F OX C H AP EL ESOL Program

Principal
Important ESOL Terms
Diana Zabetakis
F OX C H A P E L
Assistant Principal
ESOL: English for Speakers of Other
Languages
ELL: English Language Learner
Sherilyn Moses
ESOL Team
Cynthia Gelay Van Order
ACCESS : The
state-mandated test of English language
proficiency administered to grade K-12
ELLs entering MCPS.
Cynthia _ L _ [email protected]
ACCESS:The state-mandated test of
English language proficiency administered
to grade K-12 ESOL students annually
each Spring.
Lisa _ F _ [email protected]
ELL Plan: The accommodations
documentation for ELLs in the ESOL
program. It is required in Grades 2-12 for
all levels of ESOL proficiency.
R-ELL Plan: The accommodations
documentation for ELLs who have exited
the ESOL program within the last two
years. It is required in Grades 2-12 for all
R-ELLs.
ESOL Program
Lisa Lacritz
Ning Chai
Ning _ [email protected]
Christine Powell
Christine _ E _ [email protected]
Tanya Racosky
Tatyana _ S _ [email protected]
Telephone
301. 353. 8055
The ESOL Program
At-a-Glance
ESOL stands for English for Speakers
of Other Languages. ESOL teaches
academic language skills to support
students’ success in the classroom.
Students also learn and strengthen
their skills to use language in socially
and culturally appropriate ways. The
four areas of focus are: Listening
Comprehension, Speaking, Reading
Comprehension and Writing. The Fox
Chapel ESOL program has about 200
students who have roots in 18
countries and can speak or understand
24 languages other than English.
The ESOL curriculum is aligned with
the grade-level Reading/Language Arts
curriculum. The Fox Chapel ESOL
Team meets regularly with the gradelevel teams to ensure that ESOL
services support and supplement
content taught in the classroom.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO
RECEIVE ESOL SERVICES?
Students who have
documented that any language
other than English is spoken
in the home are given the
LAS Links Placement Test to
see if they qualify for ESOL
services. If the assessment
determines that ESOL
services are needed, parents/
guardians are notified and
the student begins to receive
ESOL support.
HOW ARE THE CLASSES
TAUGHT?
ESOL services are provided in
the way that causes the least
disruption to the student day.
Our program model pulls small
groups from classrooms at a
time when students would
otherwise be working
independently. We also support
ESOL students in the classroom
during their grade-level writing
block.