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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are there any other schools having Level 1 and Level 2 WIDA students in the general education classroom? For context, these students have little to no English skills (cannot carry on a basic conversation in English).

In years prior, these students were in sheltered English classes that were designed to help them learn English. Now, they are being lumped into the general ed. classroom (or at least at my school).

The problem is that MD education office staff are so far removed from what happens in actual schools and classrooms, that they come up with all sorts of rules and regulations that make it harder to teach. The SLOs are another state mandate that all teachers are required to do and that achieve nothing except take some teacher time away from grading and planning. They are never interested in feedback either

Is this a school directed thing or a mandate from MCPS? As a teacher, what we are being asked to do is impossible and is setting these students up for failure.[/quote]

It’s a state of Maryland mandate. MD did an audit a few years ago that determined that ESOL 1 and 2 students were not receiving instruction in core subjects. Districts were required to address this. [/quote][/quote]

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