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English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Program

The goal of the ESOL Program is to ensure that all students, entering Broward County Public Schools with varying levels of limited English proficiency, receive comparable and comprehensible instruction.  This instruction helps these students to develop communicative and academic skills necessary for meeting national, state, and district educational standards. 

All schools with students classified as English Language Learners (ELL) must provide an appropriate ESOL program to meet the specific students' needs in language learning, academic achievement, and in cultural integration.

Students in the ESOL program are required to meet the same curriculum standards as non-ELLs in English/Language Arts and content area instruction.  The content of the curriculum is established by the Sunshine State Standards. ESOL strategies, supplementary materials, and native language assistance are used to ensure that comprehensible instruction is being provided to every ELL.

School Board Policy 6000.1 - Student Progression Plan

Consent Decree - Office of Academic Achievement Through Language Acquisition

Program Support

District ELL Plan

Section 1 - Identification   

Section 2 - English Language Proficiency Assessment (Placement)

Section 3 - Programmatic Assessment

Section 4 - Comprehensive Program Requirements and Student Instruction

Section 5 - Statewide Assessment

Section 6 - English Language Proficiency Assessment(Exit)

Section 7 - Monitoring Procedures

Section 8 - Parent/Guardian/Student Notification and Rights

Section 9 - Functions of the ELL Committee and the PLC

Section 10 - Personnel Training

Section 11 - Title III, Part A, NCLB-Accountability

Resources

Department Handbook 2012-2013

State Database Guidelines for ELLs Handbook 2011-2012

Best Practices PowerPoints

Elementary Practice Guide for ELLs

Suggested Instructional Materials List

ESE/ELL Guidelines PPT

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