Ellen Rosas-Fisher, Coordinator
Phone: (310) 354-3416
Fax: (310) 527-2957
Email: efisher@lausd.k-12.ca.us
Blanca Esquivel, ELILP and Secondary EL Adviser
Phone: (310) 354-3459
Fax: (310) 527-2957
Email: blanca.esquivel@lausd.net
Elsa Freeman, Elementary Advisor
Phone: (310) 354-3495
Fax: (310) 527-2957
Email: elsa.freeman@lausd.net
English Learners are students that speak a primary language other than English.
Responding to the challenge of diversity, the LAUSD and District K are committed to providing instructional services and experiences that will enable our students to live and function effectively in a diverse society. We must guarantee them equity and access to quality education regardless of culture and language background. The educational experience for each student must:
· Promote the development of English language and academic learning while recognizing and respecting the students’ primary languages and cultures.
· Promote the positive belief that all students are valued as individuals and are worthy and capable of learning.
· Increase awareness of the dynamic nature of diversity and acknowledge the complex elements of each person’s identity…
· Develop critical-thinking skills and academic language that enable each student to be successful…
Adapted from the Master Plan Revision Committee 1996
In this effort, District K reaffirms its commitment to providing all English Learners access to rigorous academic standards, and a quality educational program.
Programs for English Learners in District K
· Bilingual Teacher Training and Professional Development
· Community-Based English Tutoring
· Emergency Immigrant Education Programs
· Structured English Immersion Programs
· Alternative Programs
· Dual Language Programs
· English Language and Intensive Literacy Programs
· English Language Academic Programs
· Title III/ESEA/NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
· English Language Advisory Committee
Current Issues
· ESEA Reauthorization
· Adopted Texts in English as a Second Language
· Proposition 227 Implementation
· English Language Development Standards and Assessment
· California English Language Development Test
· Language Census (R-30)
District K strives to provide all our current and future English Learners with the best opportunity to develop academic English fluency and equal educational access to a quality program with the goal to empower them to be successful and competitive contributors to the global community in the 21st century.
