English Learners

Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Education/CLDE

 

CLDE Core Beliefs

• Multilingual students bring unique strengths, experiences, and assets that contribute to their own growth and enhance the growth of others.
• Creating inclusive and accepting environments where educators leverage multilingual students’ strengths leads to excellence for all.
• All educators are teachers of language and play a pivotal role in impacting the experience and success of multilingual students.
• Continuous growth, development, and access to resources are essential for educators to effectively meet the evolving needs of multilingual students.
• Building partnerships, trust, and collaboration with families and community partners are fundamental in supporting student success.
• The richness of a diverse learning community benefits all its members.

CLDE Instructional Models

• CLDE Staff pushes into core classrooms for small groups
• CLDE Staff pulls students out to attend intervention and support small groups
• CLDE Staff co-teaches with core classroom instructors to differentiate and support students
• CLDE Staff provide sheltered instruction via SIOP or a 50/50 Model

State Language Proficiency Assessments

All Multilingual Learners identified as Non-English Proficient (NEP) and Limited-English Proficient (LEP),  must participate in the state English language proficiency assessment system by taking the ACCESS test each school year. ACCESS 2.0 is the Colorado English Language Assessment used to measure a student's English language acquisition level in the areas of Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing in English.

More details on ACCESS testing can be found on the Colorado Department of Education page ACCESS Testing.

Our Program

There are 42 different languages represented in the Harrison School District 2 CLDE Program. Spanish is the dominant language of all Multilingual Learners (MLs) at 93%.

The top six home languages are Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Dari (Farsi, Eastern), Arabic, and Swahili.

ML students make up about 23% of the total district enrollment.