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My Mission

My personal mission is to provide effective and age- appropriate English language instruction (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), and to support English Language Learners to achieve in all content areas, grades 1-6. I'm very dedicated to enhance our entire staff's ability to meet our academic mission and link our diverse community to our schools. Through the inclusion of parents, community members, community resources, parent liaisons, and interpreters, the Galloway Township School District works to provide a well-rounded support base for all of the ELL families in our schools

Our English Language Learners Program Philosophy

Galloway Township Public Schools

The students will be able to: n show improvement on standardized measurements such as the ASK, and the Access for ELLs test. n provide an equal opportunity to develop the student's full potential n develop in the student an understanding of local American customs and traditions in order to facilitate a satisfactory personal and social adjustment n enable the student to achieve fluency and literacy in the English language and to learn to function effectively in the American culture n encourage the student to serve as a stepping stone for his/her parents to become involved in the new community, both sharing and contributing to the community n enable the student to develop the ability to understand spoken English, and teach him/her to become knowledgeable in literacy n develop a sufficiently high level of English language proficiency to enable them to continue to learn in the mainstream program Curriculum Overview: This is a developmental language program for non-native speakers. Instruction is provided to develop proficiency in listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills in English. The program is consistent with a program plan filed each July with the State Department of Education and updated each October. Students included in the program are identified as limited English proficient in accordance with assessment procedures prescribed by the state. Students are exited upon meeting state established cut-off scores on a language proficiency test. The main goals are to prepare students to function successfully in mainstreamed classes to provide enough "survival" English to enable students to function in their new community. Curriculum Objectives: Students will: · develop a positive self image within the context of their own heritage and within the larger context of the total society · develop a positive self-image which will enhance the individual's ability to fruitfully determine, understand, and examine his capacities, interests, and goals in terms of society · cherish values and pride of identity · develop an understanding of American Citizenship

• Early Childhood &

Elementary

• Bilingual/Bicultural

• English as a 2nd

Language

I have been teaching English

Language Learners for 14

years. I have given

presentations in our district

as well as at Stockton

College.

Goal 1: To use English to communicate in social settings. Student will use English to participate in social interaction. Students will interact in, through, and with spoken and written English for personal expression and enjoyment. Students will use learning strategies to extend their communicative competence. Goal 2: To use English to achieve academically in all content areas. Students will use English to interact in the classroom. Students will use English to obtain, process, construct, and provide subject matter information in spoken and written form. Students will use appropriate learning strategies to construct and apply academic knowledge. Goal 3: To use English in socially and culturally appropriate ways. Students will choose a language variety, register, and genre according to audience, purpose, and setting. Students will use non-verbal communication appropriate to audience, purpose, and setting. Students will use appropriate learning strategies to extend their sociolinguistic and sociocultural competence