English Language Learner Program
Our English Language Learning Program is here to help students, families, and teachers promote the achievement of students learning English. All of our schools have highly qualified teachers dedicated to your child's academic achievement by teaching them the components of the English Language through language ability-based groups and small group intervention.
The ELL department provides support for the implementation of the Structured English Immersion model to all schools. The SEI model is designed to increase English language proficiency and the academic achievement of English Language Learners.
The ELL program provides services which meet state and federal requirements for English learner identification, assessment, instruction and reassessment (Federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001) and Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 15, Chapter 7, Article 3.1 ARS §15-751 §15-757 and House Bill 2064).
Students are assessed to determine the identification of ELL or non- ELL status. Arizona law requires students who have any language other than English as a primary or home language to be assessed for English Language Proficiency. The district uses the Arizona English Language Learner Assessment (AZELLA). Results of the assessment, or assessment history, determines programming for ELL students.
For more information about ELL services, contact your school’s administration or our ELL department.