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Multilingual Learners

Multilingual Learner

Belief Statement about Multilingual English Learners... Currently being revised....

What is a Multilingual Learner?

A multilingual English Learner is a student who lives in a home where a language other than English is spoken and is still developing academic proficiency in English reading, writing, speaking, and listening.

 

How are Multilingual Learners identified?

Upon enrollment in California public schools, parents are required to complete a Home Language Survey to identify languages spoken at home. If a language other than English is specified, the student is tested for English proficiency using the Initial English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC). Students who do not score Initial Fluent Proficient on the assessment are identified as Multilingual English Learners.

Services and Support Offered:

Structured English Immersion Program: A language acquisition program for English learners in which nearly all classroom instruction is provided in English, but with curriculum and a presentation designed for students who are learning English. At a minimum, students are offered Designated ELD and provided access to grade-level academic subject matter content with Integrated ELD.

Dual-Language Immersion (DLI) Program: A language acquisition program, also referred to as Two-Way Immersion, that provides language learning and academic instruction for native speakers of English and native speakers of another language with the goals of high academic achievement, first and second language proficiency, and cross-cultural understanding. This program begins in Transitional Kindergarten/Kindergarten (TK/K) and continues to sixth or eighth grade. 

Parents or guardians may choose a language acquisition program that best suits their child. Schools in which the parents or guardians of 30 students or more per school or the parents or guardians of 20 students or more in any grade request a language acquisition program that is designed to provide language instruction shall be required to offer such a program to the extent possible (20 U.S.C. Section 6312[e][3][A][viii][III]); EC Section 310[a]). 

Other services include but are not limited to:

  • Newcomer services and support
  • Staff development
  • Language census
  • Language proficiency assessments
  • Federal program monitoring (FPM)
  • District English Language Advisory Committee (DELAC)
  • Home Language Surveys
 

Engish Leaner Roadmap & English Learner English Learner Master Plan

 

Interpreter Request Process
Everything English Learner Proficiency Assessment for California (ELPAC)
The ELPAC is the required state test for English language proficiency (ELP) that must be given to students whose primary language is a language other than English. State and federal law require that local educational agencies administer a state test of ELP to eligible students in kindergarten through grade twelve.
El ELPAC es la prueba estatal obligatoria de dominio del idioma inglés (ELP) que se debe administrar a los alumnos cuyo idioma principal es un idioma distinto del inglés. Las leyes estatales y federales exigen que las agencias educativas locales administren una prueba estatal de ELP a los estudiantes elegibles de kindergarten a duodécimo grado.
 
  • For ELPAC requests please email Martha Arechiga ([email protected]) or use this form to FAX your request to (619) 628-1603.
  • ELPAC Request Form is linked below:
Multilingual Learner Committee
  • Janette Sanchez- SEI Teacher
  • Carolina Ruvalcaba- DLI Resource Teacher
  • Gloria Morales- DLI Middle School Teacher
  • Nena Pinedo- SEI Teacher
  • Gabriela De La Torre- SEI Teacher
  • Tiffany Mosson- Learning Acceleration Tutor
  • Alejandra Nuno- TOSA
  • Kristin Smith- Ed Services Coordinator
  • Brenda Robles- Equity, Multilingual Learners, and Innovation Coordinator
  • Rebecca Nelson- Principal
  • Estela Corrales- Principal
  • Lupe Solis- Principal
  • Susy Chavez- Ed Services Director
  • Paola Flores- Equity, Multilingual Learners, and Innovation Director