ELL GRANT PROPOSALStarla Lester & Julie Maestas

OBJECTIVE: MEET Academic Yearly Progress (AYP)

• Population of ELL students has doubled in last five years

• The majority of ELL students are scoring below the standard of “meets proficiency” in the area of reading

School Demographics

Picacho Middle School EPSS• SMART Goal 1: By the end of the 2006-2007 school

year, students will increase proficiency by 5% or more in Reading and Writing within content areas as measured by the New Mexico Standards Based Assessment.

• SMART Goal 2: By the end of school year 2006-2007, students will increase proficiency by 3% in numerical concepts and mathematical operations.

• SMART Goal 3: For the school year 2006-2007, Picacho Middle School will create an environment of high expectations as measured by attendance rate, drop out rate, school GPA, number of AIP’s, and a decrease in the number of failing students.

Three ways in which we will meet our objective

First- Networked Rosetta Stone

language acquisition software

Second:

WYNN- a text-to-audio software program

Third:

•Technology will be used to support or scaffold

classroom instruction.

•Community service

Time Frame

July 2006- December 2009

Cost Estimate

$87,000

Assessment

Compare Picacho ELL students CRT scores

with ELL students across the district