Mainstream/Inclusion
(ELA and/or Subject Area Courses) Through this instructional model, teachers facilitate English language acquisition in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a setting with other students that are native English Speakers (non-ELL). The objectives of this model is to ensure academic achievement in English, promote attainment of English Language Development standards, and promote attainment of grade level standards for English Language Arts and/or Subject Area standards. Teachers use research-based practices for ELLs to ensure that the students have the opportunity to learn grade level curriculum. Cooperative learning strategies and structured explicit teaching of strategies at the student’s level of English proficiency are critical for comprehensible instruction. The curriculum is equal in amount, scope and sequence to the curriculum provided to non-ELLs. The program provides comprehensible instruction by teaching content in English using specialized strategies and techniques that promote comprehension of concepts.