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Cheshire presenters outline multilingual learner plan, cite 180 ML students and new success plans for newcomers
Summary
District staff presented a two-year review of K–12 multilingual learner services, reporting roughly 180 current ML students (about 4% of enrollment), newly implemented student success plans for Level 1 newcomers, and steps to improve family-language access and teacher training.
District staff presented results of a two-year review of the Cheshire School District's multilingual learner (ML) program, telling the curriculum committee they will expand student success plans, improve family communication in home languages and continue professional development grounded in state frameworks.
Azra Redzik, a member of the district's ML team, said the review used the Connecticut English Learner and Multilingual Learner frameworks and emphasized asset-based, culturally responsive instruction and high-quality Tier 1 teaching. "We really wanna focus on the acquisition of language for those students," she said, adding that Universal Design for Learning and Building Thinking Classrooms guide classroom scaffolds.
Kristen Castellano, the reading specialist and literacy-support teacher at Dodd, said the district currently identifies about 180 multilingual learners,…
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