All ESOL students are assessed with this upon entry to our district.
What is WMLS and SOLOM.
100
All answers on the HLS indicate English.
How do I know whether or not to test a child?
100
A current Eng Prof for returning students is based off of this.
What is the spring ELDA score?
100
Last year's Kinder students who did not have to take ELDA were given Eng Prof's of 6. These students are in 1st grade this year.
What is their Eng Prof?
100
I only need to fill out this form for students who are new to the district. The form then goes to the PS person to communicate the student information.
What is the ESOL Intake Form?
200
Students in grades 2-8 who have not been in the US for at least 6 months may exempt this test.
What is MAP? (This means both the reading and the math portion of the test).
200
If the parent indicates all English on the HLS but the school learns that the child has a primary language other than English, the school is obligated to test the child based on this knowledge.
What do I do if I know the HLS is wrong?
200
Any student scoring a 5 on ELDA needs to receive one of these.
What is the ELDA Pass Letter or ESOL-11?
200
I received a student from Richland One. She took ELDA last year and is in 4th grade. Her ELDA score is a 4 and she was a monitored child. She should be a B3.
What is the problem?
200
By Oct. 25 all of these need to be held.
What are ELDP conferences?
300
Students who score a Broad English Ability of 4-6 on WMLS will not take this test in the Spring.
What is ELDA? (This is new this year, for any students coming in to our district from a non-ELDA district).
300
A 2nd grade child scores a 5 on SOLOM and a 4 on WMLS.
What is her Eng Prof, Cohort, ELLI?
300
This needs to be created and a conference scheduled with parents and teachers.
What is an English Language Development Plan?
300
You have a large storage space now on google, there is no need to delete communication and monitoring of students among parents and teachers.
What is save your communication with teachers and others about students?
300
HLS, Intake, ELDP, Waiver, Transition form, Re-entry, ELDA score reports should all be here.
What are things found in the permanent file?
400
Remember SPED students can receive oral accommodations and perhaps others on the writing ELDA test as long as it is specified on THIS document.
What is an IEP?
400
A 5th grader comes to us. Fluent in Spanish and German. You give him the WMLS and he scores a 5. He also scores a 5 on the SOLOM.
What is his Eng Prof, ELLI, and Cohort?
400
Sometimes students with IEPs have come to the point in their English Language Development where their remaining needs should be met in the Special Services program, not ESOL. The ESOL teacher would complete this paperwork.
What is an Explanation of Placement?
400
You should do this at least twice a year.
What is talk with your faculty about ESOL? (Remember you are the expert!)
400
This year, these will be posted on GDocs and shared with the team leader and Dawne by Oct. 17.
What are Long Range Plans?
500
All high stakes testing concerns ultimately fall on this person(including children who didn't take ELDA).
What is the STC(school testing coordinator)?
500
A 3rd grader comes to us. He scores a 4 on WMLS and a 5 on SOLOM.
What is his Eng Prof, ELLI, and Cohort?
500
Johnny was a B3 last year in 4th grade. Now he is a 5th grader. He scored Met on everything but writing. He scored a 4 on ELDA. His teachers say he is doing well but since he scored a not met on writing should I serve him this year. His MAP reading score was at the 42 percentile.
What is Johnny's ESOL level?
500
My school has gone to block scheduling and really messed up my pull out time. The only time I can see my 4th graders is during math. I guess this will just have to work.
What is the subject that we do not pull from in ESOL?
500
In the back of the handbook you have ESOL-16, a new form that you will fill out so that you and your students can participate in these?