1. When you are ready to start – just “click” to the next slide!
WELCOME
This is a narrated powerpoint (about 85 minutes) that will take you through all the information that will help you be successful on the part of the EAS test that pertains to English Language Learners! It is also full of information that will help you work successfully with ELLs in your own classroom!
There is an accompanying “script” booklet on this site which you can download and which you can follow along with while you are listening!
When you are ready to start – just “click” to the next slide!

2. An Introduction to Teaching English Language Learners
(And passing the EAS test!)
Presentation by the class: EDU 383/583
December 4, 2017

4. New York State Demographics
Large geographic distribution, with ELLs concentrated in a handful of large urban districts (NYC, Brentwood, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Yonkers), but many small rural and suburban districts that also have ELLs and have many LOTE programs.
Top ELL Districts
# of ELLs
New York City
151,558
Brentwood
5,139
Buffalo
4,103
Rochester
3,478
Yonkers
3,085
Syracuse
2,809
Spring Valley
2,125
Hempstead
1,853
Newburgh
1,555
Central Islip
1,790
Utica
1,543
Buffalo (4103)
Rochester (3478)
Syracuse (2809)
Brentwood (5139)
Hempstead (1853)
Yonkers (3085)
New York City (151,558)
Utica (1543)
Central Islip (1790)
Newburgh (1555)
Spring Valley (East Ramapo) (2125)
225,823 total ELLs, plus an additional 73,661 ELLs in non-public schools.
Source: Public School LEP Counts as of May 31, 2013

5. New York State Demographics
Top 10 ELL Home Languages
Linguistically diverse state with over 140 languages spoken by our students.
Two thirds of ELLs speak Spanish as their home language.
Chinese is the next largest language group, followed by Arabic, Bengali, Haitian Creole, Urdu, Russian, French, Korean and Karen.
The remaining 17% of ELLs speak over 190 languages, with each language representing less than 1% of the total ELL population.
Note re Chinese: working with NYC to resolve some differences in data, and as indicated in Regents item ELLs who were reported to SED as “undetermined” are actually mostly Chinese speakers raising the percent of Chinese-speaking ELLs in the state from 3% to 7%.

6. BLUEPRINT FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (ELLS) SUCCESS (2014)
THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Office of Bilingual Education and Foreign Language Studies
BLUEPRINT FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (ELLS) SUCCESS (2014)
The mission of the New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) Office of Bilingual Education and Foreign Language Studies (OBE-FLS) is to ensure that all New York State (NYS) students, including English Language Learners (ELLs), attain the highest level of academic success and language proficiency. We strive to ensure that all students’ individual educational paths and socio-emotional needs are met in multiple languages leading them to college and career readiness. NYSED believes that all teachers are teachers of ELLs.
The principles that guide the Blueprint for ELLs are:
1. All teachers are teachers of English Language Learners, and need to plan accordingly
by:
Designing and delivering instruction that is culturally and linguistically appropriate for all diverse learners, including those with Individualized Educational Programs (IEP).

7. ESL
ENL
TESOL
ELL / EL
MLL
EBL