Programs & Schools

Bilingual program beginning in Kindergarten or 1st grade, where the goal is for students to develop language proficiency in two languages by receiving instruction in English and another language in a classroom that is usually composed of half primary-English speakers and half primary speakers of the other language. (USED Toolkit)

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Structured English Immersion is a program designed to impart English language skills so that EL students can transition and succeed in an English-only mainstream classroom once proficient. All instruction in an immersion strategy program is in English… (USED OELA Toolkit and USED OELA webpage)

Sheltered English Instruction is an instructional approach used to make academic instruction in English understandable to EL students. Sheltered instructional approaches assist EL students in developing grade-level content area knowledge, academic skills, and increased English proficiency. In sheltered content classes, teachers use a wide range of instructional strategies to make the content (e.g., math, science, social studies) comprehensible to EL students while promoting their English language development (e.g., connecting new content to student’s prior knowledge, scaffolding, collaborative learning, and visual aids).

Program of techniques, methodology, and special curriculum designed to teach ELs explicitly about the English language, including the academic vocabulary needed to access content instruction, and to develop their English language proficiency in all four language domains (i.e., speaking, listening, reading, and writing). Implementation methods include: push-in, pull-out, or dedicated ENL class (common at the secondary level). (USED OELA Toolkit)

Program that develops a student’s native language skills and literacy (i.e. Heritage Spanish for Spanish speakers; Heritage German for German speakers). Research has shown that the stronger a student’s native language literacy skills are, the stronger English literacy skills will become. 

NOTE: A Heritage Language program model must be implemented in conjunction with other program models that directly address English proficiency, and cannot be the sole ELD service model for a student. (IDOE Toolkit)