English Language Learner Services

MVSD English Language Learner Services seek to follow the guidelines from:

THE NH Legal Compliance Manual for Instructing & Assessing Students Learning English

ESOL Services:

• are fair and integrative and provide equal access to equal opportunity

• involve team approach, comprising personnel such as the ESOL & classroom teachers, ESOL coordinator, school counselor, principal, Title I staff, parents

• do not segregate students for a lengthy period of time

• value students’ language and cultural differences

• provide effective services that lead to performance comparable to ESOL students’ English-speaking peers

• provide adequate resources and qualified personnel, with approximately

• are based on individual student English proficiency needs

• include multiple criteria for placement, promotion, and exiting

• use a monitoring plan that includes careful observation of students for a two-year period after exiting the program

• are based on current instructional practices

• teach English language skills and skills for learning content (academic subjects) through English

• provide modified content area instruction, document services provided, and decisions made