Para obtener un diploma del estado de Nueva York (NYS), los estudiantes deben cumplir requisitos de creditos y examenes. En New York State Graduation Requirement: Undeerstanding Current New York State Diploma Requirements (Requisitos de graduacion del estado de Nueva York: cuales son los requisitos actuales para recibir un diploma en el estado de Nueva York) se describen estos requisitos. Este recurso explica otras opciones de graduacion para los estudiantes . Estas incluyen opciones pare graduarse con y sin diploma.
Consulte los archivos adjuntos a continuacion para acceder a informacion adicional sobre los requisitos de diploma del estado de Nueva York.
ELL Parent Orientation Video (English language)
http://www.nysed.gov/video/ell-parent-orientation-video-english-language
Remote Learning Resources
Resource Collection for ELLs and World Language Students to support educators in providing continuity of learning during COVID-19-related school closures. This collection includes educational resources for students and their parents/guardians that promote genuine learning opportunities, support their new language acquisition in the absence of traditional classroom instruction and support their distance learning of core content areas.
Mission Statement
The Kings Park School District’s English as a New Language (ENL) Department will prepare students for the ever-changing global economy and increase student proficiency in the four modalities of communication by involving parents to participate in their children’s education and by providing an articulated and sequenced program to every child.
ENL Teachers
Frequently Asked Questions
Who are English Language Learners (ELLs)?
ELLs are students who speak a language other than English at home and testing indicates these students have some limitations in their English language abilities.
How are ELLs identified?
All incoming families to the district are required to complete a Home Language Questionnaire as part of their registration process. If it is indicated that a language other than English is spoken at home, a qualified staff member will conduct an informal interview in English and in the family’s native language to decide if a formal English assessment should be administered. The results of the assessment determine if the student is entitled to receive English as a New Language (ENL) services and will determine the level of English language support. The results will also help teachers plan the best program for the student based on his or her strengths and needs in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English.
Can a parent/guardian refuse English as a New Language (ENL) services?
There is no opting out from ENL once a child is identified and placed in the ENL program. New York State requires that all identified limited English proficient students receive ENL instruction appropriate to their proficiency level. Parents do not have the option to withdraw their child from an ENL program.
What are the English proficiency levels and what do they mean?
New York State identifies English Language Learners at five levels of proficiency:
- Entering (Beginner) -- The student has great dependence on supports and structures to advance his or her academic language skills and has yet to meet the linguistic demands necessary to demonstrate English language proficiency in a variety of academic contexts within this grade level.
- Emerging (low Intermediate) -- The student has some dependence on supports and structures to advance his or her academic language skills and has yet to meet the linguistic demands necessary to demonstrate English language proficiency in a variety of academic contexts within this grade level.
- Transitioning (high Intermediate) -- The student shows some independence in advancing his or her academic language skills, but has yet to meet the linguistic demands necessary to demonstrate English proficiency in a variety of academic contexts within this grade level.
- Expanding (Advanced) -- The student shows great independence in advancing his or her academic language skills and is approaching the linguistic demands necessary to demonstrate English language proficiency in a variety of academic contexts within this grade level.
- Commanding (Proficient) -- The student has attained a near-native level of proficiency in academic language skills and demonstrates proficiency in a variety of academic contexts within the grade level
How often are ELL students serviced?
Students are provided with English language services based on their proficiency levels. A combination of Integrated ENL (Co-teaching) and Stand-Alone ENL programs are utilized depending on a student’s English proficiency.
- Integrated ENL: Students receive core content area and English language development instruction including home language supports and appropriate ELL scaffolds.
- Stand-alone ENL: Students receive English language development instruction taught by a NYS certified ESOL teacher in order to acquire the English language needed for success in core content areas.
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How long may a student remain in an ENL program?
English Language Learners must receive instruction in an ENL program until they reach the "Commanding" level on the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT), regardless of years of service. Once an ENL student has reached the Commanding level in speaking, listening, reading, and writing, they are provided with 2 years of transitional English as a New Language services.
What is the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT)?
After placement in an ENL program, progress in English is measured annually with the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT). This state test is given each spring to all New York State English Language Learners to document their growth in English. The test identifies the proficiency level of students as Entering, Emerging, Transitioning, Expanding, or Commanding. Once an ENL student has reached the commanding level in speaking, listening, reading, and writing, they are provided with 2 years of transitional English as a New Language services.
Do ENL students and former ENL students have testing accommodations?
ENL students, and certain former ELLs, who do not have IEPs or 504 Plans may also receive testing accommodations for New York State assessments. Former ELLs are only eligible to receive testing accommodations for an additional two years after achieving the commanding level on the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT). However, ELLs and former ELLs may not receive testing accommodations for the NYSESLAT unless they also have an IEP or a 504 Plan.
Which Specific Testing Accommodations Can ELLs and Former ELLs Receive?
ELLs and eligible former ELLs (students who passed the NYSESLAT within the past two years) may receive certain ELL testing accommodations on New York State assessments. The only testing accommodations permitted for ELLs and former ELLs who do not have IEPs or 504 Plans are:
- Extended time
- Flexible setting: 1:1 or small group
- Separate location
- Bilingual glossary: direct word translations, not definitions
- Test form: use of English and alternate language test forms at the same time
- Oral translation: only available for NYS tests that do not have alternate language forms
- Flexible response format: writing responses in the native language, if using alternate language test forms or receiving oral translations
- Test content read aloud: having the listening section of the NYS English Language Arts and Regents Comprehensive Examination in English read aloud three times.
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