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The MISD Bilingual/ESL
education program provides bilingual
instructional assistants who help
limited English proficient (LEP)/English
Language Learner (ELL) students to
learn English and to achieve
competency in English language and
reading skills, enabling them to
have equal access to education in a
classroom where English only is
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Overview |
Information about services
offered through the MISD
Bilingual/ESL Education Program and
eligibility requirements
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Program Director |
Program Director: Suchiraphon
(Su) McKeithen- Polish. Click the
program director link to find out
more about Su.
suresume.pdf
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Procedures for
Referring New English Language
Learning Students (ELL) |
ProceduresforreferringELLstudents.pdf
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MISD Bilingual
Program Forms |
- State Board of Education Approved HOME LANGUAGE SURVEY
- Teacher Referral Form for Student Participation
in MISD Bilingual Education Program
- Parent Refusal of Bilingual Program
- Request for MISD Bilingual Interpreter Services
Forms
- Tutor's Performance Evaluation Form
- Tutor/teacher Communication Form
- Request for Approval (from Tutor to Teacher)- Anectdotal Record
- Inactive Student
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Bilingual
Resources at MISD |
Information on Elementary Level Materials, Junior & Senior High
Levels, Teacher Handbook, Implications for Brain Based Learning,
What if They Don't Speak English?, My English Book, Special
Education Related to English Language Learners, Peer Review of ESL
Articles, and Additional Resources on the Web.
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English Language
Proficiency Assessment (ELPA)
Information from OEAA |
Spring ELPA Notification to parents in
different languages.
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more...
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English Language
Learner Programs |
This link has information on program descriptions, annual reports,
allocations for section 41 - Bilingual, Title III, and
Refugee Children
School Impact Grant. There are also resource materials such as:
State Manual to Assist Districts in Their Work With ELL Students
(Policy), Calendar of Important Dates, Invitation to
Parents to Attend OELA's, OELA's Third Annual Celebrate Our Rising
Stars Summit, and Home Language Survey - English.
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-6530_6559-47323--,00.html
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MEAP & ELL
Students |
Please click the link
below for MEAP accommodations for ELLs.
Teachers must submit an "Assessment Participation for English Language
Learners in their First Year in the U.S." form to document a student's
excuse from participation in the English Language Arts of MEAP or
MI-Access. Please click this link for a copy of the form (bilingualform.pdf)
Accommodationcrosswalk.pdf
FAQsAssessmentAccommodationSummaryTable.pdf
RevisedAccommodationSummaryTable.pdf |
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English Language
Proficiency Assessment (ELPA)/Information
from OEAA |
- Assessment
Accommodation Summary Table
DRAFTAccommodations_Table-with ELPA
.pdf
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Second Language
Acquisition |
Difficulties with Language - Slide Presentation, Literacy
Development - Slide Presentation, Sheltered Content Instruction -
Slide Presentation, and Peer Reading - Slide Presentation.
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Teacher
Resources |
Information
on Teacher Resources and Classroom
Strategies.
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Counselor
Resources |
- Grade System from Different
Countries
http://www.answers.com/topic/grade-education |
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Workshops |
Information
about courses offered at the MISD.
Click on VIEW BY INTEREST Button and
choose Bilingual/ESL.
http://www.solutionwhere.com/misdtraining/cw/main.asp |
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Title III Summer Professional
Development for Teachers of ELLs
Workshop |
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In
August of 2011, the Michigan
Department of Education (MDE)
provided substantive professional
development opportunities by
organizing and supporting three
regional SIOP teachers from local
school districts, including MISD.
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Annual Measureable Achievement
Objectives (AMAOs) |
AMAOs
is Annual Measureable Achievement
Objectives intended to show that ELL
students are making language
progress and that the programs are
successful. It is required in NCLB
to show accountability.
Bilingual/amaos.pdf |
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ELLs and Special Education |
ELLs
and Special Education: Assessing the
Instructional Program Before
Assessing a Child for Special
Education
Bilingual/ellsandspedcal.pdf |
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Title III Program Evaluation 09-10 |
Title
III Program Evaluation: Michigan
Department of Education (MDE) is
responsible for monitoring all
ELL/Immigrant program performance
under the NO Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).
This is a document of MISD Bilingual
Eduction Program's Title III
Evaluation checklist.
Bilingual/MITitleIIIProgramEvaluation.pdf |
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Parents Guidebook |
Informational Document About MISD
Bilingual Education Program For
Parents.
Albanian Parents Guidebook
Arabic Parents Guidebook
Bosnian Parents Guidebook
English
ParentsGuidebook.pdf
Hmong Parents Guidebook.pdf
Spanish Parents Guidebook |
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The Personal Curriculum |
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A Tool for Modifying the Michigan
Merit Curriculum
This document provides information
of the subject area credit
requirements for high school
students to graduate. Additionally,
it provides the personal curriculum
modifications that the districts can
utilize.
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"Spanish for Conferences" by Kent
ISD |
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Kent ISD is
happy to present “Spanish for
Conferences” – two scripts, one for
elementary and one for secondary,
with their accompanying audio files,
can help prepare your teachers to
better communicate with Spanish
speaking parents.
Visit this
page:
http://www.kentisd.org/teachers/englishlanguagelearners/spanishforconferences/
Download the
“Spanish for Conferences” PDF file
(it contains the scripts), then
right click and save the audio files
to your computer. You can then play
them, burn them to a CD, or load
them onto an MP3 player. |
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