ELL GRANT PROPOSAL Starla Lester & Julie Maestas

OBJECTIVE: MEET Academic Yearly Progress (AYP) Population of ELL students has doubled in last five years The majority of ELL students are scoring below the standard of “meets proficiency” in the area of reading

School Demographics

Picacho Middle School EPSS SMART Goal 1: By the end of the school year, students will increase proficiency by 5% or more in Reading and Writing within content areas as measured by the New Mexico Standards Based Assessment. SMART Goal 2: By the end of school year , students will increase proficiency by 3% in numerical concepts and mathematical operations. SMART Goal 3: For the school year , Picacho Middle School will create an environment of high expectations as measured by attendance rate, drop out rate, school GPA, number of AIP’s, and a decrease in the number of failing students.

Three ways in which we will meet our objective First- Networked Rosetta Stone language acquisition software

Second: WYNN- a text-to-audio software program

Third: Technology will be used to support or scaffold classroom instruction. Community service

Time Frame July December 2009

Cost Estimate $87,000

Assessment Compare Picacho ELL students CRT scores with ELL students across the district