DOJ Settlement
DOJ
What is the Department of Justice?
key words in a plan
What are explicit vocabulary terms?
What is picture pairing?
3.2
What is the number of EL staff at DHMS?
Follow one-step oral commands/instructions
What is a WIDA 1 learner?
Settlement
What is an agreement or good faith agreement to improve practices in a given organization?
Big ideas the student will understand
What are enduring understandings?
The beginning of a statement
What is a sentence frame?
6.0
What is the WIDA level of the majority of DHMS EL students?
Express everyday needs and wants
What is a WIDA 2 can do descriptor?
30
What is the number of total professional development hours required by a staff person over the 3 year settlement period?
Demonstration of content knowledge
What are content objectives?
objects and materials from everyday life
What is realia?
8
What is the number of WIDA 1 learners at DHMS?
Make inferences from grade-level text read aloud
What is a WIDA 5 can do descriptor?
10 hours
What is the total number of professional development hours required in one school year by a content staff person?
Adapt the content, product, or process to meet the needs of all learners
What is Differentiation?
words in a sentence or group of sentences that the student uses to help determine meaning
What are context cues?
6
What is the number of WIDA 2 level students at DHMS?
Use details/examples to support ideas
What is a WIDA 4 can do descriptor?
5
What is the total number of on-site in classroom observation and feedback hours required by each staff person each year during the DOJ settlement period?
Students demonstrate reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills.
What are language objectives?
providing a brief explanation of content in a native language
What is translanguaging?
198
What is the number of EL learners at DHMS (including proficient, reaching and bridging learners who are no longer serviced)?
Use context clues
What is a WIDA 3 can do descriptor?