State, CCSD shift resources awayfrom ELL high school students. LAS VEGAS — For English- language- learner high school students in Clark County, a new private commitment to the New America School- Vegas could not come at a more critical time. Even though the Clark County School District is scheduled to receive almost $4. ELL programming over the next biennium, none of it is going to the ELL needs of high school students. Moreover, says Mike Barton, chief student achievement officer for CCSD, the district’s current ELL graduation initiative — focused on summer programs, credit retrieval and high school seniors, and funded by federal Title III dollars — is about to change.“Instead of focusing on seniors,” Barton told Nevada Journal, “we’re really concerned about the eighth- to ninth- grade transition. We’re finding that we’re losing a lot of our ELL students when going from eighth to ninth grade.”Under state Senate Bill 5.
Nevada lawmakers this spring and signed into law by Gov. Brian Sandoval — the Clark County School District will receive $1. ELL students in the early grades.”The bill’s language requires the board of trustees in the Clark and Washoe county school districts to identify the elementary schools that have the highest percentage of kindergarten through third- grade pupils with limited English proficiency and lowest academic performance. Those schools, designated “Zoom” schools, must allocate their appropriated funds to: Provide pre- kindergarten programs free of charge; Expand full- day kindergarten classes; Operate reading skills centers; and. Provide, free of charge, a summer academy or an intersession academy for those schools that do not operate on a traditional school calendar.
The Clark County School District has designated 1. Zoom schools. At CCSD, says Barton, the new English- language- learner conversation under Title III is to identify potential future dropouts through assessments in middle school.
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That data, he says, could be used to develop student intervention plans and facilitate “wraparound” services if necessary. Last year, the school district received $6,5. Title III funding. The funds are also used for student assessment, teacher training and professional development. The district plan also calls for creating better teachers through candid conversation, training and ensuring that the best strategies are used inside the classroom. In the past, Barton acknowledges, district follow- up was minimal and top administrators failed to hold schools accountable.
Highly effective classroom strategies used at the elementary level need to be used more at the high- school level, he says.“Sometimes in high school,” explains Barton, “you have teachers who elect to stand up in front of the class and deliver that whole time. It’s not the best thing for an ELL learner.
They need to have opportunity to speak and develop their vocabulary.”The result, he says, is that a lot of kids are still in the English- language- learning program in high school, and they become the district’s potential dropouts. In order to make the most rapid difference, says Barton, the district wants a training model which first focuses on schools that have the highest number of long- term English language learners, then works outwards to the whole district. The district plans to concentrate its initial efforts at Von Tobel Middle School. According to Miriam Benitez, director of CCSD’s English- language- learner program, it is widely accepted theory in language acquisition that a student may take four to seven years to attain English language proficiency. Clark County’s latest publicly available Annual Level Group Coding report — the December 2. ELL students who had been in the district’s English- language- learner program for six or more years.
Language Learner (ELL) student population, the Clark County School District (CCSD). Governor Brian Sandoval identified English Language Learner programs as one of his top priorities and included money for ELL in his budget. CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release March 24. AELAS department and the district’s English Language Learner Program.
Sunrise Mountain High School, Von Tobel Middle School, Rancho and Desert Pines high schools and Monaco Middle School had the most ELL students with six or more years in the program — reporting 3. Thousands of Nevada English language learners fail to graduate every year, according to data from the Nevada Department of Education and CCSD. Last year alone, Clark County reported more than 2,2. English language learners as credit deficient. In 2. 01. 2, the ELL graduation rate for CCSD was a mere 2.
ELL students failing to earn a high- school diploma. Thus, as thousands of ELL students fail to graduate every year and state lawmakers and local school districts shift focus away from high schools, the role of ELL- focused academies such as New America School becomes even more critical for high school students who are not proficient in English. If it succeeds financially, New America School- Las Vegas will be part of a network of schools founded in 2. Denver metropolitan area. There, the network has three campuses.
Most — 6. 2. 2 percent of New America School- Colorado’s student body — consisted of students who had dropped out of the traditional school system. Collectively, 9. 7. Colorado’s NAS student body is considered high- risk. Sixty- eight percent of students earned four or more credits last year; 5. Six credits a year is a standard high school course load.
NEVADA’S ZOOM SCHOOLS (Clark and Washoe). Clark County School District is required to identify at least three secondary schools.
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Collectively, NAS reports 5. Colorado’s campuses after the state’s official enrollment period in 2. Las Vegas, he notes, has the fifth- largest school district in North America — which means that a flourishing New America School- Las Vegas could make a difference for thousands of Nevada youth. Karen Gray is a reporter/researcher with Nevada Journal. For more in- depth reporting visit http: //nevadajournal.