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la if they exit or continue IMPORTANT ng in the program. INFORMATION ua ♦ A student can participate ge in the program for a ♦ Training models are ? period of three to six available for an years, however, they administrators, teachers d could exit sooner based and paraprofessionals in W on progress. 18, 60 & 300 hours. ha ♦ After students exit, ♦ Students in grades K-12 who t they are followed up meet the eligibility is for a two-year period requirements participate in th to ensure academic the English for Speak- ers of e progress. Other Languages (ESOL) ho ♦ Schools organize Program. m activities and ♦ e presentations to la promote the American Stude ng culture while also nts ua validating cultures enteri ge represented. ng of CCPS th Copies of the Florida Standards are available at are e each school and on the identif stu website in English, Spanish, and Creole. ied de throug nt h ? respo ♦ Students are screened ns- es for ESOL services to the through the Aural- Langu Oral, Reading/Writing age and/or LEP Committee Surve if they answer “yes” to y any of the questions Questi on the Language ons Survey. on ♦ Students are the classified, placed Regist and offered ration programmatic Form: instruction based What on the is the assessment and ELL first Committee langu recommendation. age? ♦ Students placed in What the program are is the assessed at least once main a year to determine THE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD OF 9 Fernand Billion, District COLLIER COUNTY Translator/Interpreter MISSION ) STATEME 3 Manager NT 7 Julia Brown, Spanish 7 Translator The District School Board of Collier Deslandes Voltaire, - County provides high quality Haitian-Creole educational experiences enabling 3 Translator all students to achieve their 4 maximum potential in a safe, 9 Phone: p 8 o (239) 377- s 0137 i De F t par i a v tm x e ent : Sta e n ff ( v Me 2 i mb 3 r o ers 9 n Didi ) m (Edith e 3 n ) t Arpai 7 . a, 7 Coord - inator 0 THE SCHOOL BOARD OF Corinne 1 COLLIER COUNTY IS AN Palmer, Specialist 6 EQUAL ACCESS / EQUAL M 3 OPPORTUNITY a INSTITUTION FOR r EDUCATION AND t EMPLOYMENT h a Questions or complaints S The regarding the o District Americans s School Board of with a , C Disabilities o Act or T l l Section 504 of the S Rehabilitation Act of i A e 1973 may be r addressed to Martha Richard Gamret at Voorhees, C 5775 Osceola Trail, TSA o Naples, Florida, Ilona u n 34109 Olancin, Teacher t Ph Trainer/T y on SA e Roy (23 Terry, Chair, Kelly p Lichter, Vice DI S T RI C T S C e Chair H O O L B O A R r Erika Donalds, D O F i Member C O L L n Erick Carter, IE R C t Member O UN T e Stephanie Lucarelli, Y n Member d e n t

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C Dr o . o Ka r me d i la n Pa a tto t n o r S u History of the Goals of the Program Program Models ELL Program The English Language the auspices of ciency (CALP), Basic Learners (ELL) the Title III grant Interpersonal Program of the District funds, Communication Skills School Board of the (BICS), English, reading Collier County has y and writing skill been serving students hav acquisitions. from e multicultural acc backgrounds since ess to 1984. In 1984, the ELL re- Pro sea gra rch- m bas had ed a inn ova tota tive l pro enr gra ollm ms ent to of sup 250 students. Cur- port rently, there are the over 5,000 students. m Monolingual and in bilingual staff imp (administrators, rovi ng teachers, and tutors) thei assist ELL students and their r parents. Eng lish To assist ELL Cognitive Academic students, through Language Profi- 1 l io staff development to hi The ELL Program di n enhance English gh teaches English to P st , instruction in both int Speakers of Other r ri a ELL and content area er Languages through o ct s courses. es various program vi si s 4 Encourage parental t models. d t e involvement in the re e e ad s education of ELL • The Immersion s s. in s students. Model places ELL h 2 g m 5 Provide for the students into el materials, T.V. e utilization of thematic monolingual English te P productions and classrooms with n units of study, r r other instructional special support and t cooperative learning, e o methods to meet assistance in a multi d, v students’ needs. heritage language n cultu s i 6 Provide for the from tutors or el d ral d training of personnel. teachers. f- pl and e 7 Provide equal c a cros access to all • The Sheltered o c s- a educational Academic Instruction nt e cultu p programs Model teaches regular ai m ral content area courses p including gifted. n e activi in ways designed to r e n ties, make them o com d, t comprehensible to ELL o p puter o students. Techniques r r assis f include simplified i i ted E speech m a instr L contextualization, task m t uctio L function orientation, e e n, computer assisted st rs tutori instruction and u al io i interactional activities. d assis n d e tanc p • The ELL Instruction e e, r n Model (ESL) teaches n after o ts English instruction for t scho g . the development of i ol r 3 listening, speaking, f enric a reading and writing i hme m Pr skills of non-English c nt s ov speaking students a activi in id through the Language al t ties, e Arts curriculum.