English Language Learners should be placed in a grade level appropriate to their age unless other factors preclude such a placement.Other factors to consider include:educational background, length of time in the country, English language proficiency, first language proficiency and parental requests.Entering students should not be placed more than one grade level below their age appropriate grade.
Initial placement decisions will be made by a building level team consisting of, but is not limited to, the building principal, ELL specialist, age-appropriate classroom teacher, guidance counselor, and parent.
Identification
Each student in kindergarten through grade twelve, who has a primary or home language other than English (PHLOTE), will be identified upon enrollment by using the identifying information which appears in the Granville Schools Enrollment EMIS Information Form (Attachment 3) in each building’s registration packet.If, on the EMIS Information Form, the language questions are checked as “other than English”, each building’s secretary will forward a copy of the EMIS Information Form to the District Student Services office.The District Student Services Secretaries will notify the ELL Specialist of the student for assessment.