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District ELD team outlines curriculum, ELPAC prep and AI guidance; receives spotlight award
Summary
ELD coordinators described curriculum alignment across sites, ELPAC preparation (including a Summit K12 pilot with ~31,000 active minutes), supports for long‑term English learners and use of AI tools with detection systems; the board gave the ELD team a spotlight award.
Taika Shu and Adriana Sanchez presented the district’s English Language Development (ELD) progress report on March 9, describing curriculum alignment across Mountain View and Los Altos sites, new instructional resources and student supports aimed at reclassification and access to grade‑level content.
Adriana Sanchez said the district logged about 31,000 active student minutes on Summit K12 this year as part of ELPAC‑type practice and described domain exemptions for multilingual students with IEPs. The presenters said Mountain View combined ELD 1 and 2 at that site because only five students were in ELD 1, and emphasized weekly grade monitoring and increased case‑management for at‑risk students. The board heard that the district adopted common curricula (Pathways and Lift) and is piloting project‑based learning and cross‑site teacher collaboration to strengthen instruction.
ELD and adult‑ed staff discussed AI in instruction and the district’s approach to detection and responsible use. Presenters said instructors are being trained on district‑adopted AI tools (cited generically in the presentation) and that the district uses AI‑detection tools integrated in Edgenuity and a Turnitin backup for authenticity checks; staff emphasized teacher‑student conversations to validate authorship.
Trustees acknowledged the scope of the ELD work and recognized the ELD coordinators and team with a spotlight award for cross‑site collaboration and student supports. The board asked staff to continue exploring coordination between adult education and high‑school ELD supports and to return with data on reclassification outcomes and family engagement metrics.
