Our Children Are Our Future: No Child Left Behind

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U.S. Department of Education Office of English
Language Acquisition
No Child Left Behind Title III Madison,
Wisconsin September 27, 2007 Margarita
Ackley Lorena Amaya-Dickerson
Our Children Are Our Future No Child Left Behind
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Program Purpose(Section 3101)

• The purpose of Title III is to ensure that
  limited English proficient students master
  English and meet the same rigorous standards for
  academic achievement as all children are expected
  to meet, and to support to the extent possible,
  the native language skills of such students.

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OELAs Vision
The Vision of the Office of English Language
Acquisition is that all non-English speaking
students be valued as critical assets in US
public education and the nations economy.
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Parental Notification(Section 3302)

• IDENTIFICATION AND/OR PLACEMENT
• When?
• No later than 30 days after the beginning of the
  school year
• Enroll during the school year?
• Within the first 2 weeks of placement in a
  language instruction program.

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Parent Notification
How the program will help the child

• Reason for identification
• Proficiency level/academic achievement
• Methods of instruction
• How the programs differ
• How program meets educational needs
• Meet age appropriate academic achievement
  standards for grade promotion and graduation
• Exit requirements/expected rate of transition
• Objective of an individualized education program

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Parental Notification

• Parental rights detailing
• Right to remove child upon request
• Option to decline enrollment, program/method of
  instruction
• Parental rights assisting parents
• Selection among programs and methods of
  instruction

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Parental Participation

• Effective means of outreach to parents
• Involvement in their childrens education
• Active participants in assisting their children
  to learn English, achieve at high levels in core
  academic subjects, and to meet the same
  challenging State academic content and student
  academic achievement standards as all children
  are expected to meet
• Children admission/exclusion

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AMAOs Parental Notification

• Meeting Title III AMAOs means meeting all three
  objectives making progress in English,
  attainment ELP, and making AYP under Title I.
• Parental notification must be provided if a Title
  III-funded LEA did not meet any one of the three
  objectives.
• (Section 3302(b-c)

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Websites

• www.ncela_at_gwu.edu
• www.ed.gov
• www.ed.gov/offices/oela
• http//www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/legislation/nclb/ncl
  b-iii.pdf
• Lorena Amaya-Dickerson
• Phone [phone]
• Email
  lorena.dickerson_at_ed.gov

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• THANK YOU!