Session VI:Special Populations

GLBT & ELL’s

Harvey Hoyo, Ed.D.National University- Costa Mesa

Think, Pair, Share #1

What experiences do you have with GLBT or ELL student populations?

What legal /ethical issues immediately come into your mind as you reflect about

these two student populations?

Potential Controversy

Potential Controversey

Lesson Objectives

Equal Access Act GLBT

Personal Values

English Language Learner

GLBT Basic Facts

Heterosexual: attraction to the other sex

Homosexual: attraction to

same sex

Bisexual: attraction to both sexes

Sexual Orientation not equal to sexual

activity

Developmental Comparisons

Common

elements

Marginalization

ACA and GLBT

ACA opposes portrayals of lesbian, gay, and

bisexual youth and adults as mentally ill

due to their sexual orientation

Think, Pair, Share # 2

Identify the personal, social, philosophical issues you will

have to grapple with when working with a GLBT student.

ASCA & LGBTQ

Not an illness

Not appropriate to work toward

changing student’s

orientation

Provide support

Think, Pair, Share # 3

What kinds of counseling supports do you see yourself

providing to support the LGBTQ student?

GLBT & the Legal System

First Amendme

nt

Fourteen Amendme

nt

GLBTExecutive

Order 13087

Title VII

GLBT Court RulingsGay Student Services v

Texas A& M

Bowers v Hardwick

Romer v Evans

Oncale v Sundowner

Offshore Services

Boy Scouts of America v

Dale

Safe & Inclusive SchoolsDavis v

Monroe County Board of

Education(1999)

Office for Civil Rights Title IX

State Laws protecting

gender identity

Equal Access Act1984

Westside Community Schools v. Mergens

Session VI – Part II

Session VI – Part IIEnglish Language Learners:

the ELL’s

ELL: BASIC STATISTICSFastest growing

segment of the student population

Comprise a very diverse

group

Increasingly present in all U.S. states.

Sometimes struggle

academically

ELL & Legal Mandates

Bilingual Education Act

(Title VII)

English Language Acquisition, Language

Enhancement, and Academic

Achievement Act

AB 748CELDT

ELL & Legal Issues

Proposition 227

School Counselors and ELLMeasuring Language Proficiency

Formative Assessment

Summative Assessment

Assess Content Knowledge

Adhere to ethical

principles of testing

Multiple

Measures

Think, Pair, Share: # 4

What kinds of services do you see yourself

generally providing the ELL student population?

School Counselors and ELL:Test Taking Principles

Appropriate purposes

Test results to shape attitudes

toward Ell students

principles of fairness

Avoid applying testing

accommodations designed for disabilities

School Counselors and the Consequences of ELL Assessments

Results

Course Placement

Assuring Reliable Placement

ELLs’ heterogeneity

federally mandated

standardized testing

Multiple Assessments ELL Definition

Think, Pair, Share #5

What major issue will you have to deal with when assuring your

ELL student is properly scheduled?

The CELDT

Listening

Speaking

Writing Reading

The Purpose of CELDT

CELDTEd Code Section 313 & Title 5

Assess progress in

target areas

Level of English

Proficiency

Reclassifying to English proficientEducation Code Section 313(d)

CELDT

CST – English-

Language Arts

Teacher Evaluation

- GPA

Parent Consultatio

n

Counselor’s Major Role

Student Access

Conclusion●Consultation Skills●Leadership Skills

●Marginalization

●First/Fourteenth Amendments

●SAFE & INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS