English Learner

Multilingual Learner (ML) instruction is an academic discipline that is designed to teach multilingual language learners social and academic language skills as well as the cultural aspects of the English language necessary to succeed in an academic environment and contribute to society. It involves teaching listening, speaking, reading and writing at appropriate developmental and proficiency levels with little or no use of the native language.  ML program models include departmentalized, sheltered, pull-out, and push-in EL.

Planned instruction in ML includes listening, speaking, reading and writing at different levels of proficiency (beginning, intermediate and advanced). The amount and type of standards-based ML instruction provided to students will depend upon their level of language development and proficiency as determined by an appropriate English language proficiency instrument (WIDA Screener and WIDA ACCESS 2.0). Students who have exited the program will be carefully monitored for progress for four years.