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Instruction
English Learners (ELs) in MPUSD receive daily, specialized instruction. Throughout the school day, ELs are taught core academic subjects through the use of Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE) strategies, as well as a special period of time for English Language Development (ELD). Students in grades K-5 receive 30 to 60 minutes of daily ELD instruction, and students in grades 6-12 receive one period of daily ELD.

Dual Language Immersion Program (DLAMP)
The MPUSD K-8 Dual Language Academy Charter School is the home to a Dual Language Immersion Program which provides opportunities for native English-speaking and native Spanish-speaking students to gain full literacy skills in both languages, as well as master all curricular subjects and develop intercultural understanding and respect. The program is situated at the Dual Language Academy campus located at 225 Normandy Road, Seaside, CA, 93955. Parents within the MPUSD attendance area who are interested in enrolling their children in this outstanding Academy can fill out an application at the Dual Language Academy office. Parents that live outside the MPUSD attendance area need to fill out an application and DLAMP site, as well as fill out an Inter-district Transfer Application and return it to the Student Transfer Department, located at 700 Pacific Avenue, Monterey, CA 93940, and follow the intra-distrrict transfer approval process. 

District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC)
Each California public school district, grades kindergarten through 12, with 51 or more English learners must form a District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC) or subcommittee of an existing district-wide advisory committee. The purpose of the DELAC, or subcommittee on English learner education, is to advise the district's local governing board (e.g., in person, by letters/reports) on programs and services for English learners.

Accountability

The English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) is the required state test for English language proficiency (ELP) that must be given to students whose primary language is a language other than English. State and federal law require that local educational agencies administer a state test of ELP to eligible students in kindergarten through grade twelve. The California Department of Education (CDE) transitioned from the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) to the ELPAC as the state ELP assessment in 2018. The ELPAC is aligned with the 2012 California English Language Development Standards. It consists of two separate ELP assessments: one for the initial identification of students as English learners (ELs), and a second for the annual summative assessment to measure a student’s progress in learning English and to identify the student's level of ELP.

Initial ELPAC Assessment

  • Administered to newly enrolled students whose primary language is not English, as an initial assessment within 30 calendar days after they are first enrolled in a California public school. 
  • Identifies students who are ELs, or initial fluent English proficient.
  • The Initial ELPAC assesses public school students in K–12 in the following four domains in English: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
  • The Initial ELPAC results show the overall scale score and performance level attained by students. The performance levels are reported as the following:
    • Novice
    • Intermediate
    • IFEP
  • Parents will be notified of Initial ELPAC results within 30 days of enrolling in California Schools for the first time.
 
Summative ELPAC
  • Administered annually to students identified as ELs until they are redesignated English Proficient.
  • Assesses the progress of ELs in acquiring the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English.

  • Results show the overall English performance level attained by students, as well as performance for each composite. The performance levels are reported as the following:

    • Level 1
    • Level 2
    • Level 3
    • Level 4
  • Parents shall be informed of pupil's results:
    • within 30 days after receipt of Summative ELPAC results (EC 3302 [a]), or
    • within two weeks of the start of the next school year (if the results are received after the last day of instruction [EC 3302 {d}])
 
 

English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC)

Schools with 21 or more English Learners have a functioning English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC) that provides parents of ELs opportunities to:The English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) is the required state test for English language proficiency (ELP) that must be given to students whose primary language is a language other than English. State and federal law require that local educational agencies administer a state test of ELP to eligible students in kindergarten through grade twelve. The California Department of Education (CDE) transitioned from the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) to the ELPAC as the state ELP assessment in 2018. The ELPAC is aligned with the 2012 California English Language Development Standards. It consists of two separate ELP assessments: one for the initial identification of students as English learners (ELs), and a second for the annual summative assessment to measure a student’s progress in learning English and to identify the student's level of ELP.

1.   Advise the principal and school staff on the school's program for ELs
2.   Advise the School Site Council (SSC) on  development of the Single School Plan for Student Achievement (Site Plan)
3.   Assist with the development of the school-wide Needs Assessment
4.   Review the R-30 Language Census
5.   Receive information and recommend actions to support regular school attendance

Contact your school's principal for more information.