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Upper Adams SD presents K–12 ESL curriculum, describes service model and student caseload
Summary
District ESL staff told the curriculum committee they serve about 135 multilingual learners across K–12, outlined push‑in and pull‑out instructional models, and said the district uses a multistate consortium’s standards and state‑set criteria for entry and exit from the program.
Megan Toller, the district’s ESL department chair, told the Upper Adams School District curriculum committee that the district is presenting a K–12 English‑as‑a‑Second‑Language curriculum for the committee’s review and described the program as an ongoing, iterative document rather than a one‑time, fixed plan. “Our mission is to empower multilingual learners by providing access to high‑quality instruction that fosters academic achievement through language development,” Toller said.
Toller said the ESL team includes seven staff members with a combined roughly 90 years of experience and that the district has adopted standards and assessments from a multistate…
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