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Serving Students w/ Interrupted Educations
ESL Transition Teachers
Amelia Heidi Campbell
Joseph Riggs
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 a large growth in the # of LEP students from 1995 to 2007!
173222592649
43395570
68228035
988510,944
13,30714,88315,652
0200040006000800010000120001400016000
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
HIAS- Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
CSS-Catholic Social Services-(Refugee Resettlement)
Myths and Misconceptions
•All SIFE students are the same
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
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?