Kentucky Department of Education

Links to websites of interest to ELL.

Title III — Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students (html format—web document)

The Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA)

 

National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA)

 

Glossary of Terms for ELL/LEP Education (NCELA)

 

English Language Proficiency Standards for Kentucky Schools

Or go to the Kentucky Department of Education website, and in the search box type '#elpstandards'

 

TransACT

Library of school and district documents translated into 22 languages, available for free to all Kentucky schools

 

Handbook of English Language Proficiency Tests

Office for Civil Rights Policy Memoranda on Schools' Obligations Toward National Origin Minority Students who are Limited-English Proficient (LEP)

 

Office for Civil Rights Limited English Proficient Resources

 

Programs for English Language Learners: Resource Materials for Planning and Self-Assessments

 

The ESL Standards for Pre-K -- 12 Students

 

Parent Guide to the ESL Standards for Pre-K – 12 Students

 

TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) Connects!

 

Kentucky TESOL

 

ESCORT (Technical Assistance Agency funded through the Region 4 Comprehensive Center)

 

SIOP Central

The Center for Applied Linguistics' site for the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) model of sheltered instruction for English language learners

 

SIOP Institute

Professional development institutes for educators on SIOP or SDAIE

 

In the Classroom: A Toolkit for Effective Instruction of English Language Learners

Strategies and sample lessons searchable by grade span and content area

 

Bilingual/ESL Lesson Plans and Projects

A list of good websites of lesson plans, handouts, assessments, thematic units and other resources