ESOL Parent Night 2015 ESOL Staff Members ESOL

ESOL Parent Night 2015

ESOL Staff Members ESOL Teacher: Kelly Lamb klamb@forsyth. k 12. ga. us ESOL Counselor: Mia Kim mkim@forsyth. k 12. ga. us ESOL Administrator: Pam Bibik pbibik@forsyth. k 12. ga. us

How Did My Child Qualify for ESOL? • All students entering Forsyth County Schools complete a registration packet at the Central Registration Office that includes a Home Language Survey. • If the parent’s responses to any of the three Home Language Survey questions is “other than English”, the child must be screened for ESOL services with the WIDA-ACCESS Placement Test (W-APT) • Students are retested using the ACCESS test each Spring to determine continuing placement.

Parent Communication • Parents receive a notification packet listing how their student qualified and how they will be served • Parents may deny ESOL program services on an annual basis • Parents receive ESOL Progress Reports with report cards • Lambert will host a minimum of 2 ESOL parent events this school year • We can provide interpreters for conferences by request. Email Kelly Lamb.

ESOL Courses Offered We offer sheltered, scheduled classes, and push-in support courses for ESOL students. ESOL II ESOL IV Sheltered 10 th Grade Lit/Comp Sheltered Advanced Comp Sheltered World History Geometry with Push-In Support Environmental Science with Push-In Support Study Skills

Counseling Services Mia Kim is the ESOL Counselor. She can help with: • Academic Advisement- course selection, graduation planning • Personal Issues- personal student and family issues • Post Secondary planning- college, scholarship, and workforce options

Graduation Requirements �Language Arts – 4 (Including 9 th Lit/Comp and American Lit Comp) �Math - 4 �Science – 4 (Including a Physical Science and Biology) �Social Studies – 3 (World, American, ½ Economics, and ½ Government) �Health/Personal Fitness �CTAE, Fine Arts or World Language 3 units required from CTAE and/or Fine Arts and/or World Language. Students planning on attending a four year university must complete two units of world language. �Electives State Requirements – Four Additional Electives Students have the opportunity to earn an additional four electives on the seven period day. This option should be connected with the student’s choice of a Career Pathway.

Testing ACCESS Testing All ESOL students are tested in the domains of listening, speaking reading, and writing in: • Social and Instructional Language • The Language of Language Arts • The Language of Math • The Language of Science • The Language of Social Studies

Testing Students take End of Course Tests that count 20% of their grade in the following courses: • 9 th Grade Lit/Comp • American Lit/Comp • Physical Science • Biology • US History • Economics • Algebra I • Geometry ESOL students are eligible for accommodations such as extended time, small group testing, and word-to-word bilingual dictionaries during testing.

Important Websites Forsyth County Schools www. forsyth. k 12. ga. us Lambert High School www. forsyth. k 12. ga. us/lhs Itslearning https: //forsyth. itslearning. com/ Parent Portal https: //campus. forsyth. k 12. ga. us/campus/portal/ forsyth. jsp? 1323 Nav=|5270|&Node. ID=5271

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