How Does My Child Get English Support At School?
- When your child starts school, the law requires that parents complete a paper called The Home Language Survey.
- If the Home Language Survey shows another language in the home, the ESL teacher must test your child to see if your child needs help with English.
- If the English test shows that your child needs help with English, then your child will get English support from the ESL teacher. English support includes help with reading, writing, speaking, listening, and vocabulary.
- Students work with the ESL teacher once or twice per week during school time. Your child receives support in speaking, reading, writing, listening, and vocabulary.
- Classroom teachers allow your child extra time to do any work that your child might have missed when your child is with the ESL teacher.
- In February or March, your child will take another English test to see how much progress in English your child is making. The tests measures growth in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and vocabulary.
- Your child will not need support in English when your child reaches all these 3 goals:
- Your child scores “proficient” on the WIDA test of English
- Your child reaches grade level in reading
- Your child reaches grade level in math
- If you do not want your child to get extra help and support from the ESL teacher, go the page called “How To Refuse ELL Support”. Follow the instructions on that page. On that page, you can download a paper. That paper asks that your child will be removed from ESL support. You need to complete that paper, sign it, and then give that paper to the ESL teacher.