The following navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. Left and right arrows move through main tier links and expand / close menus in sub tiers. Up and Down arrows will open main tier menus and toggle through sub tier links. Enter and space open menus and escape closes them as well. Tab will move on to the next part of the site rather than go through menu items.
The following navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. Left and right arrows move through main tier links and expand / close menus in sub tiers. When focused on Expand / Collapse button, use Up, Down and Enter buttons to open sub navigation. Up and Down arrows will sort sub tier links. Enter and space open menus and escape closes them as well. Tab will move on to the next part of the site rather than go through menu items.
There are over 61,000 ELs who speak more than 200 different languages in Pennsylvania. The five most spoken languages are Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Nepali, and Vietnamese.
It is the responsibility of Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to provide a program for each student whose dominant language is not English for the purpose of facilitating the student's achievement of English proficiency and the academic standards under § 4.12 (relating to academic standards). Programs under this section shall include appropriate bilingual-bicultural or English as a second language (ESL) instruction (22 Pa. Code § 4.26).
PaTTAN provides technical assistance, training, and resources to support educators, students, and their families/communities focusing on ELs within a MTSS framework.
State law requires local education agencies (LEAs) to provide all important information to parents who are not proficient in English in a language or mode of communication that they understand. See 22 Pa. Code §4.26 and Educating English Learners (ELs) Basic Education Circular
Letter from the U.S. Education Department's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) RE: Written clarification on issues affecting English Learners with disabilities
This publication is a guide for English Language (EL) Development Specialists to support the participation, development, and implementation of an Individualized Education Program (IEP). Each section provides questions to help guide discussion. EL Development Specialists can utilize the IEP Planning Notes column to support their planning and participation for an upcoming IEP meeting.
This downloadable PDF is a fillable, calculable form. This publication is also available in hard copy.