Engaging Families of English Language Learners

East Coast Technical Assistance Center Family Engagement Team Meeting

Tampa, August 30, 2013

Chane EplinBureau Chief

Student Achievement through Language Acquisition

Cultural Competence

Cultural Competence

Cultural Competence• Critical Point: Develop Cultural Competence –

Make Meaningful Connections to Each Cultural Group in Your District

• Examples: Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Haitian, Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Brazilian, French, Russian, Filipino, Pakistani

• How much do you know about each of these groups?

English Language Learners Requirements

• What is Required?• List Examples

English Language Learners Requirements

• Did you list CELLA?• Review CELLA • Review CELLA Information for Parents• Review CELLA Interpretive Guide• Develop knowledge of requirements for

English Language Learners – Try to feel from the inside out

English Language Learner Parent Contact

• How?• Make an Intentional Effort to Reach this Group

(Plan)• Build Each Year• Example: Polk Story

Review

1. Develop Cultural Competence2. Develop Knowledge of the Requirements for

English Language Learners3. Make an Intentional Effort to Reach the

Groups in Your District (Plan)

Contact InformationChane EplinBureau Chief

Student Achievement through

Language Acquisitionchane.eplin@fldoe.org

850-245-0417