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Multilingual Programs

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School District 62 is committed to providing high quality multilingual services that value a student’s native language and culture to accelerate the acquisition of linguistic, academic and social/cultural success in a diverse society. 

Goal: To provide students with the academic and language skills needed to meet or exceed achievement standards.

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A high quality EL program should be grounded in research. Therefore, we are committed to the following beliefs: 

  • Enable all students to achieve high standards. 
  • Use native language instruction, as available, to access content area curriculum while simultaneously providing English language instruction. 
  • Emphasize English Language Development (ELD) and content area learning at every grade level. 
  • Evaluate data and make program adjustments to continually improve student learning. 
  • Develop higher teacher competencies through comprehensive training of all staff on extensive strategies/methodology and second language acquisition. 
  • Promote understanding of and respect for cultural and linguistic diversity by students, parents and community. 

The ML Program has two components: English Language Development (ELD) and Bilingual Education.

ML Programs and services are offered at each District 62 school.

English Language Development consists of a variety of student supports. Some of these supports include:

  • Small group pull out services to support academic content and improve literacy 
  • In-class support by ML teacher to reinforce concepts 
  • Native language where applicable and available 
  • Training for all classroom teachers on teaching strategies and methods that match ML learning needs 

Bilingual Education services consist of a variety of student supports. Some of the supports include: 

  • Literacy instruction in Native Language for students who are proficient in their native language.
  • English Language Development (ELD) to increase vocabulary and deepen understanding. 

Home Language Survey

Illinois School Code requires that each school district administer a Home Language Survey to every student entering the district for the first time. The district is then required to screen the English Language Proficiency of each student identified through the Home Language Survey that reports a language other than English is present in the home, or is the student’s first language.