Title III Program Implementation Timeline 2017-18
® = Required
August 2017
® Notify Parents of ALL LEP students’ participation in ESL program.
- Send Annual Services Placement letter using ACCESS 2.0 Spring 2017 scores-go to Burke County Homepage; Click on Curriculum; Slide to ESL and click; click on ESL Procedures Notebook tab. Click on the LiveBinder icon, and this will take you to our LiveBinder. Click on ESL Parent Letters tab; click on subtabs (4a-4c) for Annual Services Placement Letters. Send English and Hmong/Spanish as needed.
® Teachers provide copy of Individual Student Report and highlighted Can-Do descriptors for grade level cluster-download Can-Dos from ELL Livebinder: click on WIDA Resources tab; click on Can-Do Name Charts subtab. At high school level, consider providing a notebook of ACCESS scores and Can Dos for all LEP students for each department.
® W-APT test Kinders (within first 30 days)
® WIDA Screener test any newly enrolled students Grades 1-12 from non-WIDA out-of-state
- Send parent notification of W-APT Kinder/WIDA Screener Grades 1-12 scores. Follow same directions as above, except click on Services Placement W-APT (subtabs 2a-2b). Send English/Spanish as needed.
® Determine newcomer students who need to be on Imagine Learning or ALEKS Math. Email Lannie.
If you have a newcomer, please request newcomer materials.
® Teachers have Data Managers create teams in PowerSchool for LEPs, MFLEP1’s (Exited 2017), and MFLEP2’s (Exited 2016). Copy report cards quarterly, staple to monitoring forms, & meet with content teachers as needed.
® Teachers sign off on ALL Home Language Surveys. Surveys requiring testing,- make copies for red folders; return originals for cumulative folder placement.
September 2017
® Teachers review ACCESS 2.0 for ELLs spring 2017 results to develop schedules; use LIEP.
® Send ESL Schedule template (filled out) to ESL Office. – to include names of students, whether directly served or on guidance
® Send LEP Accommodations Charts to ESL Office. Be sure to add in accommodations for NC Final Exams~ science, social studies.
® Send LEP Action Plan for all LEP students to ESL Office. Copy in red folder. Copy to classroom teacher(s). Copy to ESL Office.
- Determine state testing accommodations for LEP students for 2017-18
- Send parent accommodations letter home –download from website (same location as above)
Determine students eligible for year one LEP exemption of reading EOG and English II
. (Must score below a 4 on the reading subtest of WIDA Screener for reading EOG exemption
And English II.)
® Notify LEP parents of AMAO results (if available☺-ESL Office will send you letter)
October 2017
® Turn in All Kinder W-APTs by October 9, 2017 (Day 30)
® Administrators of Woodcock-Munoz turn in All Woodcock-Munoz by October 9, 2017
® Home Language Survey –ESL Office will notify you.
® October 1, 2017 Headcount ESL Office will notify you.
® Covering ELD Standards with Content Teachers in grade level/dept. planning meeting – Sign-in sheet to ESL Office by October 31, 2017
® Verify Tier placement for Alternate ACCESS test/any student who will be tested entirely on paper.
® ESL Lesson Plan Collection Elementary School teachers Download ESL Lesson Plan Template from ESL website/or use Planbook Plans-choose one class for K-5 and; send lesson plans for any 5 days
® BOY Writing Benchmark to be completed by October 31, 2017
November 2017
® Check to see if any newly enrolled students need to be WIDA Screener/W-APT tested.
® ESL Lesson Plan Collection Middle School teachers: Download ESL Lesson Plan Template from ESL website/or use Planbook Plans -choose one class period meeting 5 days per week or A day/B day; send lesson plans for any 1 week.
® Parent-Teacher Conferences; Sign-in Sheets due by November 14, 2017.
December 2017
® Send agendas and any documents to verify promotion of parental and community involvement in your LEP program-i.e. Notices of parent literacy night, ESL parent meetings, etc.
® Remember that December 31 is the last day to reclassify a student!!
January 2018
® ACCESS 2.0 for ELLs training- See professional development plan on ESL website.
® Meet to discuss AMAO Status. See professional development on ESL website.
® Consult with teachers of elementary students recommended for retention.
® High School Teachers participate in EOC Appeal/Waiver process.
® Turn in LEP Accommodations Charts for second semester high school. All other teachers turn in additional LEP Accommodations Charts if you have new students
- Send parent accommodations letter home –download from website (same location as above)
® ESL Lesson Plan Collection High School Teachers –choose one class period; send lesson plans for any 1 week. Download ESL Lesson Plan Template from ESL website.
® MOY Writing Benchmarking to be completed by January 31, 2018
February 2018
® Send parent letter for testing notification for annual ACCESS 2.0 test. Download ELP testing notification letter from website.
® ACCESS 2.0 for ELLs Testing Window
® Update of Immigrant Count in Federal Data Collection. ESL Office will send request
March 2018
® Hand-schedule ELLs in high school classes; Get middle school schedules from 9th grade counselor to review with Lannie.
® Check to make sure your inventory of bilingual word-to-word dictionaries matches the number of students that you checked bilingual dictionary on their pink LEP Accommodations Charts
April 2018
® Ensure accommodations are in place for end of year testing. Send parent mods letter if accommodations are changed/new students are added; must have new accommodations in place 30 days before testing
® Meet to obtain teacher input on development of the Title III Grant.
® LEP Parent Task Force.
® Title III Status Meeting - See professional development on ESL website.
May 2018
® Parent Survey
June 2018
® Pick up spring 2018 ACCESS 2.0 individual student reports and parent letters to send home.
Send Exit letter from spring 2018 ACCESS if appropriate-download from ESL website-go to Burke County Homepage; Click on Curriculum; Slide over to ESL and click on ESL Staff; Go to Upper right-hand corner of the web page and click on Sign-In. Sign in using bcps\your username and your email password. Click on the blue button on the left, Protected Documents. Click on Parent Letters; Click on Exit Letters. Send English and Hmong/Spanish as needed.
® Annual Score Analysis meeting- notebooks.
® End of year LEP Data Collection spreadsheet-ESL Office will email template…
® End of year transition meetings for grades 5 and 8~ bring red folders.