ELL Resources - few to none

The school where I teach is not a charter school, but is a "small" school. It operates pretty similar to a charter though.

I've just learned some more info about my school's ELL approach. Only the students with super basic levels or who have just arrived (in country) get any extra resources during the day. They are segregated into a newomer or an eld class. I’m still learning what the difference is between newcomner and eld classes at the school and what kind of support they get. It appears that they just have a sheltered course.

What’s important to know is that students with CELDT scores of as low as 3 are mainstreamed with no additional resources or support (according to my CT). We have 10 ELL students in my class. Some of them do fine, but many struggle and I think need extra support. Sometimes when they are confused start to check out. They are getting used to doing this, and it is a very dangerous path they are going down (or being pushed down). The worry I have is that as these 11 year olds startjavascript:void(0) to really develop their own identities that, due to lack of success and accessibility of the curriculum, that they will choose to identify as someone who doesn't value school.

The resource teacher only helps students with IEPs, but many of the ELLs seem to need help as much or more than many of these students.