SAISD Curriculum Department

Quarterly Report – Second Quarter

Department/Area: Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language

Quarter: December 3, 2001

Prepared By: Tennie White

Budget Source: State Bilingual and ESL Allocation = $157,245.00

State Mandated Program – Chapter 89 Law

Bilingual and ESL funds are generated by an additional 10% of the ADA for each student placed and served by these programs.

Overview:

  • Bilingual Education (BE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) are state mandated programs aimed at addressing the linguistic, cognitive and affective needs of all limited English proficient (LEP) students.
  • Bilingual Education uses the English and Spanish languages for instruction in the following elementary schools: Reagan and San Jacinto.
  • Students from the remaining eighteen elementary campuses who wish to participate in Bilingual Education are issued a transfer to one of the above named schools for the duration of the school year. The school district busses these children from their home campus to Reagan or San Jacinto and back, at no cost to the parents.
  • ReaganElementary School receives transfers from the following schools: Alta Loma, Austin, Blackshear, Bonham, Bradford, Day, Fannin, Goliad and McGill.
  • San JacintoElementary School receives transfers from the remaining elementary campuses: Belaire, Bowie, Crockett, FortConcho, Glenmore, Holiman, Rio Vista, Santa Rita and Travis.
  • ESL services are offered to all LEP students in the district without consideration to their primary language. Elementary, junior high and high school ESL students receive ESL services at their assigned campuses.

Goals with Benchmarks:

Comply with all components of Chapter 89:

Identify all LEP students, place them in the appropriate BE or ESL programs, conduct all LPAC meetings within four weeks of the student’s enrollment in school, anywhere in the District, staff development and training to all appropriate campus personnel and LPAC committee members, parent involvement requirements, curriculum and state adopted materials in English and Spanish, budget requirements and expenditures.

Accomplishments/Progress for Present Quarter:

  • identification and placement of all LEP students in the Bilingual and/or ESL program at each campus of enrollment - October PEIMS reports: Bilingual and ESL students in the District:

ESL Program Student Enrollment:

Elementary CampusesSecondary Campuses

6Alta Loma22 Central

18Austin18 Lake View

29Belaire40Total

1Bonham

15Blackshear

5Bowie29Edison

47Bradford 5Glenn

23Crockett 5Lee

30Day19 Lincoln

10Fannin58Total

39FortConcho

15Glenmore

28GoliadDistrict ESL Program Total: 489

20Holiman

17McGill

13Reagan

32Rio Vista

36San Jacinto

2Santa Rita

5Travis

391Total

Bilingual Program Student Enrollment:

162Reagan

186San JacintoDistrict Bilingual Program Total: 348

348Total

  • training of campus counselors, other personnel and LPAC committee members in accordance with law requirements:

PRE-LAS/LAS ADMINISTRATION AND SCORING

AdministrationBuilding

August 22, 2001

NameCampus

Andy LoveSan Jacinto

Michele ByrdFannin/Holiman

Martha VisneyLakeView

Anna MartinezBradford

Jeanelle MontezBradford

Shirley CamachoBradford

Hortencia ZapataBlackshear

Michele DelgadoDay/Blackshear

Osvaldo MartinezCentral H.S.

Debra MillerAustin

Patricia GonzalesFt.Concho

Corina PenaBelaire

Rose LewisRio Vista

Grace SevierRio Vista

Patricia FecherTravis

Jamie HighsmithCentral H.S.

Noe AcostaCentral H.S.

Zeke RamirezGlenn

Betty HawleyAlta Loma

Susan SelfEdison

Lisa PonceEdison

Jeananne WhiteFt. Concho/Rio Vista

Olga EubankGoliad

Linda CurtisSanta Rita

Wanda GreenEdison

Tennie WhiteAdmin

Robbin GeschAdmin

Debbie ConnReagan

Jan CoffeyGlenmore

  • training of campus counselors, other personnel and LPAC committee members in accordance with law requirements (continued):
Administration and Scoring of PreLAS, LAS I and LAS II

SAISDAdministrationBuilding

October 10, 2001

NameCampus

Jan CoffeyGlenmore

Elizabeth FernandezGlenmore
Maria G. FloresReagan
Gloria GarzaReagan/San Jacinto

Rose Ann MoellerAlta Loma

Evelyn HymanCrockett

Diana GarciaCrockett

Brenda DeHoyosMcGill

Ellen McDonaldMcGill

Jeananne WhiteFt. Concho/Rio Vista

Linda CurtisSanta Rita

Delia SandovalSanta Rita

Betty HawleyAlta Loma

Julie MoormanCentral H.S.

