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English Language Learners

Program Goals/Objectives
  • To assist the student to become proficient in English in the areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing
  • To assist the student to develop intellectually and as a citizen of Canada
  • To enable the student to achieve the expected learning outcomes of the provincial curriculum
  • To provide the student with a social environment which values self-worth, diversity, bridges cultures, and works to eliminate racism
 
Instructional Program/Service Delivery
Due to the limited number and dispersal of ELL students in the district, the instructional program and service delivery model consists of an itinerant ELL teacher and a school-based ELL case manager to support the student within their school placement.
 
Itinerant Teacher and School-Based Manager Roles
  • Itinerant ELL teacher meets with students to provide summative and formative assessment in relation to their ELL skills.  Support the school in the creation of an Annual Instructional Plan and reporting in relation to the AIP.  May provide direct support in skills acquisition to students that require more intensive supports.
  • Itinerant ELL teacher provides inclusion support assistance to the ELL student’s regular classroom teachers.
  • School-based ELL case manager and itinerant ELL teacher act as advocates for students and liaise with subject teachers and school counselors with respect to adapting or modifying student’s educational programs.
  • ELL case manager and itinerant ELL teacher are available to support student with assignments, tests and/or socialization and orientation problems.
  • ELL case manager and itinerant ELL teacher liaise with student’s family to help interpret cultural and educational practices and expectations for parents and students, and reciprocally for school personnel, as needed.