English Learners

Kenmore ELL Support

Kenmore Elementary offers an English Language Learners program for students with limited English proficiency. This program is designed to support ELL students to develop proficiency in English (Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking) while increasing access to core grade level content and meaningful participation in classroom learning activities.
• Support for students in grades K-5th

• Enrollment in the ELL program is determined by a student’s annual score on Washington State’s English Language Proficiency Assessment

Students who qualify for ELL services may benefit from:
• Support for core learning in class

• Collaborative planning between ELL teachers and classroom teachers

• Targeted small group intervention from a paraprofessional or certificated teacher

• Assessment support

• Extended day learning

English Language Development (ELD) services, in combination with general education, provides students (K-12) with linguistic development accessing grade level academic content as they acquire English language proficiency. Multilingual students who qualify for ELD services receive appropriately differentiated levels of direct services based on their language proficiency and grade level.

Annual English Language Assessments

Multilingual students who qualify for services in Northshore will soon take the annual WIDA Access English Language Proficiency Assessment or the WIDA Alternate Access Assessment for students that qualify based on their IEP. The State of Washington requires that students who are eligible for ELD services take an assessment yearly to measure students’ continuing progress in reading, writing, speaking, and listening in English. This includes students who are eligible but whose parents have refused services. Parents may still opt-out of services for the next school year if they wish.

WIDA testing will take place in-person and at school between Feb. 1, 2022 and March 25, 2022.

By fall of 2022, you will receive your student’s score report. Please contact the ELD staff at your child’s school for more information.

Our Belief & Vision

We BELIEVE that every student has the capacity to achieve academic success and make a positive contribution to society.
We VALUE the diversity of our community and recognize the importance of celebrating this diversity within the learning environment.
We RECOGNIZE that systemic barriers exist and are key contributing factors in the pervasive, disparate student achievement outcome within our school system.

Our diverse population of learners will have equal access to rigorous academic content while acquiring language proficiency through sheltered instruction so that they are ready for lifelong success after graduation. As a community we will create awareness that it takes from 5-10 years to achieve academic language proficiency and we assume simultaneous development of language and content-area knowledge.

Elementary School

ELD support is provided in all Northshore Elementary Schools. Emerging and Progressing ELD students are in general education classrooms and will receive additional assistance from a certificated ELD teacher or an ELD paraprofessional based on their student data. Classroom teachers will provide support to Proficient ELD students within core content by using language development strategies to support listening, speaking, reading and writing. ELD staff provide supplemental academic vocabulary instruction through push-in or pull-out, small, flexible groups. In addition, Newcomers (0-2 years in the U.S.) receive instruction to build essential English language communication skills.

ELD staff collaborate with classroom teachers to monitor students who have exited from ELD services. Students are monitored for 2 years to ensure they continue to make academic progress in school. Assistance is provided as needed for proficient ELD students.

Middle School

ELD support is provided at all middle schools. Emerging and Progressing ELD students follow the general education plan and also receive one ELD class period a day from a certificated ELD teacher. Progressing ELD students with academic needs can also enroll in this ELD class period. The ELD class is designed to provide intensive English language development to develop all skills of speaking, listening, reading, writing and comprehension.

ELD Paraprofessional staff provides supplemental academic vocabulary instruction through push-in or pull-out, small, flexible groups. Students receive assistance within their general classrooms. Students who have exited ELD services in the past 2 years are also provided support if there are academic needs.

High School

Emerging and Progressing ELD students follow the general education plan and also receive up to two EL class periods a day from a certificated ELD teacher including:

Daily ELD English: Beginning and Intermediate students receive English credit while developing English proficiency skills (and/or)
Academic English Language: Beginning, Intermediate (and Advanced, depending on needs) ELD students receive academic content support focusing on the academic language necessary in core content classes.

Additionally, ELD Paraprofessional staff provide supplemental academic vocabulary instruction through push-in or pull-out, small, flexible groups. Students receive assistance within their general classrooms. Students who have exited ELD services in the past 2 years are also provided support if there are academic needs.

Contact

EL Program Coordinator

Jenessa Hope

Email:

jhopewight@nsd.org

Phone:

(425) 408-4869