Welcome to the
 Department of
  English Language Acquisition

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The ELA Department is responsible for providing English language acquisition services to more than 14,500 English language learners in the Denver Public Schools. More than 132 languages are spoken in DPS. As of October 1, 2009, Spanish is the primary language for 12,730 of the 14,875 English language learners.

The goal of the ELA program is to use efficient and effective educational methods to provide students with the English language skills they need to meaningfully participate in the district's mainstream English language instructional program. Parents of students who speak a language other than English choose whether or not they want their child to participate in the ELA program. For those children who do participate in the ELA program, it is expected that they will have sufficient proficiency in English to meaningfully participate in supported English language classrooms after three years in the program.

This website is designed to provide you with valuable information about the Department of English Language Acquisiton and the services it provides in the Denver Public Schools. If you have additional questions, please contact the ELA Hotline at 720-423-8155.

 

What's New?...

ELA Teacher Qualification Training  

  • Spring 2010 ELA/UCD online registration is closed.  Summer 2010 UCD online registration will begin Monday, April 19th, 2010 at 9:00 a.m.  The Summer 2010 ELA/UCD Course Schedule is available.  Click this link, Tentative Draft Summer 2010 course schedule.  ELA/UCD courses are available on a first-come, first-served basis.  Emails explaining the Summer 2010 step-by-step registration process will be sent to designated teachers by March 12, 2010.  For registration instructions, please refer to this email.  Please email us at ela_training@dpsk12.org if you do not receive this email.  
  • Tentative Draft Fall 2010 Course Schedule - UCD online registration date to be determined.
  • For Fall and Spring PDU registration information, please contact your UCD course instructor.  Please refer questions about ProComp to the ProComp Hotline at 720-423-3900 or http://denverprocomp.org.