MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
District: Lee Public Schools
Corrective Action Plan Review
Program Area: English Learner Education
Prepared by: Andrea Larmon
CAP Form will expand to as many lines as necessary. Before completing and emailing to
pqacap@doe.mass.edu, please see separate Instructions for Completing Corrective Action Plans.
All corrective action must be fully implemented and all noncompliance corrected as soon as
possible and no later than one year from the issuance of the Coordinated Program Review Final
Report to the school or district.
Mandatory One-Year Compliance Date: August 20, 2014
COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
(To be completed by school district/charter school)
Criterion & Topic: ELE 5 Program Placement and
Structure
Rating: Partially Implemented
Department CPR Finding: Documentation reviewed indicated that the district ESL curriculum at all
educational levels adheres closely to the English Language Proficiency Benchmarks and Outcomes for
English Language Learners (ELPBO). Concerning the curriculum, the district should note that the
Department has new regulations in place which may affect its corrective action plan (CAP). Please
refer to: http://www.doe.mass.edu/rettell/ for more information.
Documentation reviewed also indicated that although English language learners (ELLs) are receiving
ESL instruction, the hours of instruction that ELLs are receiving at each level of English proficiency
were not specified. Therefore, the Department could not determine if all ELLs are receiving ESL
services that are consistent with Department guidance. (Please refer to
http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/mepa/guidance.html - p. 5).
Please see ELE 15 for comments on Professional Development Requirements.
The Department concluded that the district does not have a fully implemented SEI Program as
required by Chapter 71A. The district did not provide evidence of the amounts of ESL services
provided to ELLs and content area teachers instructing ELLs have not completed all of the required
SEI Category Trainings
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Narrative Description of Corrective Action: The district currently provides 3 periods a day (144
minutes) for Level 2 students at the middle and high school level. We currently have no Level 1, 3, 4,
or 5 students at the high school. At the Elementary school the students receive 3 periods a day (144
minutes) for Level 2 students, level 4 and 5 students receive an hour a day of direct service; there are
no level 2 or 3 students.
Title/Role of Person(s) Responsible for
Expected Date of Completion for Each
Implementation: Andrea Larmon
Corrective Action Activity: Already
completed
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action: ESL Teacher and ESL Specialist schedule
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures: ESL Teacher and ESL Specialist check in with the
Elementary Principal daily.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
(To be completed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)
Criterion: ELE 5 Program Placement
and Structure
Status of Corrective Action:
Approved
Partially Approved
Disapproved
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval: N/A
Department Order of Corrective Action: N/A
Required Elements of Progress Report(s):
1) Please provide a detailed plan that shows that the district is providing sufficient ESL instruction to
all ELL students during the 2013-2014 school year based on the Department's Transitional
Guidance on Identification, Assessment, Placement, and Reclassification of English Language
Learners found at http://www.doe.mass.edu/ell/TransitionalGuidance.pdf
2) Please complete district information in the attached spreadsheet labeled ELL List by school for
each ELL student in the district.
Progress Report Due Date(s): February 28, 2014
COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
(To be completed by school district/charter school)
Criterion & Topic: ELE 14 Licensure Requirements
Rating: Partially Implemented
Department CPR Finding: Although the district has an ESL certified teacher providing ESL
instruction to ELLs in middle and high school, at the elementary grades ESL instruction is provided by
a bilingual paraprofessional.
Narrative Description of Corrective Action: The ESL teacher will be creating all the lesson plans for
the ELL specialist (she is contracted as a specialist, not a paraprofessional) at the Elementary school.
She is also spending one period a day supervising the ELL specialist.
Title/Role of Person(s) Responsible for
Expected Date of Completion for Each
Implementation: Andrea Larmon
Corrective Action Activity: 9/2013
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action: ESL Teacher and ESL Specialist schedules
Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures: ESL Teacher and Specialist check in daily with
Elementary Principal.
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CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
(To be completed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)
Criterion: ELE 14 Licensure
Requirements
Status of Corrective Action:
Approved
Partially Approved
Disapproved
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
Although the district corrects the title of the educator providing ESL services in the elementary school
as “ESL specialist”, there is no license information provided in the corrective action plan. The district
should note that ESL instruction consistent with Chapter 71A can only be delivered by an ESL licensed
teacher.
Department Order of Corrective Action: N/A
Required Elements of Progress Report(s):
In case the ESL specialist who provides ESL instruction in the elementary school is ESL licensed,
please, submit the license information. Otherwise, provide a report of the program director’s
monitoring of the educator’s progress toward certification throughout 2013-2014 school year until
licensure is secured, and a copy of any job posting and application information that may remain on file
in the event the currently uncertified educator fails to acquire proper certification by Summer 2014.
Progress Report Due Date(s): February 28, 2014 & May 2, 2014
COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
(To be completed by school district/charter school)
Criterion & Topic: ELE 15 Professional Development
Requirements
Rating: Partially Implemented
Department CPR Finding: Documentation reviewed indicated that the district developed a multi-year
Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) PD training plan and has been implementing SEI Category
Training since
SY 2007-08 through 2009-10. The district reported one English Language Arts
teacher in middle school who has completed all four SEI Categories. All other content area teachers
across the district working with ELLs have been trained in some of the SEI Categories as follows: nine
teachers completed Category 1; six teachers completed Category 2; two teachers completed Category
3, and six completed Category 4.
The district is aware that Department’s regulations concerning SEI professional development
requirements have changed. In SY 2012-13 the district will be participating on the WIDA (WorldClass Instructional Design and Assessment) Access to ELLs and learn to administer the screener: WAPT. Please refer to: http://www.doe.mass.edu/retell/ for more information.
Narrative Description of Corrective Action: The School district ESL teacher and ESL Specialist
have taken part in all of the WIDA Access to ELLs trainings. The district is part of Cohort 3 for the
SEI Endorsement and will participate in the Teacher and Administrator trainings during the 2014-2015
and 2015-2016 school year.
Title/Role of Person(s) Responsible for
Expected Date of Completion for Each
Implementation: Andrea Larmon
Corrective Action Activity: Trainings for
WIDA already completed. SEI endorsement
completed 2016
Evidence of Completion of the Corrective Action: Successful completion of the SEI Endorsement
course for all district teachers and administrators.
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Description of Internal Monitoring Procedures: Successful administration of the Access for ELL’s
exam and successful completion of the SEI Endorsement course
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN APPROVAL SECTION
(To be completed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)
Criterion: ELE 15 Professional
Development Requirements
Status of Corrective Action:
Approved
Partially Approved
Disapproved
Basis for Partial Approval or Disapproval:
The Department accepts the district’s plan to ensure that all core academic teachers with ELLs and
administrators that supervise core academic teachers of ELLs are endorsed. No further submission is
required at this time.
Department Order of Corrective Action: N/A
Required Elements of Progress Report(s): None required
Progress Report Due Date(s): N/A
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