Suzanne GouldLee Jr. High

Patsy L. MedleyLee Jr. High

Geneva B. ApolinarLincoln Jr. High

Roberta AndersonLincoln Jr. High

Karen BrothersLincoln Jr. High

Jamie HighsmithCentral H.S.

Tennie WhiteAdmin

Rebecca HopkinsAdmin

  • technical assistance to campus personnel on all matters dealing with LEP students:

- approximately 60 campus visits have been conducted

  • monitor Special Education referrals of LEP students through active participation in the pre-referral screening and process:

- participated in 6 pre-referral meetings on campuses

  • promote LEP students’ referrals to Gifted/Talented programs:

- participated in 7 G/T placement committee meetings

  • BE and ESL orientation session to all BE and ESL teachers in the District: BELLO Institutes in June and July, 2001, and August 8, 2001:

BILINGUAL-ESL ORIENTATION

August 8, 2001

AdministrationBuilding - Breakroom

Campus How Many

Alta Loma3

Austin3

Belaire4

Blackshear1

Bonham7

Bowie0

Bradford5

Crockett 10

Day 11

Fannin5

Ft.Concho8

Glenmore6

Goliad8

Holiman3

McGill6

Reagan5

Rio Vista8

San Jacinto0

Santa Rita1

Travis4

  • BE and ESL orientation session to all BE and ESL teachers in the District: BELLO Institutes in June and July, 2001, and August 8, 2001 (continued):

BELLO SUMMER INSTITUTE PART I

June 26, 2001 June 27, 2001

SamHoustonCommunity CenterAdministration Bldg – Board Room

Campus How ManyCampus How Many

Reagan18Reagan19

San Jacinto26San Jacinto27

BELLO SUMMER INSTITUTE PART II

AdministrationBuilding – Downstairs Breakroom

July 30, 2001 July 31, 2001

Campus How ManyCampus How Many

Reagan25Reagan25

San Jacinto32San Jacinto31

  • ESL ExCET study sessions:

August 29, 2001

AdministrationBuilding – Training Room

NameCampus

Nancy HannifinCrockett

Rebecca BuckAlta Loma

Mary Gail StinnettBelaire

Cari GreenFt.Concho

Jilda MurchisonBradford

Gary GregorySan Jacinto

Regina RollinsGoliad

Christian HillSan Jacinto

Mary Ann GonzalesSan Jacinto

Hilda DavisSan Jacinto

Jessica BallSan Jacinto

Mary BentonSan Jacinto

Debra RussellSan Jacinto

Dena DeanSan Jacinto

Sandra HollandSan Jacinto

October 29, 2001

AdministrationBuilding – Training Room

NameCampus

Leslie O’BrienBelaire

Tonya ClarkBelaire

Maggie HinsonBelaire

Dawn EvensonTravis

Halena NicholsTravis

Denise SimmonsReagan

Jan RychlikReagan

Stephanie FreeSan Jacinto

  • ESL ExCET study sessions (continued):

December 5, 2001

AdministrationBuilding – Training Room

NameCampus

Jeri KadingLakeView

Allison PetersonLakeView

Francine MillerLakeView

Deanna SkinnerLakeView

Phyllis SpeckSan Jacinto

Marcia BennettSan Jacinto

Heidi BloebaumSan Jacinto

Stephanie HeadrickBonham

Donna MikeskaBonham

Sharon GuenatAustin

Sheralyn CoxLake View

Additional sessions will be offered on: March 6, 2002 and June 3, 2002

  • “Grow Your Own” Program to enable District teachers to acquire their BE and/or ESL endorsement.

This program was commended by the August 2001 Texas School Performance Review Report, page 106. Educational Service Delivery Chapter, pages 104-106:

  • Campus visits and on-site technical assistance to all counselors while reviewing student folders to insure compliance with Chapter 89 guidelines regarding identification and placement of LEP students in the appropriate programs:

- approximately 60 campus visits have been conducted

  • Bilingual and ESL Programs drop-out information:

- The Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) reports indicate that out of 130 total drop-outs in the district, 6 are ESL students.

- There are currently 489 ESL students enrolled in the district in grades Pre-K through 12. The drop-out percent = 0.012%

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