1. College Community Language Instruction Educational Program Board Report 2017-18

2. E.L.L. Staff Mike Heights Ridge Krista View Hill Amy Creek Wendy Point
Part-time
Wendy
Point
Alexis
High School
Introduce self, Mike start

3. E.L.L. Support Staff Laura Medberry,
Coordinator of Student and Social Services
Matthew Alexander,
Curriculum Lead for SS and Learning Supports
Laura

4. E. L. L. Mission
The mission of the ELL program is to foster an engaging, multicultural learning environment where students develop academic and social language and cultural competency.
Krista

5. CCSD ELL program started in 2006 (12th year)
Who Do We Serve?
CCSD ELL program started in 2006 (12th year)
Students range from “newcomer” to students who are being monitored after exiting the ELL program
Monitored and exited with ELPA 21 test and IA assessments (reading and math)
Krista

6. Program Goals
CCSD Action Plan: We believe in developing community partnerships.
1. CCSD ELL Program Goal: 90% of ELL families will participate in K-12 conferences (in person, phone, or via written exchange).
CCSD Action Plan: We believe all children can learn at high levels.
2. CCSD ELL Program Goal: 70% of ELs will show growth on the spring aReading (FAST) test in grades K-6 & 85% of students in K-6 will meet benchmark goals for spring FAST.
3. CCSD ELL Program Goal: 70% of ELs will show growth on the Iowa Assessment Reading Comprehension and Math Assessment in grades 2-12.
4. CCSD ELL Program 70% of ELs will show one point growth (or maintain proficiency score) in the area of “speaking” on the ELPA21 assessment.
Alli

7. LAU PLAN/ELL STANDARDS
Will continue to have a Stakeholder meeting in May to comply with state guidelines and review standardized assessments and ELPA21 data.
Access to the LAU Plan is on the prairiepride.org website.
We will continue to review and implement ELP standards.
Alli

8. Growth of ELL Students in Iowa
Mike

9. Growth of ELL Students in GWAEA
Mike

10. ELL Population at College Comm.
Interesting Facts
113% student increase the last 5 years
179 “Active” students plus 19 “Monitor” students = 198 students total
23 students have moved since August
4 students have refused services
Mike...mention that we know have more than 180 students now as this data was from mid-October.

11. ELL Students at CC Buildings2 8 2 34 41 26 37 28
Amy

12. Students Per Grade Level
Amy
K-19, 1st-20, 2nd-12, 3rd-23, 4th-12, 5th-20, 6th-6, 7th-12, 8th-13, 9th-12, 10th-8, 11th-13,12th-8

13. Countries Represented In College Community
Bolivia
Bosnia
Burundi
Cambodia
China
Colombia
D.R. of Congo
Equador
El Salvador
Ghana
Guatemala
India
Ivory Coast
Jordan
Kenya
Laos
Liberia
Marshall Islands
Mexico
Micronesia
Nigeria
Pakistan
Puerto Rico
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
United Arab Emirates
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe
34 Countries and 28 Languages
Top 3:
Mexico 23%
Sudan 17%
DR Congo 16%
Amy
Interesting Facts:
4 years ago we also had 18 languages and now 28
4 years ago Mexico was ⅓ of our population and that number has continued to drop.

14. Country Trends... 23 43 59 29 18 7 5 16 2014-2015 2017-2018 Wendy:
Trend notes: Sudan more than doubled and and Democratic Republic of Congo has tripled in four years time. For many years Mexico was typically ⅓ of our ELL population, but that is declining.

15. Changing Demographics
38%
62%
53%
46%
Wendy: 4 years ago we had over 60% of our students born in the US and now that number has dropped about 10%. There has also been an increase in our refugee population. Talk a little bit as to why there has been an increase of refugee in our area particularly.
US-81, Not US 95
13% , 14% , R status

16. Academic Proficiency
Laura

17. Language Proficiency
Laura

18. Projected Number of Students
Interesting Facts
hired an additional ½ time position
added an additional elementary school
average of 40 students per roster
projection of 324 students
Laura...
Rebecca B. Data Coach…Per Rebecca she created the projection based on the average increase of students and then projected the numbers for the next 5 years.

19. Comparison of Area Districts
Trends…
College Comm.= 69% increase
C.R.= 50% increase
I.C.= 49% increase
Marion= 50% decrease
Linn-Mar= 35% decrease
Laura: Emily 966, Lisa Boyer 1492, Linn-Mar 108, Marion 10-20
From last four years...
College- 106, 140, 154, 179
CR-642, 772, 811, 966
IC- 1000, 1200,1476, 1492
Marion 30, 12, 22, 15
Linn-Mar 165, 110, 101, 108

20. District Comparison Part 2
Growth
# of ELL Students
# of ELL Teachers
Student to Teacher Ratio
College Comm.
69%
Increase
179
4.5
40 to 1
Cedar Rapids
50%
966 29
33 to 1
Iowa City
49%
1492 47
32 to 1
Linn-Mar
35%
Decrease
108 5
22 to 1
Marion 15 1
15 to 1
Laura:
CR: , (29 teachers, elem. 16, ms 5, hs, 7
IC: 47 total, Elementary - 31, Jr High -- 7, High School -- 9
Linn-Mar: 5 teachers
Marion: 1 teacher

21. Questions/Comments
Alli