PK-programing and testing:

PK- PK round up and testing/ LPAC to be done in the spring- one-day

Hilltop & West & Canyon Falls Vanessa Branch be LPAC Administrator
April 5-7th
Create a flyer for the Website -Technology

TELPAS-Feburary 11th- Collecting Writing Samples- PD- All teachers who

have ESL students 1:30 minutes

Team can join to help make modules for TELPAS

Rater Training/Calibration-February 22nd ½ day for each
● Food
● Raters will not have a ESL students

Send out 3 days before Christmas and fill out January 4.

Mid Year accommodations- Form specific to STAAR 3rd-5th

Parent Engagement: Coffee Talk

December 2nd-9:00
January 6- 12:00

January 26th & 27th- 28th ( Business day)

Family Engagement:
Bingo Night- 6-7pm @ AHS
March 31st

Train students- Week before Spring Break

TELPAS= March 21st-25th

August Professional Training
Home language Survey-
Separate piece on Skyward that we can pull and start testing students the
week of professional development or get an hourly rate to test prior to that
week?

Strategic Placement of students in classes based on TELPAS scores and STAAR:

Hilltop- SHELTERED- Reading or Reading Lab

We have a lot of students at Hilltop that are very low in reading
4th & 5th class- 18 students
● Students that are low in 3rd & 4th
● Finding a way to support students in all their content classes in order best meet their
needs
● Long term- accountability and graduation rates
● Close gaps as we are closing gaps in other grade levels
● Sheltered instruction class combo 4th & 5th to bring up acamedics, achievement
ESL teacher with a stipend to do this ( I did this and ALL my students passed STAAR &
we use GT supplemental curriculum, tested 2 kids and they qualified ( equity)

West-
Not sure yet.

AMS- Sheltered instruction for ELA & Reading Lab during Advisory
AHS-
Staffing- One ESL teacher/ESL specialist-
Develop and implement lesson plans that fulfill the requirements of district and TEKS to help
Newcomers-Intermediate Bilingual Emergent students gain the English Acquisition. Conduct
assessments of the student learning styles to use and help plan instruction for other core
classes. Work cooperatively with other core subject teachers to ensure that Bilingual Emergent
students are receiving linguistically accommodated instruction. Plan and supervise teacher aid.
Staff would work with counselors to ensure the correct placement of students.
Conduct All testing of new students and maintain compliance paperwork for the ESL program
Attend ARD’s & LPAC ‘s

● Procedures on how to place New students

● One counselor for transcripts/scheduling and credits
● Give students language credits
● Professional development for teachers to be Sheltered Trained and ready to have
students
● Language Tech Lab- ESL aid

Some ideas:
Practical Writing Skills:
The study of writing allows high school students to earn credit while developing skills necessary
for composing business letters and requests for information, as well as for completing job
applications and resumés. This course emphasizes skills in the use of conventions and
mechanics of written English, the appropriate and effective application of English grammar, and
the effective use of vocabulary. Students are expected to understand the recursive nature of the
writing process. The student's evaluation of his/her own writing, as well as the writing of others,
ensures that students completing this course are able to analyze and evaluate their writing.
Reading I:
Reading 1 offers students instruction in word recognition, comprehension strategies, and
vocabulary to ensure that high school students have an opportunity to read with competence,
confidence, and understanding. Students are given opportunities to locate information in varied
sources, to read critically, evaluate sources, and draw supportable conclusions. Students learn
how various texts are organized and how authors choose a language for effect. All of these
strategies are applied in texts that cross the subject fields. For high school students whose first
language is not English, the student’s native language serves as a foundation for English
language acquisition and language learning.

Programs to consider for reading lab;

Read 180 Universal Program | 4-12 Reading Intervention Curriculum | Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt
READ 180 : READ 180 is an intensive reading intervention program. Students are enrolled in the
class if they are classified as ESL students, meet program qualifications, and must take the class
for at least one full year. The program directly addresses individual needs through differentiated
instruction, adaptive and instructional software, high-interest literature, and direct instruction in
reading, writing, and vocabulary skills. The software analyzes, monitors, tracks, and reports on
student accuracy, noting not only incorrect answers but also the types of errors made.

Evidence-Based Educational Software for Reading Instruction | Virtual Reading Coach

[COMPLETE] : My Reading Coach is consistent with scientifically-based reading research. It offers
consistency of instruction and modeling, along with the best scientific practices to provide the
accountability required in Reading First classrooms. It addresses each of the five key components found
important by the NRP. It provides a clear instructional design in the following ways: 1. Explicit, direct,
individualized instruction and remediation,2. Integrated instructional sequences,3. Practice activities that
are mastery-based to ensure short and long-term memory retention and application,4. Pre-testing as well
as review testing and placement to ensure each student receives appropriately targeted instruction 5.
Professional development on effective reading instruction using an experienced co-teacher,6.
Supplemental teacher and student support materials.

Study Island https://www.edmentum.com/products/study-island

Study Island offers rigorous content built from the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) to
prepare for the TAKS and End-of-Course tests. Also, Study Island supports the learning process and
builds off of your students’ enthusiasm for technology with engaging, interactive lessons and activities.
Students can work through the web-based program at their own pace, or teachers can guide students
through the program. And with dynamic content, students don’t memorize the answers, they learn the
topics.

Rosetta Stone https://www.rosettastone.com/k12/

This program approaches language learning the same way that you first learned a language —
using a natural method that teaches a new language directly, without translation. That means no
more confusing grammar explanations or mind-numbing vocabulary lists to memorize.

As the leading language-learning software in the world, Rosetta Stone makes learning a new
language second nature. Millions of learners in more than 150 countries have already used our
software to gain the confidence that comes with truly knowing a new language.