Niles Township
District 219 ELL Audit
Ed Murphy
How many different languages are
spoken in the homes of our
students?
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There are 78 different languages reported
being spoken in the homes of our students.
Index
How many students report that a language
other than English is spoken in their homes
in District 219?
North
A language other than
English is spoken in the
home.
Total # of Students in
School
Index
West
#
%
#
%
1242
57%
1629
64%
2169
2555
Data from the Home Language Survey
for the Entire School
Index
AMHARIC(105)
HAWAIIAN (161)
HMONG(068)
KACHE(KAJE,JJU)(139)
KANNADA(KANARESE)
LATVIAN(038)
LINGALA(122)
LUGANDA(123)
PAMPANGAN(118)
ROMANY(GYPSY)(093)
SAMOAN(013)
SHANGHAI(CHINESE)
SINDHI(133)
SINHALESE(134)
SOTHO(135)
SWAHILI(046)
CHALDEAN(158)
CHICHEWA/NYANJA(065)
FUKIEN/HOKKIEN(148)
HUNGARIAN(019)
IBO/IGBO(085)
LITHUANIAN(017)
OTHERS(099)
PASHTO(PUSHTO)(131)
CHAOCHW/TEOCHIU(147)
ITALIAN(003)
PORTUGESE(023)
TAIWAN/FORMOSAN(047)
TIBETAN(137)
ALBANIAN, TOSK(153)
BISAYA/MALAYSIA(116)
BURMESE(015)
ILOCANO (130)
INDONESIAN(062)
JAPANESE(011)
ILONGGO(HILIGAYNON)
NEPALI(077)
TAMIL(094)
TELUGU(086)
TIGRINYA/TIGRIG(109)
ARMENIAN(026)
CEBUANO(VISAYAN)
YORUBA(090)
CAMBODIAN(KHMER)
TURKISH(032)
UKRANIAN(018)
BULGARIAN(055)
GERMAN(005)
THAI(022)
FRENCH(012)
ALBANIAN,GHEG(042)
MONGOLIAN (141)
BENGALI(067)
HAITIAN-CREOLE(049)
JAMAICAN (156)
Largest Language Groups in District 219
ARABIC 97
MALAYALAM 101
POLISH 106
GUJARATI 112
ROMANIAN 114
KOREAN 167
TAGALOG 229
ASSYRIAN 327
SPANISH 382
URDU 392
OTHER LANG 844
ENGLISH 1853
Index
The ELL Population at Niles:
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Index
As of October 20th, 2011 there were 78 ELL
students at Niles North and 139 ELL
students at Niles West.
As of March 11th, 2011, there were 85 ELL
students at Niles North and 176 ELL
students at Niles West.
Niles West saw an increase of 37 students
between the end of October and the
beginning of March.
The ELL Population at Niles:
The largest language group is Assyrian.
This is true for Niles North and Niles
West.
 The next largest language groups are
Urdu, Arabic and Korean.
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Index
The ELL Population at Niles:
Language
Index
North
West
Total
Spanish
5
6
11
Gujarati
5
8
13
Tagalog
4
10
14
Korean
5
17
22
Arabic
1
24
25
Urdu
16
19
35
Assyrian
28
49
77
Other
21
43
64
Total
85
176
261
The ELL Population at Niles:
Spanish
Gujarati
Tagalog
Korean
Arabic
Urdu
Assyrian
Other
Index
How many students will exit the
District’s ELL program at the end of
the 2010-2011 school year?
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At Niles North about 25 students will exit
from the ELL program into the general
education program.
At Niles West about 45 students will exit from
the ELL program into the general education
program.
Index
How is D219’s ELL program structured?
Intro to ELL 1-2
(4 prds)
Students have no English skills. Often
have experienced interrupted education.
ELL 1-2 (3 prds)
Students have between a 1st and 3rd
grade reading level.
ELL 3-4 (3 prds)
Students have between a 3rd
grade reading level.
and 6th
ELL 5-6 (2 prds)
Students have between a 6th
grade reading level.
and 8th
ELL Am. Lit. &
U.S. Hist. (2 prds)
Students have between a 7th
grade reading level.
and 8th
Index
What sheltered classes do we offer?
ELL Physical Science
 ELL Algebra Fundamentals
 ELL Biology
 ELL Global Studies
 ELL US History
 ELL American Literature
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How is D219’s Bilingual program structured?
Assyrian Bilingual Algebra Fundamentals
 Assyrian Bilingual Physical Science
 Assyrian Bilingual Algebra
 Assyrian Bilingual Biology
 Assyrian Bilingual Global Studies
 Assyrian Language
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How is D219’s Bilingual program structured?
Arabic Bilingual Algebra Fundamentals
 Arabic Bilingual Physical Science
 Arabic Bilingual Algebra
 Arabic Bilingual Biology
 Arabic Bilingual Global Studies
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Pre-audit
What is the challenge of offering some of the
bilingual classes at the high school?
Description
Course
Niles North
Niles West
ALGEBRA 10
MA1A01
8
8
ALGEBRA 10
MA1A80
1
0
ALGEBRA 12
MA1A03
2
2
ALGEBRA 13
MA1A13
2
4
ALGEBRA 30
MA1A09
1
1
ALGEBRA 32
MA1A11
0
1
GEOM 10
MA1G80
5
5
GEOM 12
MA1G03
0
2
MATH 13/GM
MA1B01
5
8
PRE-ADV ED1
PE1A01
1
0
25
31
The Audit Process

You will receive a letter which will request
that you provide information.
The Audit Process

You can go to the ISBE website for some
resources.
What happens during the Audit?
Auditors will spend about one day at each
school.
 They will give you a list of students whose
folders you must pull.
 They will review the folders.
 They will interview staff.
 They will interview parents.
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What happens once the Auditors
have completed their Audit?
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You will receive a Compliance Review
Report.
ELL Parent Center
Training Power Point
Access to Materials
What happens once you respond to
the Compliance Review Report?
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You will receive a letter stating that the
case has been closed.