The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Education

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Department of Education

350 Main Street, Malden, Massachusetts 02148-5023 Telephone: (781) 338-3700

TTY: N.E.T. Relay 1-800-439-2370

August 14, 2006

Kathleen I. Tyrell

Superintendent of Schools

Foxborough Public Schools

IGO Administration Building

60 South Street

Foxborough, MA 02035

Re: Mid-cycle Coordinated Program Review Report

Dear Superintendent Tyrell:

Enclosed is the Department of Education's Mid-cycle Coordinated Program Review Report (Mid-

Cycle Report). This report contains findings based on onsite monitoring conducted to verify the implementation and effectiveness of corrective action approved by the Department to address findings of noncompliance included in the Foxborough Public Schools Coordinated Program

Review Report issued on July 9, 2003. The Mid-cycle Report also contains findings based on onsite monitoring of special education compliance criteria that have been newly created or substantially changed in response to IDEA 2004.

As you know, another component of the Department’s Mid-cycle Review is the review of your school district or charter school's self-assessment in the area of English learner education (ELE).

(In the remainder of this letter, please read “district” as meaning “school district or charter school.”) The purpose of this review is to determine whether your district is implementing the significant changes in M.G.L. Chapter 71A, governing the education of limited English proficient students, that were adopted by voters by means of Question 2 in 2002. The Department has reviewed your district’s ELE self-assessment documents and, based solely on that selfassessment, is providing you in this report with comments on your ELE program and, where necessary, corrective action to be implemented. Your district is urged to request technical assistance in relation to any of these comments or prescribed corrective action. To secure assistance, you may consult with your Mid-cycle Review Chairperson. You may also consult with staff in the Department’s Office of Language Acquisition and Achievement at 781-338-3534 and obtain additional ELE guidance documents through the Department’s web site at http://www.doe.mass.edu/ell/ .

The onsite team would like to commend the following areas that were brought to its attention and that the team believes have a significant and positive impact on the delivery of educational services for students enrolled in the Foxborough Public Schools. These areas are as follows:

The special education department has done a commendable job in improving the quality of IEPs. IEPs are written with strong, measurable goals, thorough descriptions of

specially designed instruction, and extensive progress reports.

 The Director of Special Education’s everyday efforts have resulted in high-quality programs and services for the special needs population in Foxborough.

Educational assessments are particularly well done by the teachers in Foxborough.

The Department will notify you of your district's next regularly scheduled Coordinated Program

Review several months before it is to occur. At this time we anticipate the Department's next routine monitoring visit to occur sometime during the 2008-2009 school year, unless the

Department determines that there is some reason to schedule this visit earlier.

While the Department of Education found your district to have resolved certain noncompliance issues, others were partially corrected or not addressed at all, or the Department’s onsite team identified new issues of noncompliance, either noncompliance with special education criteria added or substantially changed in response to IDEA 2004, noncompliance with ELE criteria, or other new noncompliance. Where the district has failed to implement its approved Corrective

Action Plan, the Department views these findings to be serious.

In all instances where noncompliance has been found, the Department has prescribed corrective action for the district that must be implemented without delay. You will find these requirements for corrective action included in the attached report, along with requirements for progress reporting. Please provide the Department with your written assurance that all of the Department's requirements for corrective action will be implemented by your school district within the timelines specified. Your statement of assurance must be submitted to the Mid-cycle Review

Chairperson by September 8, 2006 .

Your staff's cooperation throughout these follow-up monitoring activities is appreciated. Should you like clarification of any part of our report, please do not hesitate to contact the Mid-cycle

Review Chairperson at 781-338-3704.

Sincerely,

Matthew Deninger, Mid-cycle Review Chairperson

Program Quality Assurance Services

Darlene A. Lynch, Director

Program Quality Assurance Services c: David P. Driscoll, Commissioner of Education

Martha Slattery, School Committee Chairperson

Cynthia Brunelli, District Program Review Follow-up Coordinator

Encl.: Mid-cycle Coordinated Program Review Report

MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

MID-CYCLE COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW REPORT

FOXBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ONSITE VERIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION

AND/OR IDENTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL NONCOMPLIANCE REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION

Date of Coordinated Program Review (CPR): January 24-31, 2003

Date of Coordinated Program Review Corrective Action Plan Approval: November 10, 2003

Dates of Corrective Action Plan Progress Reports: December 18, 2003, September 7, 2004, September 20, 2004,

November 16, 2004, March 17, 2005 and August 19, 2005

Dates of this Mid-cycle Review Onsite Visit: May 15-17, 2006

Date of this Report: August 14, 2006

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REPORT IS IN SEVERAL SECTIONS.

