and guidelines of Exit

Criteria: Score above a 4.8 overall of the ACCESS 2.0 assessment test

WIDA

Proficiency

Levels

ENTERING BEGINNING DEVELOPING EXPANDING BRIDGING REACHING

ACCESS SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6

Program

LevelESL or BILINGUAL ESL MONITOR OUR GOAL!

Accountability

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Accountability

LOGRAMOS ®

Assesses students in language proficiency in

Spanish

Normed Reference test that compares

performance of students vs. scores across

the nation

4th year of implementation

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2019 District ACCESS Stats:

Student Exits

Level Students Tested Students Exited Percent Exited

Elementary

School

2067 473 23%

Middle School 283 22 8%

High School 220 26 12%

District Totals 2570 521 20%

** State Average Exit = 8.5%

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2019 ACCESS Trends

Elementary School Middle School High School

Speaking scores tend to

be the lowest, followed

by Writing scores.

Speaking scores tend to

be the lowest, followed

by Writing scores.

Speaking scores tend to

be the lowest, followed

by Writing scores.

Listening scores are a

strength for many

students.

Listening scores are a

strength for many

students.

Listening scores are a

strength for many

students.

There are many ELs with

IEPs and progress is

minimal in many cases.

Newcomers made

significant growth.

The majority of the

students that exited are in

the intermediate grades.

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2019-2020 PD Focus

ACCESS for ELLs Prep

Targeted Domains:

Speaking

(September-November)

Writing

(January - April)

• Teacher-Facilitated PD

• Model Strategies/Activities

• Share Resources

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Updates in Instruction

Reviewed curriculum in Spanish at the

Elementary Level Followed the Illinois State Standard model adopted

for ELA

Added WIDA & Spanish Language Arts Standards

Reviewed Social Studies Curriculum in Spanish

for Middle School

Reviewed High School Curriculum for ESL and

Social Studies Classes

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Resources for Parents

Adult ESL classes (partnership with COD)

September – July at WVHS

Homework Club – in conjunction with Adult ESL classes. Students

receive homework help while parents are learning English

Bilingual Parent Advisory Council (BPAC)

Meetings/workshops 4-5 times a year

Send 5-6 parents to IL Bilingual Parent Summit

Multicultural Reading Night (partnered with PDAC)

Parent Diversity Advisory Council (PDAC)

Meetings/workshops at least 3 to 4 times per year

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Resources for Teachers

ESL COHORT Program – Through University of St.

Francis/TIDE Taught by T. Salek

Currently in the 6th cohort

New Gen Ed Teacher Training New Teacher Induction

Throughout the year

ESL/Bilingual Teachers provide training

New EL Teachers Training 4 times Throughout the year

EL Coordinator provide training

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Seal of Biliteracy

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IPSD 204 District Statistics

• 1 of 107 districts who has

implemented the Seal of Biliteracy in

Illinois

• 1st year of implementation in IPSD - 49

students obtained Seal of Biliteracy

• 3rd year of implementation in IPSD -

92 students obtained the Seal of

Biliteracy and 45 students obtained

the Commendation to the Seal of

Biliteracy

• Languages offered for the Seal of

Biliteracy at IPSD – English, Spanish,

Chinese, French, Portuguese,

German, Hindi, Russian, Japanese,

Korean, Arabic, Polish, Hebrew

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Questions?

Twitter: @rafael_segarra21