Scenario
Visualize a school that has had an influx of multilingual students in the past month. Due to that, you and other teachers in your school have had an increase in meetings with families to explain your EL program and the process students will follow to enter the program, receive instruction, and exit the program. You want to ensure these families understand the student support, and providing them with an infographic will help clarify that process. For this scenario, assume that after you create the infographic in English, your school will have it translated into other languages and that a translator will be present at every EL meeting.
Preparation
Review the following chapters of Ch. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 of the English Learner Tool Kit from the U.S. Department of Education:
Ch. 1, “Identifying All English Learner Students”
Ch. 3, “Staffing and Supporting an EL Program”
Ch. 4, “Meaningful Access to Core Curricular, Extra Curricular Programs”
Ch. 6, “Addressing English Learners with Disabilities”
Ch. 7, “Serving English Learners Who Opt Out of EL Programs”
Ch. 8, “Monitoring and Exiting English Learners from EL Programs and Services”
Assessment Deliverable
Create an infographic in which you address the following:
Procedures for identifying and admitting EL students, including:
Eligibility
Testing
Family/guardian rights and consent options
EL program description and placement procedures, including:
Yearly testing requirement
Time allocations for support by proficiency level
Benefits of the program
Additional services students may qualify for (e.g., speech, special education, gifted education)
The procedures for exiting students who are proficient and progress monitoring them after they exit
Consider creating your infographic using Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Slides, Canva, or another infographic application as approved by your faculty member.
Cite sources and images used in your infographic.