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Criterion

Number and

Topic

(Refer to full text of 2005-

2006 CPR requirements)

Approved

Corrective

Action

Determined to be

Implemented and Effective

Method(s) of

Verification

Basis of Determination that

Corrective Action was

Implemented and has been

Effective

Corrective

Action

Determined

Not to have been

Implemented or Not to have been

Effective

Or

New Issues

Identified

Basis of Determination that Implementation of

Corrective Action was

Incomplete or

Ineffective Or

Basis of Finding of New

Noncompliance

Required Corrective Action,

Timelines for

Implementation, and Progress Reporting

Special

Education

Criteria

Originally

Cited in CPR

Report and

Monitored in

Mid-cycle

SE 4

Reports of assessment results

SE 9

Eligibility

determination

SE 18A

IEP

Development

Record review, interviews

Record review, interviews

The assessment reports were comprehensive, informative to both professional and layperson audiences, and inclusive of all required elements. The reports are made available 2 days prior to the

Team meeting.

All records included eligibility flow charts that were complete, accurate, and clear.

Record review, interviews, documentation

The district completes IEPs that are of particularly high quality, with measurable goals and benchmarks, descriptions of specially designed

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Criterion

Number and

Topic

(Refer to full text of 2005-

2006 CPR requirements) and Content

SE 18B:

Determination

of placement; provision of

IEP to parent.

SE 19

Extended evaluation

SE 24

Notice to parent regarding proposal or refusal

Approved

Corrective

Action

Determined to be

Implemented and Effective

Method(s) of

Verification

Basis of Determination that

Corrective Action was

Implemented and has been

Effective

Corrective

Action

Determined

Not to have been

Implemented or Not to have been

Effective

Or

New Issues

Identified

Basis of Determination that Implementation of

Corrective Action was

Incomplete or

Ineffective Or

Basis of Finding of New

Noncompliance

Required Corrective Action,

Timelines for

Implementation, and Progress Reporting

Record review, interviews, and documentation

Record review, interviews, and documentation

Record review, interviews instruction, comprehensive summaries, etc.

All IEPs we reviewed contained signed, accurate placement pages.

The district’s tracking system ensures that attention is paid to the immediate provision of IEPs to parents. The immediate provision of IEPs is substantially implemented in this district.

The district no longer uses extended evaluations to postpone the evaluation deadline. The district uses extended evaluations appropriately, usually writing a partial IEP in the meantime.

All student records contained required notice forms where appropriate. All notice forms contained both pages, and all questions on the second page are addressed.

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Criterion

Number and

Topic

(Refer to full text of 2005-

2006 CPR requirements)

SE 25

Parental consent

SE 28

Parent provided the

IEP or notice of no eligibility

SE 32

Parent

Advisory

Council

SE 35

Assistive

Technology

Approved

Corrective

Action

Determined to be

Implemented and Effective

Partial

Method(s) of

Verification

Record review, interviews

Record review and interviews

Documentation and interviews

Record review, interviews, and

Basis of Determination that

Corrective Action was

Implemented and has been

Effective

Corrective

Action

Determined

Not to have been

Implemented or Not to have been

Effective

Or

New Issues

Identified

Basis of Determination that Implementation of

Corrective Action was

Incomplete or

Ineffective Or

Basis of Finding of New

Noncompliance

Before implementing IEPs, conducting evaluations, or amending IEPs, the district always receives parental consent.

The district’s tracking system ensures that attention is paid to the immediate provision of IEPs or notices of no eligibility to parents.

The immediate provision of IEPs and notices of no eligibility is substantially implemented in this district.

The SEPAC is a viable organization with established bylaws and officers. It receives support from the district, including an annual “parents’ rights workshop,” access to a room and to copiers

The district contracts with Easter

Seals for assistive technology evaluations and for consultative services. Assistive technology is

Partial

The SEPAC is not included in the district’s planning, development, advisory, or evaluation activities.

