Curriculum and Resources. 1. The District agrees that English Language Development is a core subject for EL students. To educate EL students in ELD, the District will develop or adopt an elementary, middle-school, and high-school ELD curriculum with an appropriate scope and sequence for EL students, including Newcomer EL students and EL students with limited or interrupted formal education, to gain English language proficiency in a reasonable period of time. The District will submit all proposed curricula to the United States for its review and approval within 90 Days of the Effective Date of this Agreement.
2. The District will implement its chosen curricula by the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year.
3. The District will consider the needs of EL students during its Core Content textbook and curriculum review and adoption process.
4. To implement its EL program, the District will provide adequate resources, instructional materials, and dedicated classroom/office space at all schools that enroll EL students. Materials will include the following:
a. ELP materials appropriate for EL students’ grade levels, ages, and English Language Proficiency levels;
b. Core Content materials that contain an EL component or supplement, supplemental materials to make vocational courses accessible to EL students, and native language materials; and
c. Sufficient technology to access instructional materials at home and in the classroom (e.g., 1:1 devices for EL students if provided to non-EL students or otherwise needed to implement the EL program).
5. Within 90 Days of this Agreement’s Effective Date, the District will inventory its existing materials and review its policies for selecting textbooks and other instructional materials.
Curriculum and Resources. The District will provide adequate resources, instructional materials,10 and dedicated classroom/office space at all schools to implement its EL program. This includes providing ELs with access to English as a Second Language (ESL) and core content materials appropriate to their ages and English Language Proficiency levels, as well as sufficient technology to access instructional materials at home and in the classroom (e.g., 1:1 devices). The District also will consider the needs of ELs during its core content textbook and curriculum review and adoption process. For all instructional materials for ELs, the District will ensure that teachers of ESL and Sheltered Content Instruction are adequately trained on how to use these materials before school starts each year of this Agreement, within 30 days of the start of school, or if hired after the start of school, within 30 days of hire. Within 60 days of this Agreement’s effective date, the District will inventory its existing materials and review its policies for selecting textbooks and other instructional materials.
Curriculum and Resources such as specific teaching resources, guidelines for selection of material, and necessary in-service; and
