Lucy Feria Interim Superintendent of Schools Wilfredo Ortiz Interim Chief Academic Officer Sandra GB Iturbides Supervisor of ESL/Bilingual Programs January 25, 2016 “Children come first, Los niños son primero” “The Urgency of the Moment: Educating Trenton’s Students ” Accelerating Student Achievement for English Language Learners

“ Children come first, Los niños son primero” Overview 2 ELL Profile Student Enrollment ELL Program Models AMAO Data

3 ELL Profile Need to acquire CONTENT (math, science, social studies, language arts) in a language they are not yet proficient in Some lack formal schooling Others come with strong education Many are experiencing challenges adapting and require an environment that helps them feel safe and secure Work commitments

“ Children come first, Los niños son primero” Student Enrollment Sub-Total 1,066 Bilingual Program 488 ESL Program 113 Special Education Total Students: 1,667 (As of ASSA Report October 15, 2015) 4

Legal Mandate Castaneda vs. Pickard court ruling requires educational programming for ELLs to be: 1)based on sound educational research; 2)implemented with adequate commitment and resources; and 3) evaluated and proven to be effective 5

“ Children come first, Los niños son primero” ELL Program Models ESL – English as a Second Language (ESL) Pull-out, Push-in, Co-teaching Sheltered Instruction Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE) Dual Language High School Newcomer 6

Annual Measurable Achievement Objective (AMAO) AMAO 1 - Progress is defined as the percentage of students that showed an increase of 0.5 composite proficiency level criteria on the ACCESS test – target 60% AMAO 2 – Attainment of 4.5 on English language proficiency ACCESS test Part 1 – attained in four years or less – target 5% Part 2 – attained in five or more years – target 50%

“ Children come first, Los niños son primero” AMAO 3 relates to the district meeting its progress target for the ELL subgroup at the district level. District’s annual progress target is determined on how students perform on the math and language arts PARCC Exam. Due to PARCC Baseline year, AMAO 3 was not calculated. 8

Annual Measurable Achievement Objective (AMAO 1) YEARSTATE TARGET DISTRICT %53.2% %68.2% +15% 9

AMAO 2 – Part 1 (4 years or less) YEARSTATE TARGET DISTRICT 20145%14.6% 20155%17.8% +3.2% 10

AMAO 2 – Part 2 (5 years or more) YEARSTATE TARGET DISTRICT %62.4% %62.5% +0.1% 11

12 “The Urgency of the Moment: Educating Trenton’s Students ”

Recognition Awards “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle Visit our Website PublicSchoolDistrict/Departments/Office_of _Curriculum 13