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Required Corrective Action,

Timelines for

Implementation, and Progress Reporting

Please provide a plan for further involving the SEPAC in the planning, development, and evaluation activities to the

Department no later than Nov.

15, 2006.

Criterion

Number and

Topic

(Refer to full text of 2005-

2006 CPR requirements)

SE 37

Procedures for approved and unapproved out-of-district placements

SE 43

Behavioral interventions

Approved

Corrective

Action

Determined to be

Implemented and Effective

Method(s) of

Verification

Partial

Basis of Determination that

Corrective Action was

Implemented and has been

Effective documentation provided when a child is in need.

Record review, interviews, and documentation

All out-of-district procedures are consistent with state and federal regulations. The out-of-district coordinator ensures that all IEPs are implemented completely.

Corrective

Action

Determined

Not to have been

Implemented or Not to have been

Effective

Or

New Issues

Identified

Basis of Determination that Implementation of

Corrective Action was

Incomplete or

Ineffective Or

Basis of Finding of New

Noncompliance

Required Corrective Action,

Timelines for

Implementation, and Progress Reporting

SE 45

Procedures for suspension up

Record reviews, interviews, documentation

Some of the schools in the district have a full continuum of behavioral interventions.

Partial

Consideration of behavioral intervention plans is inconsistent throughout the district. Special education students with social/emotional or behavioral problems do not always have said issues addressed on their IEPs.

The district will provide further training for special education personnel on incorporating social/emotional/behavioral goals into the IEP as well as developing behavioral intervention plans.

Please provide evidence of this training (sign-in sheets, agenda, etc.) to the Department no later than Nov. 15, 2006.

Record reviews, interviews, documentation

The district conducts manifestation determinations appropriately, and uses a tracking system to monitor disciplinary action taken against special education students.

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Criterion

Number and

Topic

(Refer to full text of 2005-

2006 CPR requirements)

Approved

Corrective

Action

Determined to be

Implemented and Effective

Method(s) of

Verification

Basis of Determination that

Corrective Action was

Implemented and has been

Effective

Corrective

Action

Determined

Not to have been

Implemented or Not to have been

Effective

Or

New Issues

Identified

Basis of Determination that Implementation of

Corrective Action was

Incomplete or

Ineffective Or

Basis of Finding of New

Noncompliance

Required Corrective Action,

Timelines for

Implementation, and Progress Reporting

to 10 days and after 10 days

SE 49

Related

Services

SE 50

Responsibilities of the School

Principal

SE 54

Professional

Development

Record reviews, interviews, documentation

Record reviews, interviews, documentation

Interviews and documentation

The district has increased the amount of counseling services available to students. Whenever a student needs such services, the student is provided with it.

The district has issued an updated curriculum accommodation plan, and staff members demonstrated an awareness and knowledge of it.

The district provides ample training opportunities for staff, as well as five full in-service days.

Interviews of staff revealed they were appreciative of this investment. All required training has been completed.

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Criterion

Number and

Topic

(Refer to full text of 2005-

2006 CPR requirements)

SE 55

Special

Education

Facilities and

Classrooms

Approved

Corrective

Action

Determined to be

Implemented and Effective

Method(s) of

Verification

School tour, interviews, and documentation

Basis of Determination that

Corrective Action was

Implemented and has been

Effective

The concerns at both the High

School and Middle School from the

2003 review have been addressed.

Special education classrooms are now totally integrated into the life of the schools.

Corrective

Action

Determined

Not to have been

Implemented or Not to have been

Effective

Or

New Issues

Identified

Basis of Determination that Implementation of

Corrective Action was

Incomplete or

Ineffective Or

Basis of Finding of New

Noncompliance

Required Corrective Action,

Timelines for

Implementation, and Progress Reporting

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Criterion

Number and

Topic

(Refer to full text of 2005-

2006 CPR requirements)

Special

Education

Criteria created or revised in response to

IDEA-2004

SE 6

Determination of Transition

Services

Criterion

Implemented

Method(s) of

Verification

Basis of Determination that

Criterion was Implemented

Partial

Record reviews, interviews, documentation

Transition services are provided to a number of high school students

(school to career, job shadowing, family/consumer studies). Students are always invited to meetings and have input in constructing the IEP.

