Office of English Learners & Office of Specialized Instruction June 12, 2019

1. Office of English Learners & Office of Specialized Instruction June 12, 2019

2. Agenda Office of English Learners • Director of English Learners • EL Team Office of Specialized Instruction and Services • Executive Director of Specialized Instruction • Services Team

3. Strategic Plan Goal #1: Increase Academic Achievement High academic standards to prepare all students for college and career. • Improve the quality and type of language acquisition supports and services for all language learners. • Improve the quality of services and programming for students with disabilities.

4. The EL Team

5. Our EL Population 49 Home Languages • 81% Spanish, 10% English • 1% Quiche, Arabic, Swahili, Cambodian, Portuguese 75 Birth Countries • 48% US, 25% DR, 16% Guatemala • 1% El Salvador, Honduras, Haiti

6. Our EL Population

7. DOJ Settlement Agreement • EL Identification & Placement • English Language Services & Access to Core Curriculum • EL Staffing & Professional Development • EL Monitoring • EL Family Communication

8. EL Identification & Placement • Home Language Survey

9. EL Identification & Placement • WIDA & Native Language Screener

10. EL Identification & Placement • District EL Programs

11. EL Identification & Placement Partnerships between the EL Office, Registration, RPA, and the Office of Specialized Instruction have allowed us to create a clear EL identification/ placement procedure.

12. English Language Development • 40+ ESL positions have been added to ensure all ELs receive at least 1 daily block of English Language Development with an ESL certified teacher next school year • Partnerships with RWU, RIC, URI, and URI continue to ensure we have strategic ESL certification pathways with reduced tuition cost/ seat time that recognize current teacher expertise • All principals, guidance counselors, and EL coaches/teacher leaders have received training on the 2019/2020 EL scheduling guidance • New ELD courses have been created • The EL team has reviewed ELD bids and ensured that all teachers teaching ELD next school year will have access to high quality curricular resources to support English Language Development

13. EL Monitoring • Eligible but not enrolled ELs (889 ELs or 11.5%) • Exited students, Monitor 1 & 2 (400) • Use of Ellevation for electronic monitoring • Partnered with RPA, Curriculum and Instruction, and Office of Specialized Instruction to put out an RFP for an EL monitoring assessment • Eligible but not enrolled ELs • Exited students, Monitor 1 & 2 • Use of Ellevation for electronic monitoring • Partnered with RPA, Curriculum and Instruction, and office of Specialized services to put out an RFP for an EL monitoring assessment

14. Professional Learning • Ellevation PD for all district staff • Sheltered Content Instructional Strategies PD for district • This summer a PLC will develop 10 hours of additional district PD • 5 hours of coaching for all non ESL certified core content teachers

15. Looking Ahead Expanding EL programs/services • SIFE/ Newcomer Programs • Integrated/ ELC Programs • Bilingual/Dual Language Programs Professional Learning • We are all EL educators Family Partnerships • Parents/students aware of their rights and able to advocate for their needs • Translation/Interpretation services offered districtwide

16. Office of Specialized Instruction and Services Managers Chrissy Ahern, Pre-K Dawn Pelino, Elementary Sue Hartson, Behavior Program Julie Lombardi, Secondary Supervisors Dot Kurbiec Melanie Laurito Kellie Girard Mary Cullen Coordinator Birch Academy at Mount Pleasant Amanda Florio Executive Director of Specialized Instruction and Services Edda Carmadello

17. Office of Specialized Instruction and Services

18. Early Childhood Child Outreach • Currently 8,065 three, four, five year olds living in the city • Screened 1,873 three, four, five year olds Evaluation Team • Held over 3,000 meetings this year • Referred 1040 students and evaluated 284 students PreK Service delivery • 27 special education classrooms in district • 17 community based organizations • 41 Walk in services

19. Early Childhood PreK General Education Expansion • Full time PreK Educational Coordinator for 2019-2020 • Continue to work towards 5 STAR Bright ratings in current classrooms • Apply for an additional State PreK classrooms PreK Special Education Service Delivery Model • Convert special education classrooms to general education classrooms • Expand the Itinerant Model for students to access Prek with peers • Build partnerships with community based organizations

20. Social and Emotional Learning • School Based Mental Health Collaborative in 32 schools • Project AWARE grant Mental Health First Aid training • Safe and Caring Schools Team provided 4 hour PD sessions for each school • No Bully Program training program expanded to 20 schools • Collaboration with Curriculum and Learning to embed SEL into curriculum

21. Section 504 & Title II • Resolved the Office of Civil Rights Complaint from 2013 • Updated and communicated Procedural Manual and formsto families and staff • Provided training and professional development for 504 Coordinators • Digitized system (Power School)

22. Special Education Students • 4,167 students representing 15% of the district enrollment • 63% inside regular education class 80% or more of the time • 19% inside regular class less than 40% (17% SY 2017-2018) • 4% in separate schools (7% SY 2017-2018) Programs • Inclusion • Hybrid • Self Contained Programs • Out of District Schools

23. Special Education Power School Special Programs Management System • Digitized forms and IEPS • Common Core Standards aligned • Most recent assessment accommodations available Building Team Capacity • Summer and Spring retreats • Meetings and professional development Empowering students in the IEP Process • Elementary 28% • Middle 59% • High Schools 77% attendance

24. Special Education Celebrations • DOJ Settlement Agreement / ACLU Transportation Strike Resolution • Middle School Transition Fair / Local Advisory Committee Transition Pasta Dinner • Employment Rate is 92% from Transition Academy • Project Search has employed 23 students at Miriam Hospital • Out of District placed students returning back to home schools

25. Next Steps • Improve the quality of PreK Classrooms • Build awareness for inclusive opportunities PreK-12 • Continue to collaborate with the Curriculum and Instruction Team, EL Team, Multiple Pathways Team • Empower students in IEP process and strive for 100% participation • Continue to increase data efficiencies with new management system • Promote an ALL students agenda