michael toole southwest plains regional service center
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Title III and Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives
Michael TooleSouthwest Plains Regional Service Center
Title III Goals
Assist students in gaining English proficiency in as timely manner as possible
Ensure that ELLs master the same grade level content as English speaking children
Title III and NCLB
Each state must develop state standards for English for Speakers of Other Languages
Each year all identified ELLs must be assessed using an instrument based on those state standards Kansas English Language Proficiency Assessment –
KELPA ALL identified ELLs must be assessed!
Yearly goals for language acquisition
Accountability
Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives AMAO #1—20% of the K-12 ELLs will increase their
composite scores on the Kansas English Language Proficiency Assessment (KELPA) when comparing the current year to the prior year.
AMAO #2—15% of the K-12 ELLs will score “4-Fluent” on the composite score of the current year’s KELPA.
AMAO #3 – 81.3% are meeting standard or above in Reading and 76.4% in Mathematics on Kansas State Assessments
Failure to meet AMAOsYear 1 “On Watch”
District: Notify parents of English Language Learners (ELLs)
in writing within 30 days of notification of not meeting AMAOs.
KSDE: Notify District of not meeting AMAOs.
Failure to meet AMAOsYear 2 “On Improvement”
District: Notify parents of English Language Learners (ELLs)
in writing within 30 days of notification of not meeting AMAOs.
Develop and implement an improvement plan that addresses the objective(s) not met and the factors that prevented the District from achieving the objective(s).
Failure to meet AMAOsYear 2 “On Improvement”
KSDE: Provide technical assistance to the District to
enable the District to meet the AMAOs. Develop, in consultation with the District,
professional development strategies and activities that the District will use to meet AMAOs.
Develop, in consultation with the District, a plan to incorporate strategies and methodologies, based on scientifically-based research, to improve the specific program or method of instruction provided to ELLs.
Failure to meet AMAOsYear 3 “On Improvement”
KSDE: Notify parents of English Language Learners (ELLs)
in writing within 30 days of notification of not meeting AMAOs.
Continue implementing improvement plan.
Failure to meet AMAOsYear 3 “On Improvement”
KSDE: Continue to provide technical assistance to the District to
enable the District to meet the AMAOs. Monitor the implementation of the improvement plan. Require the District to utilize the professional
development strategies and activities determined to improve the program or method of instruction provided to ELLs, if appropriate.
Continue to incorporate strategies and methodologies to improve the program of method of instruction provided to ELLs, if appropriate.
Failure to meet AMAOsYear 4 “On Improvement”
District: Notify parents of English Language Learners (ELLs) in
writing within 30 days of notification of not meeting AMAOs.
KSDE Require the District to:
modify the curriculum, program, and method of instruction; or
determine whether the District will continue to receive Title III funds; and
require the District to replace relevant education personnel.
Meeting AMAOsRecommendations
Conduct ESOL Needs Assessment / Evaluation Required by State ESOL Program Items to consider
Demographics KELPA performance State assessment performance Other student information ESOL endorsements Professional development Placement of ESOL personnel
Look at allocation of resources
Meeting AMAOsRecommendations
Examine student Individual Learning Plans How are they developed? By ESOL personnel
alone, or with input from content teachers? Do they target specific ESOL indicators? Are teachers aware of ILPs? Are teachers aware of students’ proficiency levels
in listening, speaking, reading, and writing? Are they used for planning?
Meeting AMAOsRecommendations
Professional development ESOL endorsements Professional development for all content teachers,
and to help ESOL endorsed teachers put theory into practice
State ESOL standards training Are classroom teachers aware of what is contained in
these standards? Are classroom teachers aware of AMAOs and their
awareness?
Meeting AMAOsRecommendations
Office of Civil Rights / Title III Compliance Procedures Do you have procedures in place K-12 to ensure
that OCR requirements for English Language Learners are met?
Home language surveys Assessment Parent Notification Parent Communication Student monitoring after exiting
Meeting AMAOsRecommendations
LOOK AT YOUR DATA, BOTH KELPA AND STATE ASSESSMENT
QUESTIONS?