BUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS REOPENING SCHOOLS PLAN FOR Multilingual

BUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS REOPENING SCHOOLS PLAN FOR Multilingual Education Dr. Kriner Cash, Superintendent

Life Size Platform

1 Key Elements Student Placement 2 Bilingual Education 3 English as a New Language 4 Communicating/Engaging Multilingual Families

Our Multilingual Learners

Possible Instructional Models

Language Assessment Center Multilingual Placement ØSchool Choice ØNYSED Guidance ØProvisional ELL Identification ØPK EMLL Profile

Bilingual Education Instruction Curriculum Assessments Instruction Spanish Home Language Arts, English Language Arts Spanish language District-approved materials for Math, Social Studies, Science. (various models) Grade-Level Content Area Assessments ENIL, LAS Links Whole Group & Small Group Teacher Role One Bilingual classroom teacher, or one Bilingual teacher paired with a monolingual teacher (various models) Hybrid Spanish/English language use varies between models Virtual Spanish/English language use varies between models

English As a New Language (ENL) Stand Alone Integrated ENL Curriculum Stand-Alone Framework District approved curriculum for specific content and grade level Assessments Independent Reading Level Assessment Small Group ENL Teacher will work with students in small groups Grade-Level Content Area Assessments Instruction Teacher Role Hybrid Virtual Co-Teaching Models Co-Teacher; equal partner ENL Teacher will plan and deliver lessons with the classroom teacher ENL Teacher will work with ENL Teacher will plan and deliver lessons students in small groups on with the classroom teacher district approved online platform

Meaningful Family Engagement & Communication

The Division of Multilingual Education Nadia Nashir Assistant Superintendent of Multilingual Education nnashir@buffaloschools. org Alicia Barinas Director of Bilingual Education abarinas@buffaloschools. org Jenna Colerick Director of ENL Jcolerick@buffaloschools. org Daniel Murtha Supervisor of Multilingual Education/Bilingual dmurtha@buffaloschools. org Rebecca Zuch Supervisor of Multilingual Education/ENL rgzuch@buffaloschools. org

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