Common use of Multilingual Learners Clause in Contracts

Multilingual Learners. The Network shall ensure each School shall implement a program for Multilingual Learner (MLL) students that uses efficient and effective techniques to provide MLL students with the English language skills they need to meaningfully and equally participate in each School’s mainstream English language instructional program. To satisfy the three-pronged test set forth in ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (1981), the Network must ensure each School meets the needs of MLL students in several critical areas, as follows: a. Each School shall follow the District’s procedures for identifying, assessing, monitoring and exiting MLL students, consistent with state and federal law. b. The Network is required to provide and demonstrate at each School evidence of an English language development block for all MLL students that uses research-based curriculum and resources specifically selected by the School for MLL students. c. The Network shall provide at each School Transitional Native Language Instruction (TNLI); or an equivalent in native language supports if it is serving a significant number of MLL students; or provide a program based on an educational theory recognized as sound by experts in the field or that is considered by experts as a legitimate experimental strategy with the resources and personnel to implement this theory effectively. Note: if the Network wants to make changes to programming at a school that impacts the Native Language Instruction requirements outlined in the school’s DPS MLL Programming MOU, the Network must submit a formal request to DPS for review and approval by District staff. If the proposed changes would alter the approval resolution or the charter contract, the changes must be approved by the Board of Education. d. The Network shall assess whether the program at each School is being implemented with fidelity and conduct ongoing evaluation and adjustment of programs to ensure language barriers are actually being overcome. e. The Network shall provide at each School English Language Acquisition (ELA) program services by ELA teachers who are fully ELA qualified. f. Each School shall identify a school administrator, or an administrator-designee, with ELA expertise to provide oversight and evaluate the effectiveness of ELA services provided by each School. The District and Network will work collaboratively to ensure that the ELA program of each School complies with state and federal law as well as any court order applicable to the District’s ELL programs, including the Consent Decree adopted by the US District Court in the case of Congress of Hispanic Educators v. DPS (1: 95-DV-02313), in a manner that preserves the essential nature of the unique educational program of each School. If the Network and the District disagree as to the correct interpretation or application of a statute or regulation concerning the education of English Language Learners, the District’s position will control, provided the Network may pursue dispute resolution while implementing the District’s interpretation.

Multilingual Learners. The Network shall ensure each School shall implement a program for Multilingual Learner (MLL) students that uses efficient and effective techniques to provide MLL students with the English language skills they need to meaningfully and equally participate in each the School’s mainstream English language instructional program. To satisfy the three-pronged test set forth in ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (1981), the Network School must ensure each School meets meet the needs of MLL students in several critical areas, as follows: a. Each The School shall follow the District’s procedures for identifying, assessing, monitoring and exiting MLL students, consistent with state and federal law. b. The Network School is required to provide and demonstrate at each School evidence of an English language development block for all MLL students that uses research-based curriculum and resources specifically selected by the School for MLL students. c. The Network School shall provide at each School Transitional Native Language Instruction (TNLI); or an equivalent in native language supports if it is serving a significant number of MLL students; or provide a program based on an educational theory recognized as sound by experts in the field or that is considered by experts as a legitimate experimental strategy with the resources and personnel to implement this theory effectively. Note: if the Network School wants to make changes to its programming at a school that impacts impact the Native Language Instruction requirements outlined in the schoolSchool’s DPS MLL Programming MOU, the Network School must submit a formal request to DPS for review and approval by District staff. If the proposed changes would alter the approval resolution or the charter contract, the changes must be approved by the Board of Education. d. The Network School shall assess whether the program at each School is being implemented with fidelity and conduct ongoing evaluation and adjustment of programs to ensure language barriers are actually being overcome. e. The Network School shall provide at each School English Language Acquisition provideMultilingual Education (ELAMLE) program services by ELA teachers who are fully ELA qualified. f. Each The School shall identify a school administrator, or an administrator-designee, with ELA MLE expertise to provide oversight and evaluate the effectiveness of ELA MLE services provided by each the School. The District and Network School will work collaboratively to ensure that the ELA MLE program of each School complies with state and federal law as well as any court order applicable to the District’s ELL MLL programs, including the Consent Decree adopted by the US District Court in the case of Congress of Hispanic Educators v. DPS DPS (1: 951:95-DV-02313), in a manner that preserves the essential nature of the unique educational program of each the School. If the Network School and the District disagree as to the correct interpretation or application of a statute or regulation concerning the education of English Language e Multilingual Learners, the District’s position will control, provided the Network School may pursue dispute resolution while implementing the District’s interpretation.