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Ascension Parish shows district model for EL growth: trackers, checkpoints and teacher leaders
Summary
Ascension Parish Schools presented a district model that uses EL trackers, checkpoints and a teacher‑leader (trainer‑of‑trainers) approach to support English learners. District staff said the tools are anchored in student work and used to target site‑level professional learning where growth is lagging, especially in middle schools.
Dr. LaTosha Johnson, director of elementary education and supervisor of federal programs for Ascension Parish Schools, and Candice Yarbrough, the district’s EL master teacher, described a multi‑tiered approach the district uses to monitor and improve English‑learner outcomes.
Why it matters: Ascension Parish presented a concrete model districts can adapt: centralized trackers that compile longitudinal EL test and benchmark data, district checkpoints aligned to EL proficiency descriptors, monthly teacher‑leader cohorts, and targeted site support for schools with stagnant growth.
What Ascension presented: The district uses an EL tracker housed in district Google Drive for each school; trackers include student names, grade, years in program, historical ELPT scores, district benchmark results (DIBELS and classroom ELA benchmarks) and…
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