This presentation provides information about the ESOL program at CHES for the upcoming school year. It notes that most ESOL students are Hispanic and from Guatemala, with some from Mexico and one student from Sudan. It also discusses test score improvements, guidelines for working with ESOL parents and students, Mayan culture and languages, and recommended websites for additional information.
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2012 2013 esol presentation
1. 2012-2013 ESOL
Presentation
Welcome back! We look forward
to another great year!
2. ESOL students at CHES
• Most are Hispanic • A few from Mexico
• Majority is from • 1 from Sudan
Guatemala
3. ESOL Acronyms
• ESOL- English to • ELDA- English
Speakers of Language
Other Languages Development
Assessment
• ESL- English as
• ELL –English
a Second
Language
Language
Learner
4. Update On ELDA
• 20 ESOL students exited ELDA
• Most ESOL students showed
improvement on ELDA
• We are proud of our CHES Team for
their contributions
5. Mayan Languages
• Spanish • Quiche
• Kanjobal • ESOL students
speak and hear 2
languages
• Mam
• 1 Sudanese
• Acateco
student: Arabic
and Swahili
6. State and Local
Guidelines
• Important information needs to be
given to parent in native language
• Our parents need it verbally
• ESOL interpreters provided for
conferences
7. Non Discrimination
Guidelines
• The status of student or family is
confidential and cannot be shared
• We cannot require a social security
card for registration
• There will be potential personal
litigation if there is failure to comply
8. Rights of an ESOL
Student
• Protected under federal, state and local
guidelines & office of civil rights
• ELLs are entitled to modified assignments,
grades, tests
• Similar modifications provided on state
mandated testing
• No failure of ELLs without a prior form
9. ESOL Monitor Students
• These are former ESOL students
• They exited with a composite score
of 4 or 5 on the ELDA
• They need two years of monitoring
• Monitor students can be pulled back
into ESOL if struggling
• Report card needed every quarter
10. Mayan Culture
• Education is a priority
• Students are quiet, bashful and non-
assertive
• Parents expect mutual respect
• “teacher” is a honorable name
• Parent’s would rather be addressed as
senor + last name or senora +last name
11. Literacy of Mayan
Parents
• Most parents speak a Mayan or Spanish
dialect
• No literacy or minimal literacy
• Some cannot read or write in Spanish
• Do not expect parents to help with phonics
or reading
• Basic Math easier
• Majority cannot provide homework help
14. The Maya writing system is considered by
archaeologists to be the most sophisticated
system ever developed in Mesoamerica.
• Glyphs representing, from left to right, the sky, an ahau
(king), a house, a child, and the city of Palenque.
15. The Maya homeland, called Mesoamerica, spans
five countries: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras,
and El Salvador.
