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Big Horn County School District #2

EL

English Learners (EL)

Big Horn County School District #2 identifies and provides services for students for English Language Learners.

Identification Process: Identification is a two-step process

  1. Home Language Survey: When any student enrolls in Big Horn #2, parents are asked to complete a Home Language Survey as part of the registration process.
     

Document titled 'MODEL ARTICLE AND ABSTRACT' with text about language acquisition.

 

  1. English Language Proficiency Screener: If the Home Language Survey indicates that a student's language has been influenced by something other than English, the district will administer a screening assessment to determine eligibility for EL services. Parents will be notified by a letter if a student is to be placed in EL services.
     

EL Services:

  1. Language Instruction Education Plan (LIEP): All students identified for EL services will have an LIEP developed to determine goals, services, and assessment accommodations.

  2. Services: Services will include in-class and/or out-of-class learning interventions as determined by the LIEP team.

  3. We apply the 5 Key Standards of English Language Development:

    1. Language for Social and Instructional Purposes: English language learners
      communicate for social and instructional purposes within the school setting.

    2. Language for Language Arts: English language learners communicate information,
      ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of language arts..

    3. Language for Mathematics: English language learners communicate information,
      ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of mathematics.

    4. Language for Science: English language learners communicate information,
      ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of science.

    5. Language for Social Studies: English language learners communicate information,
      ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of social studies.

Our district EL plan has been included below to provide more information on our EL pro

Visit this EL site for many helpful tips for bilingual families:

  • English Language Learners (ELL) are automatically identified as Title I (if they are not already receiving other services) and, among other supports, may be subscribed individual Lexia and/or Core5 as is appropriate to the student. They may also may receive one-on-one instruction with a certified ELL instructor. Once they pass the ACCESS*, and if they are at grade-level reading, their success and grade-level proficiency will be monitored closely for up to four years. (Parent permission is obtained first.)

    World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment/ACCESS test for ELL proficiency

    Other Helpful Sites

    • BrainPop ELL is a fun site with a lot of information. You just set up a free account.
    • DuoLingo is another free site where you set up an account to use.

  • English Language Learners (ELL) are automatically identified as Title I (if they are not already receiving other services) and, among other supports, are generally placed in a reading extension class as appropriate to the student. Once they pass the ACCESS*, and if they are at grade-level reading, they may not be placed in an extension class, but will be watched closely for up to four years. 

    World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment/ACCESS test for ELL proficiency

  • English Language Learners (ELL) are automatically identified as Title I (if they are not already receiving other services) and, among other supports, are placed in a literacy lab as is appropriate to the student. Once they pass the ACCESS*, and if they are at grade-level reading, they may not be placed in an intervention class, but will be watched closely for up to four years. 

    World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment/ACCESS test for ELL proficiency