The goal of the English Language Development (ELD) program is to facilitate the development and attainment of English proficiency and the academic achievement of students whose native or first language is not English, and who qualify to receive ELD services. Multilingual Learners (MLs) receive systematic, explicit, and sustained English language development instruction embedded throughout the school day. Instruction is designed to provide access to the general academic program by focusing, in meaningful and contextualized circumstances, on the academic language structures that underpin social and academic constructs. ELD may be taught as a stand-alone class or course but may also be embedded within other courses with the direct support of an ELD Specialist as appropriate based on the program design and needs of the students.English language development instruction is its own content area, driven by language, but it draws from general education content to contextualize language learning. It provides systematic, explicit, and sustained language instruction designed to prepare students for the general academic program by focusing on the academic language structures that underpin social and academic constructs.

Our K-12 ELD curricular offerings are aligned to the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework.

• In our K-4 classrooms, the Wit & Wisdom comprehensive English Language Arts curriculum material along with the Multilingual Learner Resource will be used to support English language development. Supplementary resources are available based on English language proficiency levels (K-4 Curricular Resource Framework for Elementary MLLs).

• Newcomer MLs in grades 3-4 who attain an English language proficiency level of 1.0-1.9 on the WIDA Screener and are in their first 12 months in U.S. schools, may receive specialized instruction during small group instruction. The instructional resource is Look 1 from National Geographic Learning.

• In our 5-12 classrooms, students use National Geographic Learning programs to help discover who they are, and to explore what they might become in the future. Through literature and nonfiction supported by photography and video students learn language and 21st century skills, such as collaboration and critical thinking.