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English Language Learner (ELL) Program Staff
Ellen Kaje, Ph.D. - Manager of Title I/LAP and ELL Programs
Julie Kang, Ph.D. - Parent Academic Liaison
Pamela Kinnaird - High School Immgrant Family Liaison
Lynn Ashenbrener - Student Services Specialist
ELL Department Phone: (206) 393-4117
ELL Department Fax: (206) 393-4219
Helpful Links
Parent
Academic Liaison Webpage - Information for educators and
community providers
High
School Immigrant Family Liaision Webpage - Information for
families
Students in Shoreline
We are a diverse school
district serving students who speak more than 70 different
languages at home, with approximately 25% of our students
qualifying for free/reduced lunch K-12. While our ELL program
comprises 6% of our district population, more than 20% of our
students speak a different language at home. Currently our
top languages are Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese and
Tagalog. We value
each student's native language and culture and the richness this
diversity brings our school community. Because of our large variety of languages,
Shoreline's ELL program uses English as the language of
instruction.
ELL Program Description
The Shoreline School
District offers an English Language Learners (ELL) program for
students of limited English proficiency. The primary purpose of the
ELL program is to provide students with an educational environment
that gives them the best opportunity for success. The
district’s K-12 program is designed to develop competency in
English as rapidly as possible in order to provide a language base
for the regular curriculum. The program focuses on developing oral
proficiency with the integration of reading and writing as the
student progresses through the various stages involved in learning
a new language.
Access to the ELL program is determined by a student’s score
on the Washington State Language Proficiency Test
(WLPT-II-Placement), upon entry into school. Students who
score as Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced qualify for ELL
services. ELL Centers, located in 5 of our 9 elementary schools,
have teachers trained in ELL methodology who provide specialized
instruction to students. Our elementary schools with
ELL programs are: Briarcrest, Echo Lake, Lake Forest
Park, Meridian Park, and Parkwood Elementaries. In the
elementary schools, both pull-out and in-class models of
instruction are used. In the secondary schools, instruction is
provided through ELL classes and sheltered content courses.
In accordance with state law, students exit from ELL when they
score as Transitional on the WLPT-II.
For more information about Shoreline's ELL program, please see the
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) in the Documents section of this
website.
Documents
Please see the Documents link
for ELL writing checklists, for use with English learners at all
different language proficiency levels, in grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and
9-12. You will also find 10 quick and easy classroom tips to
support instruction for English learners in the
classroom.
AMAOs
The “No Child Left
Behind” (NCLB) Act requires parents of English language
learners (ELLs) participating in Washington’s
Transitional Bilingual Instructional Programs (TBIP) and/or Title
III programs to be notified each year of Annual Measurable
Achievement Objectives (AMAO) for the school district. The
state of Washington did not notify the district of our AMAO results
for years 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, and the 2006-07 until February
26, 2008.
Below is a description of each AMAO target:
AMAO-1: Annual increases in the number or
percentage of children making progress in learning English.
AMAO-2: Annual increases in the number or
percentage of children attaining English proficiency.
AMAO-3: The number or percentage of ELL students
meeting AYP targets in reading and math on the WASL.
La Ley que Ningún Niño se Quede Atrás (NCLB,
por sus siglas en ingles) requiere que notifiquemos cada año
a los padres de estudiantes de inglés como segundo idioma
(ELL) que participan en los programas de Educación
Bilingüe de Transición del estado de Washington (TBIP,
por sus siglas en ingles) y/o Título III, de los
Objetivos Medibles Anuales de Logros Académicos (AMAO, por
sus siglas en ingles) del distrito escolar. El estado de
Washington no notificó al distrito de los resultados de AMAO
para los años 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06 y 2006-07 hasta el
26 de Febrero de 2008.
Abajo está la descripción de cada meta de los
AMAO:
AMAO-1: Incrementos anuales en el número
ó porcentaje de niños progresando en aprender
inglés.
AMAO-2: Incrementos anuales en el número
ó porcentaje de niños logrando dominio del
inglés.
AMAO-3: El número ó porcentaje de
estudiantes ELL cumpliendo metas de Progreso Anual Adecuado (AYP,
por sus siglas en ingles) en lectura y matemáticas en la
Evaluación del Aprendizaje de los Estudiantes de Washington
(WASL, por sus siglas en ingles).
Shoreline made AMAO-1 and AMAO-2, but missed AMAO-3 for the 2008-09
school year.
Links
Here you will find links to
Bilingual Resources, Community Resources, Instruction for ELLs,
Washington State-OSPI, Second Language Acquisition, and Shoreline's
ELL teachers by building.
Teachers, please visit our GLAD resource page at http://learn.shorelineschools.org/spec/eglad/index.php
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