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  English Language Acquisition

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ELA Teacher Designations

All ELA program school principals must designate their ELA teachers at the beginning of each school year.

The Deisgnationn Webpage is now open. Please visit the Principal's ELA Designation webpage.

ISA Teams

All ELA program schools must have an ISA Team. ISA Team members are nominated at the beginning of each school year.

Nomination Forms are due September 5, 2009. Please review the ISA Team Guidelines [pdf] for further information.

ISA Team training will be offered six times this fall. Please register for training be printing and faxing the ISA Team Training Registration Form .

 

Transfer of Language Documents


DPS Language Allocation Guidelines

Elementary ELA-E

  • ELA-E Elementary Language Guidelines [pdf]
  • All ELA-E classrooms have a designated ELD block. Students are grouped and regrouped (vertical and/or horizontal grade levels) based on linguistic instructional needs, which includes listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Teachers use the DPS ELD curriculum (that includes Avenues) to differentiate instruction to address the linguistic and transitioning needs of ELLs.

Elementary ELA-S

Elementary ESL Resource Classroom

Secondary with Adequate Schooling

Secondary with Interrupted Schooling

» Colorado State ELD Standards [pdf]

ELA Teacher Qualification Requirements

ELA Teachers are required to complete four courses of study within the first two years of being designated as ELA teachers. The courses are comprised of information about the history of bilingual education, English language development, sheltered instruction and language and literacy acquisition. The specific requirement of ELA qualification can be found in the ELA Teacher Qualification Guidelines .

ELA-S teachers are required to pass the SLP exam as well as complete all ELA qualification requirements by November 1st of the stipend year in order to receive the ELA-S Stipend. The ELA-S stipend is paid in July of the completed school year. Guidelines for the ELA-S Stipend can be found in the Guidelines for ELA-S Stipend [pdf] .

Parent Advisory Committee (PAC)

Parents and DPS staff are welcome to attend monthly Parent Advisory Committe (PAC) meetings held at school sites around the district. Meeting times and locations are posted on the PAC Website .

Translation Services

The Communications Department provides Translation and Interpretation services to schools in Spanish, Vietnamese and Arabic. Visit the Translation Services  page for more information.