How students are serviced

All students are looked at individually, and based on their needs are put into clusters where the ELL/TBE teachers can best service them. The ELL/TBE teachers collaborate with the general education teachers on an on-going basis to make sure they can accommodate/modify what they are doing with the ELL/TBE students that aligns with the curriculum being taught at that grade level.

Here are some of the types of services we provide:

Pull-out- Typically these students’ ranges are in the levels of 1, 2 and 3 (see levels above) and are pulled out of the Language Arts block to work with the ELL/TBE teachers on skills to enhance their English language proficiency.

Push-in- Typically these students’ ranges are in the upper 3’s, 4 and 5 (see levels above).  Push-in is where the ELL/TBE teacher goes into the classroom and assists the general education teacher/curriculum with the ELL cluster within the classroom.  These students are on their way to exiting the program, so their type of support looks different then the level 1,2, and 3’s

Co-Teach – This is where the teacher works with the general education teacher in a specific subject area to go in and teach together to best meet the needs of all the students in the classroom, including the ELL cluster.  This is typically done in the upper grades 5-8.