Brown, Timothy- ESOL / Overview

Welcome to ESOL at Blandford Elementary

Hello and welcome to English Students of Other Languages (ESOL) at

Blandford Elementary School in Rincon, Georgia. Potential ESOL students

are determined by the student registration form (section 8) that asks if another

language other than English is spoken at home. If an additional language is

noted, the students are given the language proficiency screener called the

WAPT for kindergarten or WIDA Screener Placement Test for grades 1-12.

Parents/Guardians are notified if their child qualifies.

The ESOL program is designed to help students that speak an additional

language at home other than English. The ESOL program works with

students to promote learning in four educational learning domains at

the school; reading, writing, listening and speaking. Students that qualify

for ESOL services at Blandford Elementary remain in their homerooms but

receive additional service from the ESOL support teacher. The ESOL teacher

has the ability to use two teaching methods to help the students. The students

can be pulled-out to the resource room for instruction from the

ESOL teacher or the ESOL teacher can push-in and provide help in the general

education teacher’s room. ESOL students in kindergarten (k) through

second (2^nd) grade will receive 45 minutes of service. Students in third (3^rd)

through fifth (5^th) grade will receive 50 minutes of service.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

ESOL Teacher – Mr. Timothy Brown

School Phone Number – 912-826-4200