he results to the principal who then forwards the results to the superintendent for consideration. If she is ready to exit the ESL program, then a team made up of Arzu’s teachers, parents, and school principal would meet to discuss her assessment. After scoring within her scale on the Proficiency Level Placement Chart, she must pass an assessment test such as the DoDEA Writing Assessment, Terra Nova, or CTBS, and her ESL teacher must include a positive recommendation. (Department of Defense Education Activity. [DoDEA], 1998). On average it takes a students about six months to earn promotion to the next level (M.Fidler, personal communication, June 9, 2001). Determining a student’s time spent in an ESL class is charted in the ESL Manual for DoDD Schools. Based on Arzu’s grade and level she will spend one hour a day with a specialized ESL teacher and other ESL students working on English writing and reading skills. A first grade student at Level Two would spend forty-five to sixty minutes in an ESL class, and a high school student on Level One would spend two to three hours. Arzu’s grade participates in the Pull-out Program in which she attends an ESL class in addition to her regular classroom. Other classes participate in the Inclusion approach in which the ESL teacher and the regular teacher work together by co-teaching or by a consultation method. Co-teaching may include: dividing the class in half or by upper and lower skill levels, assigning the curriculum delivery to the regular teacher and instructional strategy devising for the ESL teacher, or allowing the ESL teacher to re-teach the ESL students what the regular teacher previously taught to the whole class. The consultation method requires the regular teacher to report the ESL student’s progress to the ESL teacher in exchange for teaching strategies, resources, and lessons geared toward ESL students (DODEA, 1998). Either method for prese...
