English Language Development (ELD) Program & English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC)

The Spring Grove staff is dedicated to the success and reclassification of our English Learner (EL) students. The English Language Development (ELD) Program at Spring Grove School provides rich and intensive supplementary instruction in English to all English Learner students. The goal of the ELD program is to allow EL students to become successful learners in English mainstream classes as timely as possible.

Primary students receive Designated ELD and Integrated ELD during regularly scheduled ELA.  Our secondary students will receive approximately 50 minutes of Designated ELD instruction daily.

Please click for resources and strategies to support your EL student at home.

Under current state law, EC 313, identified students who are English Learners must participate in the annual administration of the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) until they meet requirements for reclassification as Fluent English Proficient (RFEP).

The ELPAC is administered in the spring to all EL students.

Using state criteria and guidelines, the district will reclassify a student using the following criteria:

1. Overall score of Performance Level (PL) 4 on the annual ELPAC or PL3 on the Alternate ELPAC
2. Local assessment and/or CAASPP ELA score of Standard Nearly Met or above.
3. Teacher recommendation with support and input of the OPTEL (Observation Protocol for Teachers of English Learners).
4. A phone call or conference with the student’s parents/guardians for consultation and approval of reclassification.
5. Site administrator approval and District finalization.

Please see the links below for additional ELPAC information including sample questions from the exam:

• https://www.colorincolorado.org/families
• https://www.elpac.org/resources
• https://www.elpac.org/resources/parent-resources/
• https://elpac.startingsmarter.org/