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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would they have an ESOL teacher on the panel?  If they're not using people who have training in gifted ed and who have a strong understanding of the program, how can any of it be accurate?  [/quote]

I don’t have a dog in this fight, but my kid barely missed the cutoff for needing ESOL, and two of his best friends who got in a couple years ago were former ESOL students who started school at Levels 2 and 3 and exited services in two years. I could see why the panel would want to get an ESOL teacher’s opinion and take something like that into consideration, especially because those particular kids are first generation.  [/quote]
That would make sense if the ESOL teacher was there to review files for ESOL kids.  She described the process as very random, and it sounds likely that she might have a pile of non ESOL kids to review, while other teachers, who may not be qualified to appreciate ESOL progress, would be the ones reviewing those ESOL kids.  [/quote]

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