ESL/ENL
For students enrolling after the school year begins, districts are legally required to provide formal program notification to parents within this many calendar days.
What is:14 days
In the Sheltered English Instruction (SEI) model, teachers focus on these two primary pillars to ensure MLs access grade-level curriculum.
What is: content-area objectives and language-acquisition objectives
Students with disabilities must be educated with their non-disabled peers to the greatest extent possible. This principle is known as:
What is: the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
This specific length of time is the standard duration for a school-based related service session.
What is: 30 minutes
If a student is sitting at their desk practicing deep breathing to calm down before a major math exam, they are actively demonstrating this core competency.
What is: Self-Management
In our schools, MLLs must receive ESL instruction for a minimum of this many minutes per day.
What is: one period from ESL teacher. For Bilingual resource program schools, two periods.
Under NJ requirements, this specific mandate ensures that all teachers—not just ESL specialists—are equipped to support Multilingual Learners.
What is: mandatory, ongoing professional development in sheltered instruction/language acquisition strategies
Parents must give this before an initial evaluation can occur.
What is: written consent?
This service helps students improve communication, language, articulation, and social communication skills.
What is: Speech Therapy
When an individual can look at a situation from a classmate's perspective and show deep empathy for their lived experiences, they are showcasing this competency.
What is: Social Awareness
When a student reaches this specific WIDA ACCESS proficiency level, they are eligible to be exited from the Language Instruction Educational Program (LIEP).
What is: Level 4.5
This specific instructional strategy involves simplifying the linguistic demand of a task while maintaining the rigor of the cognitive demand.
What is: scaffolding
This acronym stands for the individualized plan developed for a student receiving special education services.
What is: an IEP?
This term refers to the large muscle movements needed for walking, running, jumping, and kicking a ball at recess.
What are: Gross Motor Skills
Navigating a difficult group project by actively listening, compromising, and practicing constructive conflict resolution relies heavily on this competency.
What are: Relationship Skills
This instructional approach, often used in ESL-only settings, uses visuals, scaffolding, and modified language to make core content accessible to English learners.
What is SEI (Sheltered English Instruction)
True or False: If a student is both an ML and has an IEP, the student must be evaluated in both English and their native language to ensure disability identification is accurate.
What is: True (to avoid misidentification based on language proficiency)
This section describes how a student is currently performing academically and functionally.
What are: the Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP)?
Strength, coordination, and endurance are commonly targeted through this service.
What is: Physical Therapy
Identifying how a physical sensation—like a racing heart—directly connects to a specific emotion like anxiety is a key skill foundational to this competency.
What is: Self-Awareness
While BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills) represents social fluency, this term refers to the formal academic language required for success in the classroom, which typically takes 5–7 years to develop.
What is: CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency)
To satisfy New Jersey mandates for equitable curriculum access, the Sheltered English Instruction (SEI) framework requires the integration of these three essential pillars.
What is: Content Objectives (academic goals), Language Objectives (vocabulary and syntax), and Scaffolding (visuals and linguistic modifications)
IEPs must be reviewed at least this often.
What is: once a year?
If an IEP team determines a student needs support beyond specialized instruction, they might add this specific list of five professions to the plan.
What are: Speech, OT, PT, counseling, and Behavior Consultations
When a student group evaluates the safety, ethical standards, and potential long-term consequences of a new school policy before voting on it, they are practicing this competency.
What is: Responsible Decision Making