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BILINGUAL/ESL TITLE III

APPROXIMATELY 20.6% OF THE REGION 7 STUDENT POPULATION ARE IDENTIFIED ENGLISH LEARNERS.

Let the Region 7 ESC Bilingual/ESL Title III team assist you with customized instructional coaching and professional development.

Benefi ts Include:

• Customized on-site instructional coaching for teachers of English learners • Parent, family, and community engagement support • Data analysis to support meeting accountability standards • LPAC, TELPAS, ELPS, and Sheltered

Instruction training for administrators and staff • Program design eff ectiveness evaluation based on state standards • Title III legal updates customized for your district • Unlimited professional development in instructional strategies for language acquisition

In 2021, Texas’ identifi ed English learner population reached 1,108,883. 22,132 of those identifi ed English learners reside in Region 7, which is approximately 20.6% of the Region 7 student population.

Source: PEIMS

Collectively, districts will save over $717,000 when joining the Region 7 Title III Contracted Services Cooperative versus purchasing comparable products and services from other vendors.

Cost Savings Include:

• Online courses • ESL TExES Exam Prep • BTLPT TExES Exam Prep • Sheltered Instruction • Bilingual/ESL workshops • Cultural Awareness trainings • Annual Summer Bilingual/ESL

Conference ($125 per participant savings)

CONTENT-BASED LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION (CBLI)

Source: TEA & TXEL.org

CBLI is an integrated approach to language instruction in which language is developed within the context of content delivery that is culturally and linguistically sustaining.

Sheltered instruction is a similar term used to describe instruction that makes content comprehensible while supporting language development. However, CBLI emphasizes the targeted and intentional methods used to meet the aff ective, linguistic, and cognitive needs of emergent bilingual (EB) students through the medium of content in the students’ primary language and/or English.

Elements of CBLI

• Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining

Practices (CLSP) • Second Language Acquisition • Instructional Methods • Diversifi ed Support

For detailed information about CBLI, visit www.txel.org. • applies to all programs for emergent bilingual students (bilingual and ESL), • applies to any language of instruction (primary/partner language and English), • is part of Tier I instruction as it provides equitable access to general content instruction, • holds high expectations at grade level in each content area, and • encompasses an additive bilingualism approach.

The presenter was extremely knowledgeable about the topic and she was professional, helpful, and very pleasant.

Jaqueline Flach (Chapel Hill ISD)

Program Contacts:

Carmen Delgado (903) 988-6861 cdelgado@esc7.net

April Muñoz (903) 988-6749 amunoz@esc7.net

Joseph Pino (903) 988-6793 jpino@esc7.net