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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends on the ES.  And the principal.

We are at a Focus school and the principal likes to maximize the ESOL numbers.  So we have quite a few kids who speak perfectly fine English, but get put in ESOL for a few years so they get some extra attention.

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Uh, this is not how it works. I am an ESOL teacher at a focus school. The only way to “exit” ESOL is to achieve proficiency on the annual WIDA ACCESS test. It is not a school based decision to keep kids in ESOL or to exit them from ESOL. In addition, ESOL focuses on all 4 language domains (listening, speaking, reading & writing) so even if it appears that students “speak perfectly fine English” in terms of BICS (basic interpersonal language) there are often needs in the other domains—most often reading and writing.

In terms of service models it may differ by school. I only pull out my newcomers and plug in/co teach in the literacy block. I have lessons prepared aligned with the curriculum’s language obejectives and pull kids aside for those mini lessons. I also support what they’re working on in class. There’s often a long line of kids waiting for the teacher to check their work before they move on to the next step so it goes a lot faster when I’m able to do that as well for my students in the class. I also help the classroom teachers make the content more comprehensible for ELLs.

OP, let me know if you have any other questions. My school also has a CES and there are a lot of RELs accepted to the program so I don’t think it hurts chances for magnets but we don’t have any current ESOL students in the CES although some do exit at the end of 3rd grade and then go to the CES. [/quote]

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