Provide English learner-specific summer learning and staff accelerated learning programs with EL specialists¶

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Description¶

The guide recommends EL-specific summer learning so English learners can "meaningfully engage in additional opportunities to accelerate their learning" with targeted support, and that tutoring and expanded learning time be "staffed with EL-specialists to provide specific language development support and appropriate materials." It stresses balancing English language development with content knowledge, and that summer programs be free of cost with targeted outreach.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Summer programs designed to reach English learners should be free of cost and include targeted outreach; accelerated programs must balance language development and content/subject knowledge

Constraints¶

• Plans must address the deep and lasting impacts of interrupted and unfinished instruction; funds should be coordinated with other federal programs including Title III

Target Learners¶

• English learners, including migrant students

Target Learning Goals¶

• Acceleration of learning and targeted English language development

Related Strategies¶

• Provide summer support to help English Learners maintain and develop academic skills
• Design summer programs with purposeful curriculum, stable staff, and cultural relevance, sustained over multiple summers
• Deploy federal recovery funding to support recovery, accelerate learning, and transform schools
• Invest in recruiting and retaining a diverse, EL-qualified educator workforce through bilingual teaching pathways
• Offer summer credit recovery to expand newcomer English learners' access to academic subjects

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• The Next100, UnidosUS, and The Education Trust. (2021). Action Guide: Targeting Resources From the American Rescue Plan to Address the Needs of English Learners. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED614289