Our Team
Zorayda Amoroso
Anne Carson
Parvin Farjadi
Nicole Mellonas
Our Goal
The goal of the ESOL program is to help the English Language Learners learn enough English to function linguistically and culturally in the Montgomery County Public Schools and in the mainstream of American society.
Our Mission
MCPS ESOL Program Mission: To provide high quality instruction, assessment, counseling, and parent outreach activities that enable English language learners and American Indian students to demonstrate successful academic performance across all curricular areas.
Our Vision
To promote the effective instruction of all English language learners across the curriculum to enable them to acquire the social and academic English needed to achieve in all content areas, pre K-12.
February News
MCPS is administering a new language assessment called ACCESS for ELLs. All ESOL students and Level 10 ESOL students in grades k-5 will take the annual language assessment from February 6-March 23. We plan to finish testing by March 2nd before the MSA starts. The students will take four assessments (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) to determine their English proficiency levels. Pre-K students will not take an assessment this year. They will take the kindergarten assessment next fall to determine if they are still eligible for ESOL services. Students must score 5s on all four assessments to qualify to exit ESOL. The scores should be available at the beginning of June. We will send home the score report if it is available.
Level 10 ESOL students do not receive ESOL services because
· their parents declined ESOL services.
· the ELL team recommended for them to exit ESOL at the end of the school year. The parents approved this by signing a form.
Level 10 students did not meet AMAO II, so they need to take the annual language assessment each year until they reach proficiency. RELLs exited ESOL and met AMAO II, so they will not take the ESOL assessment. You received a letter at the beginning of the school year which indicated if your child was a Level 10 ESOL student or a RELL.
This chart shows the proficiency levels.
Low Beginner
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High beginner
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Low intermediate
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High intermediate
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Advanced
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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Please encourage your children to do their best on these assessments. Thank you for your support!
New ESOL Proficiency Levels
Level 1- Low Beginning (LB)
Level 2-High Beginning (HB)
Level 3- Low Intermediate (LI)
Level 4-High Intermediate (HI)
Level 5-Advanced (AD)
Acronyms
ESOL- English for Speakers of Other Languages
ELL-English Language Learner
RELL-Reclassified ELL (exited from the ESOL program within two years)
Please contact your child’s ESOL teacher if you have any questions.
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