Brockport's Casey Rampe has put together a good list of resources that she was willing to share with the consortium. She has organized the information into the following topics:
Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network, RBE-RN
www.e1b.org/rbernwest
Office
of Bilingual Education and Foreign Language Studies FAQ (includes
Testing Accommodations for
ELLs)
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/faq.html
Demographics
on ELLs in NYS
2009-2012
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/docs/NYSELLDataJune2012.pdf
Article from Language Magazine written by Luis F. Suarez.
This article provides a GREAT summary of legal developments that have established precedents for current federal requirements to provide translation and interpretation services to students, parents, teachers and staff at public schools. The article also presents examples of specific tasks that translators and interpreters typically provide in order to facilitate communications between parents and school staff.
http://languagemagazine.com/?page_id=4101
National Archives and Records Administration
Guidance to Federal Financial Assistance Recipients Regarding Title VI, Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons
http://www.archives.gov/eeo/laws/title-vi.html
Guide to Parent Involvement Under Title I, Part A of No Child Left Behind
www.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/parentinvguid.doc
Education and Title VI
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/hq43e4.html
Executive Order 13166
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2000-08-16/pdf/00-20938.pdf
1970 Memorandum Regarding Language Minority Children
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/lau1970.html
Interpretation Guidelines by Betty Garcia Mathewson (Diversity Project). Can download individual chapters or the entire guide.
http://diversity-project.org/resources/language-guidelines.html
Order the Authentic Voices DVD
http://diversity-project.org/resources/authenticvoices.html
Flow chart for placement in ESL program (current)
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/pub/LEPproc.pdf
Flow chart for placement in ESL program (proposed)
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/docs/DraftIDProcess7-11.pdf
Home Language Questionnaire (current)
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/pub/HLQenglish.pdf
Home Language Questionnaire (current - in other languages)
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/pub/hlq.html
Home Language Questionnaire (proposed)
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/docs/DraftHLQ7-11.pdf
Required units of study (ESL minutes)
http://p1232.nysed.gov/biling/docs/LAPtable12-09.pdf
Office of Bilingual Education and Foreign Language Studies FAQ (includes Testing Accommodations)
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/faq.html
Sections of CR Part 154
http://p1232.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/documents/PART154RegAmendment8-20...
Schools are required to provide in-service training to staff working with ELLs:
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/documents/CR_Part_154_3_2_j.pdf
Former ELLs who have tested out of ESL need transition services for one year:
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/documents/CR_Part_154_3_2_i.pdf
School must provide orientation to parents of new ELLs:
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/documents/CR_Part_154_3_4.pdf
School must inform parents of ESL program and meet with parents of ELLs at least twice a year:
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/documents/CR_Part_154_3_k_1.pdf
School should send info to parents in the language they understand:
CR Part 154.3.b (no direct link)
School may need to provide support services in native language; home visits, counseling, etc. may be appropriate:
Part 154.3.h (no direct link)
Memo clarifying policy on ELLs with disabilities:
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/docs/bilingualservices-311.pdf
Required units of study (ESL minutes)
http://p1232.nysed.gov/biling/docs/LAPtable12-09.pdf
Office of Bilingual Education and Foreign Language Studies FAQ (includes Testing Accommodations for ELLs on Regents and 3-8 grade state assessments)
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/faq.html
Bilingual Glossaries (TO BE USED AS REFERENCE ON REGENTS AND 3-8 GRADE STATE ASSESSMENTS)
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/bilingual_glossaries.htm
Students who have been in the US for more than 1 year must take the ELA State Assessment
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/documents/LEP-ELL-MillsFieldMem...
Help! They Don’t Speak English Kit from ESCORT: a resource guide to teachers of migrant ELLs. Can download and print individual chapters or the entire HelpKit.
K-6: http://escort.org/files/entireelem.pdf
Secondary: http://escort.org/files/HSc1c12.pdf
Young Adults: http://employees.oneonta.edu/thomasrl/YaPart1.pdf
Understanding and meeting the needs of migrant ELLs: A Resource Guide. Can download and print individual chapters or the entire guide.
http://diversity-project.org/resources/ell-guide.html
Content area instruction should be supported by ESL methodology (it may be necessary to MODIFY student work):
“The content area instructional component of ESL shall provide grade-and age-level appropriate instruction in the required content area subjects in English supported by English as a second language methodologies, employed in a systematic and structured way, and shall be designed to develop cognitive skills of LEP/ELLs.”
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/documents/CR_Part_154_2_2_ii_2.pdf
Application of Common Core Standards for ELLs
http://www.corestandards.org/assets/application-for-english-learners.pdf
Directory of Spanish Instructional Materials and Resources
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/docs/DIRECTORY_OF_SPANISH_RESOURCES_2006...
Promising Practices for Secondary ELLs
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/docs/PromisingInstPracticesfor7-12.pdf
Art as a tool for teachers of ELLs
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/docs/Art_as_a_Tool-for_Teachers.pdf
List of Spanish language school books publishing houses:
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/documents/spanishbooks.pdf
Suggested Spanish literature
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/docs/Suggested_Spanish-Lit_Reading_Books...
Technology and ELLs
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/docs/TechProjectFinal.pdf
Literacy/ELA instruction for Elementary ELLs
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/documents/el_practice_guide.pdf
Teaching Language Arts to ELLs (A Resource Guide for All Teachers)
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/resource/CH00FM.PDF
Teaching Language Arts to ELLs (Learning Standards for ESL)
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/resource/ESL/standards.html
Implementing RTI with ELLs
http://www.nysut.org/files/FS_OnGuidanceRegardingImplementingRTIwithELLS...
SIFES (Students with interrupted formal education)
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/docs/NYSEDSIFEGuidelines.pdf
Response to Intervention
http://www.nysrti.org/