Criterion

Determined to be

Partially

Implemented or Not

Implemented

Basis of Determination that Criterion was

Partially Implemented or Not Implemented

Partial

IEPs do not consistently include transition goals as would be appropriate, raising concerns that some transition services may not be provided where they would be warranted.

Required Corrective Action,

Timelines for

Implementation, and

Progress Reporting

The district will provide further training for special education personnel on incorporating transition goals into the IEP as well as techniques for transitional planning. Please provide evidence of this training (sign-in sheets, agenda, etc.) to the

Department no later than Nov.

15, 2006.

SE 8

IEP Team composition and attendance

SE 12

Frequency of re-evaluation

SE 13

Progress

Reports and

Record reviews, interviews, documentation

Record reviews, interviews, documentation

Record reviews, interviews,

The IEP Teams always meet with the required members. Every effort is made to accommodate parents.

The district will hold interviews via the phone when necessary.

The district’s tracking mechanism ensures that all re-evaluations are completed in a timely manner.

The district writes strong progress reports, directly addressing specific goals and benchmarks, and always

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content

SE 14

Review and revision of

IEPs

SE 25B

Resolution of disputes

SE 30

Notice of procedural safeguards

SE 46

Procedures for suspension of students with disabilities more than 10 days

 documentation

Record reviews, interviews, documentation indicating whether the student will reach the goal by the end of the IEP period.

The district creates amendments to

IEPs in accordance with all state and federal regulations.

Record reviews, interviews, documentation

Record reviews, interviews, documentation

Record reviews, interviews, documentation

The district is aware of the regulation for resolution of disputes, and implements it fully.

The district uses the newest version: the “Interim Notice of

Procedural Safeguards,” providing it to all parties in accordance with regulations.

The district conducts manifestation determinations appropriately, and uses a tracking system to monitor disciplinary action taken against special education students. The district considers IAES settings where appropriate.

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Criterion

Number and

Topic

(Refer to full text of 2005-

2006 CPR requirements)

Approved

Corrective

Action

Determined to be

Implemented and Effective

Method(s) of

Verification

Basis of Determination that

Corrective Action was

Implemented and has been

Effective

Corrective

Action

Determined

Not to have been

Implemented or Not to have been

Effective

Or

New Issues

Identified

Basis of Determination that Implementation of

Corrective Action was

Incomplete or

Ineffective

Or

Basis of Finding of New

Noncompliance

Required Corrective Action,

Timelines for

Implementation, and

Progress Reporting

Requirements

Civil Rights

(MOA) and

Other General

Education

Requirements

MOA 1

Identification of limited

English proficient students

MOA 5

Placement of disabled students in occupational/ vocational education programs

Partial

Record reviews, interviews, documentation

The district uses the IPT as an identification tool. This instrument is a valid and acceptable tool.

Record reviews, interviews, documentation

The district offers vocational opportunities for students in its school to career program (with

Attleboro), job shadowing program, business and CAD classes, and woodworking classes.

Partial

Interviews with district staff indicated that vocational opportunities for special education students who did not receive admission to a

Vocational school were limited and insufficient.

Please develop a plan to expand the range of vocational opportunities for students who do not receive admission to a

Vocational school. Refer to

DOE guidance in

Administrative Advisory SPED

2002-3 at http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/a dvisories/02_3.html. Please provide the Department with

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MOA 10

Notification of school district staff and the general public

(now MOA 12A)

MOA 11

Publication of notices of non-

discrimination

(now MOA 12A)

MOA 12

Grievance procedures

(now MOA 11A)

Partial

Documentation The district notifies staff members and the general public of its nondiscrimination coordinators by way of its school handbooks, which are distributed annually. This information is included in the

Foxboro High School and Igo

School handbooks.

Documentation All school handbooks, as well as other materials used to publicize the school, contain a valid nondiscrimination statement.

Partial

The district does not include this information in the Ahern

Middle School handbook.

The Department was unable to determine whether the information was included in the Burrell School or Taylor

School handbooks. the plan no later than Nov. 15,

2006.

The district will ensure that information regarding the nondiscrimination coordinators is included in all district handbooks.

Please provide the Department with a revised version of the handbooks (or plans for revision if publication of booklet is not yet possible) no later than Nov.

15, 2006.

