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[quote=Anonymous]I’m an ELD (ESOL) teacher in MCPS. When a student is identified by their home language survey we have to send home forms to be signed—parent notification letter, accommodations letter. The students are tested (WIDA Access) and can only be an ESOl student based on their scores and they can only exit from the program when they hit a certain composite score. It’s not teachers choice here.

I work in an elementary school with a high number of ELLs so we come into the classroom and support them in their regular classroom; they don’t miss class. A lot of students who are not ELLs think that I’m a para and I’m there to help everyone and they ask for help a lot. When I’m in the classroom during whole group time,
I will help a non ELL if they need some support, but I don’t pull them to the back table for direct support. However I know every student in those classes very well and if I saw them at the grocery store I would say hi and have a conversation with them. If the parent asked how I know them I might say “I’m the ESOL teacher that comes into their classroom” but wouldn’t expect the parent to assume that means that I work directly with your child on ELD services.

Additionally some schools do use us ELD teachers for reading intervention since we are trained. I have done small groups for a few months with students who are not in my caseload. Before you email the teacher, ask your kid what he does with the teacher, try not to freak out and assume racist intentions. [/quote]

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