English Language Learner KnowledgeBase for Administrators & Teachers

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 and Teachers is an online resource supporting both the administration, teaching and execution of programs for English learning students. It offers resources related to Office for Civil Rights (OCR) requirements and the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Task 1: Understand Legal Requirements

Guideline: ESSA supports the learning and development of educators in enhancing their capacity to help students succeed.

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Building Systems of Support for Excellent Teaching and Leading

On September 27, 2016, U.S. Department of Education guidance shows it is critical that state educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) consider how to best use Title II, Part A funds, among other funding sources, to ensure equity of educational opportunity. New provisions in Title II, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), offer new opportunities SEAs and LEAs to more effectively attract, select, place, support and retain excellent educators, revisit traditional uses of these funds and consider new and additional uses of Title II, Part A funds that are innovative and evidence-based.

Strategies outlined in this document, and examples of this work in action, can often be supported by other sources of funding, as well, and should not be thought of as tools, policies or programs only made possible through the use of Title II, Part A funds. This initial Title II, Part A guidance is not exhaustive; rather it highlights some of the new and important ways SEAs and LEAs can use their Title II, Part A funds more strategically and for greater impact.

Definition of Bilingual Education

This is a general definition of bilingual education.

ESSA Title III Guidance for ELLs

The U.S. Department of Education issued a guidance document on September 23, 2016, to provide states and local educational agencies with information to assist them in meeting their obligations under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015. This guidance addresses how Title III funds may be used to provide supplemental services that improve the English language proficiency and academic achievement of ELLs, including through the provision of language instruction educational programs and activities to increase the knowledge and skills of teachers who serve ELLs.

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