MOA 14

Counseling materials and activities free from bias and stereotypes

MOA 17A

Documentation

The grievance procedures do not appear in the student handbooks, nor on the website.

Though the district has provided such procedures in previous reviews and progress reporting, it is unclear if they are provided to students and staff.

The district must have grievance procedures for students and staff that are published for students and employees offering prompt and equitable resolution of complaints alleging discrimination on the basis of sex and disability. Please provide these procedures, along with a description of how staff and the general public are made aware of these procedures to the

Department no later than Nov.

15, 2006.

Interviews and documentation

The district has demonstrated that they support students in nontraditional occupational pursuits for their gender with the Women in

Technology Program .

Interviews and

The district has provided staff members with awareness-level

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Restraint

MOA 23

Comparability

of facilities and programs

Other

Regulated

Programs

Addressed

During this

Mid-cycle

Review

SE 7

Age of

Majority

 documentation training on physical restraint policies. The district also has staff members who are fully trained in restraint, and personnel are aware of who they are.

Interviews, school tour, and documentation

Classrooms at the high school that housed the STAR program are now of comparable quality in terms of physical space and availability of resources.

Partial

Record reviews, interviews, documentation

The district has documented a child’s choice regarding educational decision making on the administrative data sheet.

Partial

In instances where a parent signature is required, or a witness signature is required, the district does not have a mechanism for obtaining that signature.

The district must create a mechanism by which the proper signatures are documented when a student makes a choice regarding their educational decision-making.

Please provide this mechanism, along with a description of its implementation to the

Department no later than Nov.

15, 2006.

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FOXBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS

English Learner Education (ELE) Requirements

Mid-Cycle Review Comments and Corrective Action Based on the Department’s Review Of Local Self-Assessments

(Please refer to full text of 2005-2006 CPR-ELE legal requirements and related implementation guidance at http://www.doe.mass.edu/pqa/review/cpr/instrument/chapter71A.doc

)

ELE Criterion

Number and

Topic

ELE 1

Annual

Assessment

ELE 2

MCAS

Participation

ELE 3

Initial

Identification

ELE 4

Waiver

Procedures

Comments Based on the Department’s Review of Local

ELE Self-Assessment

The district conducts the annual MEPA assessment and has policies and procedures to support this activity. The district is aware of its responsibilities in this regard.

Required Corrective Action, Timelines for Implementation, and Progress

Reporting

All LEP students participate in the MCAS, and the school has policies and procedures to support this activity. The school is aware of its responsibilities in this regard.

A home language survey was completed, and will be part of new student registration packets next year. However, the home language survey has not been sent to all parents in the district, as is required. The district has agreed to send the survey in the late summer, with regular mailings.

Students take the IPT for their initial identification test.

The district does not have policies and procedures for waivers.

The district has a waiver form letter, but the district has not used the letter, nor has the district translated the letter.

The district must distribute its home language survey, which is also translated into a common language spoken in the immediate area, to all families in the district. The district must also include the survey in its registration packet for new students. Please provide samples of completed home-language surveys, as well as a new student registration packet, to the Department no later than

Nov. 15, 2006.

The district must develop policies and procedures for the parent’s right to waive

ELE services. The district must also distribute the waiver forms and translated waiver forms. Please provide policies and procedures, along with waiver forms, to the Department no later than Nov. 15, 2006.

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ELE Criterion

Number and

Topic

ELE 5

Program

Placement and

Structure

Comments Based on the Department’s Review of Local

ELE Self-Assessment

LEP students in the district do not receive instruction in

Sheltered English Immersion settings.

The district employs a certified ESL teacher to provide

English language instruction to LEP students. The district’s program includes both direct English language instruction as well as supplementary support.

The curriculum for LEP students needs to be further developed and aligned with the state’s

English Language

Proficiency Benchmarks and Outcomes.

The district does not have specific policies and procedures regarding program exit and readiness. The district should have specific measurements and criteria for program exit.

ELE 6

Program Exit and Readiness

ELE 7

Parent

Involvement

The district does not have a description of how they plan to actively involve parents of students who are LEP. While the

ESL teacher is in contact with some parents, ultimate responsibilities for carrying out this duty are unclear.

