[Counselors] Help needed please

Thu Nov 17 08:58:05 CST 2016

Contact Lourdes Torres at Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, 405.225.9158, Outreach Coordinator, ltorres at osrhe.edu<mailto:ltorres at osrhe.edu>.  She has a wealth of information for Hispanic students and families.

Our ELL said https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_WjoWUZJnQ. And call him at 405.350.3470 for help.
sarah.e.coley at westernheights.k12.ok.us<mailto:sarah.e.coley at westernheights.k12.ok.us>

You also might check with your local Technology Center to see if they have night classes for ELL students.  Ours does and it is two nights a week and free.
mcorn at blackwell.k12.ok.us<mailto:mcorn at blackwell.k12.ok.us>

On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 4:17 PM, OSRHE EPAS PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board <counselors at lists.onenet.net<mailto:counselors at lists.onenet.net>> wrote:

We had to get a little creative when we had a similar situation.

Since we do not have an ELL department or person, I had to go through all the training to give the W-APT and WIDA.  That testing process is about as clear as mud and extremely time consuming and so very frustrating.  I also had to write an LIEP (language IEP), which was also a new frontier with very little guidance.  To help the student, we hired a consultant ELL instructor from a neighboring community college to come in to provide the 2 hours per day (reduced each year  as students' proficiency in English increased) and also purchased Rosetta Stone for students to use when/if consultant was unavailable.  These services were outlined in/decided upon in the LIEP process.
 Good luck to you and this student!

*Sally Randolph*
Counselor, A-J
*Skiatook High School*
Skiatook, OK
918.396.1790 Ext 2409

*"Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve." -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.*

Has the family considered Thunderbird Youth Academy?  We are a residential program for 16-18 year old students  Many have honed their English skills with us.  They live here for 22 weeks and we have credit recovery with EPIC
Charter School.    Have the family look at our site....tours are offered every Thursday morning.

Jeannie Cale, Lead Counselor
Thunderbird Youth Academy
918/824/4837
j.cale at thunderbird.org

On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 3:50 PM, OSRHE EPAS PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board <counselors at lists.onenet.net<mailto:counselors at lists.onenet.net>> wrote:

> If she was in school in Columbia it is best to keep her in her grade. The switch over to English is much slower for the older students, but if they have been in school their transfer of knowledge is higher.  She will need to be in a level I ELL course that will be two hours at minimum. Do you have a formal ELL program that would allow for that?  Your ELL department will know to give her the W-APT to get her placement and truly discover how much proficiency if any she has.

On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 3:14 PM, OSRHE EPAS PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board <counselors at lists.onenet.net<mailto:counselors at lists.onenet.net>> wrote:
I possibly have a student coming from Columbia in January.  She speaks little to no English and her step father says she will be coming here as a Sophomore.  I have never had a student that couldn't speak English and so I am at a loss as to where to start or what to do.  Any help or guidance  would be appreciated.  Thank you!

April Chambers
Counselor, M.Ed.
Perkins-Tryon High School
1003 E. Hwy 33
Perkins, OK 74059
(405)547-5724 ext. 17
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