1. SLPS Welcome School Submitted by: Nahed Chapman
Executive Director, English As A Second Language
Dr. Carlinda Purcell, Chief Academic Officer
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2. Overview:
To provide an overview of the Welcome School and convey the need for a comprehensive English Language Learners (ELL) newcomers school for students in kindergarten to ninth grade.
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5/22/2019

3. Background
The are 15,000 students served in Newcomer Programs nationwide, 56% are full day, 96% have certified ESOL teachers, 89% guidance counselor, 83% employ bilingual paraprofessionals, 38% enroll students for more than 1 year, 76% are in urban metropolitan areas.
ESOL Program annually enrolls an average of new ELLs.
Seventy percent (70%) are ELL students with interrupted formal education (SIFE) and/or with limited or no prior schooling.
97% of ELL 2008 dropouts were previous SIFEs.
According to data provided by DESE, no SIFEs achieved “proficient”, AYP or Annual Measurable Academic Objectives (AMAO) #2 and #3.
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4. Current Situation:
SLPS provides cultural orientation services for students upon enrollment.
Newcomers are assigned to 16 different ESOL centers according to age and block assignment, with many families assigned between 3 school levels.
Newcomers are mainstreamed into schools where ESOL staffing is below DESE teacher-student ratio recommendations.
Newcomers are not receiving the recommended minutes of instruction recommended by DESE.
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5. Proposal : Establish a Welcome School that
is welcoming and nurturing with strong connection to family and community
serves students in kindergarten through ninth grade
serves newcomer students with less than 3 years in US who have limited English proficiency and/or interrupted formal schooling
has small class size, age appropriate materials and curriculum, Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) trained faculty and staff with focus on initial literacy development has voluntary and temporary enrollment
has strong student support through social work intervention
Progress will be monitored through
Entrance and exit assessments - State and District assessments
Checklists, rubrics, progress reports - Cultural adjustment survey
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6. Proposal Advantages Improve dropout and graduation rates
Increase student performance outcomes for LAS Links, MAP, AMAO
Streamline and provide newcomer services in one location
Create welcoming first encounters for newcomer families in SLPS
Allow time for newcomers to adjust to the American culture and to US educational system
Save on transportation costs
Develop positive attendance and behavior patterns
Disadvantages
Students in 9th grade must exit after 1 year
Initially students will have limited exposure to mainstream
High variation of student enrollment as students exist and others enroll throughout the year
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7. Cost of Recommendation
Personnel
Principal $95,000
Librarian $ 25,000 (.4 FTE)
Nurse $45,000
School secretary $25,000
Equipment $68,000
Supplies $18,500
Printing $10,000
Postage $ 1,800
Total $287,800
All are traditionally recurring costs for a school
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8. Summation:
Once approved, SLPS will be the first Midwest school District to offer a newcomer K-9 Welcome School.
Newcomer students will achieve marked improvement in English language proficiency and mastery of academic content as evidenced by LAS Links and MAP.
Newcomer students will achieve higher levels of social adjustment resulting in improved attendance rate, graduation rate and decrease in the number of discipline referrals.
If the Welcome School is not approved SLPS ELL will continue losing students, with ELLs failing to meet AMAO #2 and #3, failing to make AYP, as well as struggling with attendance, dropout and graduation rates.
Once approved, the next steps will include identifying location, recruiting and hiring staff, and identifying students for placement at the Welcome School.
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