The English Language Learner KnowledgeBase for Administrators

This KnowledgeBase archive includes content and external links that were accurate and relevant as of September 30, 2019.

The English Language Learner (ELL) KnowledgeBase for Administrators is an online resource supporting the administration of programs for English learning students. It offers resources related to Office for Civil Rights (OCR)requirements and the Every Student Succeed Act (ESSA).

Task 4: Ensure Appropriate Placement of ELL Students in Special Education Programs

Guideline: As part of the English language learner program, the school district should have policies in place regarding ELL students participating in special education programs. ELL students placed in special education programs should have notations about their home language and background placed in their special education student file.

resources

Tools

Tools and Resources for ELLs with Disabilities

This U.S. Department of Education Toolkit provides tools and resources for ELLs with disabilities.

Practical Tips

Identifying ELLs with Language Disabilities

This Webcast presented by Dr. Elsa Cardenas Hogan focuses on identifying ELLs with language disabilities.

Legal

A Guide to Learning Disabilities for the ESL Classroom Practitioner

Description of classroom behaviors associated with several common learning problems, the results of research into them, and practical suggestions to classroom teachers for working more profitably with these students.

Legal Rights: The Overrepresentation of Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education

Authored by the National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems, this document offers "guidance for practitioners on the federal laws guaranteeing a free and appropriate public education and protecting students with disabilities from discrimination."

References

National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt)

This link is to the former website of NCCRESt now supported by the Equity Alliance at Arizona State University.

STEM Strategies for English Language Learners with Disabilities

STEM strategies for ELL students with disabilities include learning centers, instructional games, and techniques to develop conversational language, academic language, scaffolding, concrete materials, and visual learning. Teachers can use these techniques to provide best practices math and science instruction integrated with modifications for teaching ELL students with disabilities. These strategies utilize technology as well as the science, math, and problem solving of engineering to improve the education of ELLs.

Serving English Language Learners with Disabilities - Placement of LEP Students

This document contains a link to the Illinois manual titled "Serving English Language Learners with Disabilities." While this manual is written as a resource for Illinois educators, all educators will find the general information it contains useful.

The contents of this website were developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education and are intended for general reference purposes only. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education or the Center, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. Some resources on this site require Adobe Acrobat Reader. This website archive includes content and external links that were accurate and relevant as of September 30, 2019.