ELE 8

Declining Entry to a Program

ELE 9

Instructional

Grouping

ELE 10

Parental

Notification

The district does not have policies and procedures regarding students whose parents have declined entry to an ELL program.

The district groups students appropriately, according to age, and only groups students according to ability level when necessary.

The school does not have policies, procedures, or supporting documentation regarding the required elements of parent notices.

Required Corrective Action, Timelines for Implementation, and Progress

Reporting

The district must provide SEI classrooms for LEP students ( see ELE 15 ).

The district must also develop its ELL curriculum and align it with the state’s

English Language Proficiency Benchmarks and Outcomes. Please provide evidence of ELL curriculum development to the Department no later than

Nov. 15, 2006.

The district must develop policies and procedures for limited English proficient students’ program exit. Please provide policies and procedures for exiting the

ELE program to the Department no later than Nov. 15, 2006.

The district must develop policies, procedures, and a description of individual responsibilities for actively involving parents of limited English proficient students. Please provide the policies, procedures, and description to the

Department no later than Nov. 15, 2006.

The district must develop policies and procedures for systems that support LEP students whose parent have declined entry in the ELL program. Please provide policies and procedures to the Department no later than Nov. 15, 2006.

The district must develop policies and procedures regarding notices sent to parents of LEP students. In addition, the district must develop notice forms that include all required elements. Please provide policies and procedures, as well as a sample notice form, to the Department no later than Nov. 15, 2006.

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ELE Criterion

Number and

Topic

ELE 11

Equal Access to

Academic

Programs and

Services

ELE 12

Equal Access to

Nonacademic and Extracurricular

Programs

ELE 13

Follow-up

Support

ELE 14

Licensure and

Fluency

Requirements

Comments Based on the Department’s Review of Local

ELE Self-Assessment

LEP students are given equal access to the full range of academic programs and services.

LEP students are given equal access to the full range of nonacademic and extracurricular programs and services.

Required Corrective Action, Timelines for Implementation, and Progress

Reporting

Students in need of follow-up support are actively monitored for two years through the district’s building-based support teams.

However, the district does not provide adult basic education in

English language and literacy.

The district must, to the extent possible, provide adult basic education for LEP students who were previously enrolled in a public secondary school in the

Commonwealth directly from a country other than the United States and who were unable to achieve English language proficiency. Please provide the

Department with a description of the availability of these services to this specific population no later than Nov. 15, 2006.

The teacher providing LEP students with English language instruction is certified by the state in ESL.

The district has also ensured that all staff members are fluent in English.

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ELE Criterion

Number and

Topic

ELE 15

Professional

Development

Requirements

ELE 16

Equitable

Facilities -

(To be reviewed during next

CPR visit)

ELE 17

DOE Data

Submission

Requirements and Program

Evaluation

Comments Based on the Department’s Review of Local

ELE Self-Assessment

LEP students do not currently receive instruction in Sheltered

English Immersion classrooms.

The district has scheduled SEI training to occur for staff members.

Students in the ELE program do not receive materials, curricula, and instructional space comparable to those of non-

LEP students. Texts are not of adequate quality, and the quality of instructional space varies between buildings.

The district has submitted the required data to the Department.

Because the ELE program is in its incipient stages, regular program evaluation is not complete.

ELE 18 Records of LEP

Students-

(To be reviewed during next

CPR visit.)

The district keeps documentation for ELE students, but the documents are kept in these students’ permanent records. The district has not yet compiled and centralized ELE student records with all necessary components listed in ELE 18.

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Required Corrective Action, Timelines for Implementation, and Progress

Reporting

The district should develop a professional development plan for providing teachers with the Sheltered English Immersion training that is required. Please provide this plan, along with evidence of any recent SEI training, to the

Department no later than Nov. 15, 2006.

The district must provide the ELL program with materials, curricula, and instructional space comparable to those of non-LEP students. Please provide a description of efforts in this regard, as well as any purchase orders for materials, to the Department no later than Nov. 15, 2006.

The district must develop a formal process for evaluation of its ELE program.

Please provide a description of this process, as well as implementation timelines, for regularly occurring ELE program evaluation no later than

Nov. 15, 2006.

The district must compile ELE student records with all necessary components, as are listed in ELE 18. The Department will review these records during the next

CPR visit in the 2008-2009 school year.

Rev. 3/31/06

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