ESOL
KES provides ESOL services using one or more of the following approved state models.
1. Pull-out model outside the academic block- students are taken out of a non-academic class for the purpose of receiving small group language instruction.
2. Push-in model within the academic block- students remain in their general education class where they receive content instruction from their content area teacher and laguage assistance from the ESOL teacher.
3. A cluster center to which students are transported for instruction- students from one or more schools are grouped in a center designed to provide intensive language assistance.
4. A resource center/laboratory-students receive language assistance in a group setting supplemented by multi-media materials.
5. A scheduled class period-students at the middle nad high school levels receive language assistance and /or content instruction in a class composed of ELLs only.
6. An alternative approved in advance by the Department of Education through a process described in Guidance accompanying this rule.
ESOL Teachers
Tania Hand- Lead