Serving English Learners
Each school district shall administer a home language survey to be completed by the student’s parent, guardian, or other person enrolling the student as part of the admission process for all kindergarten students and for all other students new to the district. A student who is emancipated or who has reached the age of majority and who is enrolling himself or herself may complete the survey instead. The survey shall ask the following questions:
- What language did the student first learn to speak?
- What language is spoken most often by the student?
- What language is primarily used in the student’s home regardless of the language spoken by the student?
If an answer to any of the home language survey questions is an answer other than “English,” the school district shall administer an English language proficiency screener assessment to the student in order to determine if the student may be an English Learner.
Home Language Surveys in multiple languages
A Parent’s Guide to English Learner Programs
TransACT ParentNotices: Communication and Translation Resources
Nebraska EL Resources Shared Drive – Nebraska Educators need to ask to join using their school/district email address.
Review ELP Standards and Proficiency Level Descriptors – Canvas Course
Content and Language Objectives – Canvas Course
Formative Assessments for English Learners Canvas Course
Academic Language: Four Practical Concepts Canvas Course
Academic Language Webinar Series – link to NeMTSS Media Resources Page
- High Expectations – link to YouTube
- Collaboration
- Comprehensible Input
- Language Output
Exit Requirements
Exit criteria are established to determine that the English learner has attained English language proficiency in speaking, reading, writing, and understanding at a level sufficient to participate successfully in the classroom. Each school district shall require a score of proficient on the annual state English Language Proficiency Assessment to exit the language instruction educational program:
- ELPA21 Summative scores 4 and/or 5 on all domains
- Alt ELPA Assessment scores 3 and/or 4 on modalities
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NE Multilingual Higher Ed Collaborative – bit.ly/High_Ed (Access is restricted to those members who are a part of this group. If you would like to join, please contact us.)
Alt ELPA CoP – bit.ly/CAAELP Meets only as needed (Access is restricted to those members who are a part of this group. If you would like to join, please contact us.)