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Please Share Your Thoughts About Programs for English Learners, Foster Youth, and Low Income Students, Both Positives Or Ideas for Growth and Improvement Please share your thoughts about programs for English Learners, Foster youth, and low income students, both positives or ideas for growth and improvement. Please continue with specialized coordinators. no comment Appreciates the free lunches and would like tutoring for the foster student. Yes, and no. He does not have students that require these services. None at this time. District employee. I think kinder and first grade students should not have WIN time because all of the students are learning language and they all need to learn the same things. Much more time needs to be spent on vocabulary through hands on projects and writing activities. The groups are too big and the range of abilities are too wide and their is not enough time for effective instruction. We've been doing the WIN time for awhile now, and I really have not seen improvement for EL students due to WIN. The best EL progress comes from the classroom teacher and the reading specialist who works in small groups with students. It would be far more effective for EL students to meet in small groups with a person dedicated to that purpose and group the students by reading/writing ability. I believe that this is a good thing i have no ideas as of ;right now on how to improve these programs help is there if one chooses to use it. My student is none of the above but I support these kinds of programs and I'm very glad to hear that NUSD has them, especially the support for PSAT and ACT. I came from a low income, non college parents and there was a lot I just didn't know in HS that I learned on my own but sometimes too late (but I managed it and went on to graduate from UC Berkeley) but only in retrospect have I been able to grasp how clueless I was, compared to my peers in college. I don't understand why my children were identified as EL since we speak English at home. But my husband and I speak to each other other languages. Hence when it came time for them to have EL support. It took time away from class which might result in missing important instruction from their teachers. In short, I'm questionin how students are identified as EL. EL Coordinators are not doing ANYTHING to support EL students that I am aware of. I think it is a waste of prep periods! Did not know these programs existed. There should be more awareness shared about these programs Lowering class sizes, so student engagement would be higher for EL and fosters students is more critical than these other ideas presented. Go back 20:1 in primary and 25:1 in intermediate at schools where EL population is higher. It seems to me that all these programs do not involve the parents enough in the process. My prior school required parents to attend meetings once a month and to describe at home learning for student; ie, desks, when studies, what homework etc. The after school programs can really provide additional opportunities by enriching the program the time spent and developing a program that targets the individual needs by level. Focus on reading and writing since many students struggle to put ideas on paper once they have learned to read. Many student can't complete the homework because parent don't understand and are unable to support in that matter. ESY and 1:1 computing should be available for low income students district wide who have or may have fallen behind due to lack of resources. Thanks for having interpreters & translators ready available for staff when needed. I think NUSD is doing a wonderful job reaching out and serving underprivileged youth. he district should financially support overnight field trips for students that have expressed financial concerns. Teachers have raised funds knowing that it is a "we all go, or we don't go" knowing that children are in no way shape or form be excluded from a trip because of financial reasons. I truly agree, too, but it becomes very stressful when we fall short of our donation goal and have to ask our families if they can donate more to make the trip possible for all. At this point, is when I feel the district should become involved. Overnight field trip provide a memorable educational experience for students, but with the stresses of more and more students in financial need, I'm afraid that the overnight field trips will no longer be feasible. An experience that makes our district stand out from other districts. I believe funds need to be set aside to assist with overnight field trip expenses thus helping our low income students. Reading exile levels for all NHS students have been identified, but the district is not listening to staff. we need comprehensive decoding and comprehension classes, date has been provided, but instead NHS gets an "intervention" class with no curriculum. babysit and have fun. NUSD has put such an emphasis on data, and then to ignore site level date provided to ed center, is basically, reprehensible. The After school meals are helpful for students before they attend office hours Did not know of these programs in in the property and my child did not do sports. Because we did not have money to get sport supply. Was not aware of programs Although I think we're doing some to support our foster youth and low income students, I think we need to address their behavioral and mental health needs better with increased services on school campuses. We need more Tier 1 supports for social and emotional learning, in addition to more staff who can provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 social emotional supports. I think it is awesome that you provide children with the best education and giving them the opportunity to succeed and go to college. These programs has been great to our students these pass 12years since I been employed with NUSD. Honest opinion we should continue, working hard and support our students financially. Eliminating great programs in our society will not bring a better future in our students life's. There needs to be an ELD teacher/TOSA at each school site to provide ELD instruction to English learners. WINN time is not enough and it is not effective. Teachers of non-EL students teach impacted classes (classes of 30+) during WINN time while EL groups per grade are 12 or lower. A TOSA is needed to teach ELD groups because there are not enough teachers per grade level to group the classes by ability and EL proficiency. We have low-income students throughout the district, and it is not equitable to provide instructional technology to only one school. You must consider how you can provide the same services and resources to all low-income students, not just those in one geographic area. It would be great if we could add after school counseling and a homework place for the English Learners, foster youth, and our low income students. There are little to no foster services for students I have worked with in the elementary age, no outreach, I have had to email to figure out any services if any. For EL, there are no current programs or training, no report card standards or training. For low income students in all the schools I have worked out, only AL provided low student ratios, but no other incentives as field trip funds, finger printing for parents that could not afford so they could volunteer, counseling services for students that are struggling in the elementary age. Elementary is getting ignored in terms of services, not meeting the needs of younger students who will need the services even more in junior high and high school. PLEASE PROVIDE SERVICES TO ALL! In all schools! The funds to low income services to teachers should be greater as we are spending more money to get the supplies they do not have. A supply closet for teachers would be great with essentials such as paper, scissors, glue, crayons and markers! Low income students need more support in reading, writing and math. Access to technology does not guarantee comprehension or skill development. Now that there's a technology based intervention curriculum implemented at Gateways the technology is being used more effectively. more money and time need to be spent on all areas Regarding English learners, I feel that the students parents of English learners can use some help as well. The word needs to get out for the programs offered to these children. At what schools are the summer school support located at? Which teachers receive training? Foster students need research based targeted academic assistance programs. I think the funding is wonderful but they need more help catching up with school work and being supported with academics. You are not helping poor children by paying for tests that they can't pass because you have failed to educate them. Poor students need research based targeted intervention and academic assistance which you are not providing with your funds although you are legally mandated to do so. The NGMS program is a lie. Poor kids have the least access to computing at ngms because they can't pay for their chromebooks when they broke them so they don't get to use a computer at all. Also, you have not taught them to type in the 3rd grade so they can't use computers like a college bound student anyway. You need to require touchtyping for 30 minutes per day beginning in 3rd grade.
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