ESL/Bilingual department meeting

8/22/2003

1. Sign-in

2. New people and master schedule updates

- Introduction of the teachers working in our department: Shamira Gratch is on board and Teacher D is to be hired.

- E-mail update: need everyone's e-mail address.

- Requested by the social committee: write down the year that you started teaching at Lincoln

 

3. Budget update : $1200 for the copy machine contract. Each session can only make 1273 copies for the school year 2003-2004.

 

4. Personnel update: Olga has been assigned to us as a 6-hour para. She will be working in the classrooms.

 

5. Program update:

Pre lit L1: 9^th grade LD3

Literacy L1: 9^th grade LD5

ELD Lab 1: Mixed Reading class -- literacy class (entry point 1, 2)

ELD Lab 3: Mixed Reading class -- literacy class (entry point 3)

ELD Lab 5: Mixed Reading class -- literacy class (entry point 4)

ELD Prelit LD 1: 9^th grade LD 7

6. From the department head's meeting: our school still have 1.8 position that has not been allocated. Hopefully when the semester starts, some students will drop.

 

7. This year's focuses:

8. Things to do this year:

1. common grading policy related to our CA State ELD standards (anyone interested in the Gradekeeper program?)
2. CELDT: need more information from Ms. Davis
3. Placement policy: a copy will be sent to all counselors, as well as ELD/RD teachers
4. LALAR: need LALAR portfolio for each student
5. Professional development days? as long as we have the money to do it

9. Questions and concerns.

- Standards based textbooks used by each level need to be written up. Ms. Luini will produce a copy for every members.

- Level 1/2 and 3/4 students need placement assessment. We will use the New Beginning Reading Assessment.