Language Proficiency Assessment Committee

(LPAC)

Calendar

2016-2017

Bilingual/ESL Department
August 2016
·  First Twenty Day ELLs’ IDENTIFICATION and PLACEMENT LPAC meetings take place.
·  Campus ensures that LPAC parents are trained to participate in the LPACs. The Bilingual/ESL Department website has parent training materials and certificates. http://www.gccisd.net/default.aspx?name=bilingual.resources. All members participating in the LPAC receive campus training on updates provided by the Bilingual/ESL Department. Campus maintains Eduphoria records of LPAC training.
·  A special education representative needs to be present at the LPAC when discussing English language learners who are also special education. All pertinent signatures are recorded in the LPAC review and minutes.
·  ELL/SPED Special Exit Criteria (August 22nd – October 21st)
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
1 Pk-8th
registration / 2 Pk-8th
registration / 3 / 4
BOY LPAC Update Session - Secondary / 5
BOY LPAC- Update Session-Elementary / 6
7 / 8
/ 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
14 / 15
/ 16 / 14 / 18 PLC / 19 / 20
21 / 22 First Day of School / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27
28 / 29
Bilingual/ESL Department
September 2016
·  First Twenty Day ELLs’ IDENTITICATION and PLACEMENT of ELLs.
·  Campus ensures that LPAC parents are trained to participate in the LPACs. The Bilingual/ESL Department website has parent training materials and certificates. http://www.gccisd.net/default.aspx?name=bilingual.resources. All members participating in the LPAC receive campus training on updates provided by the Bilingual/ESL Department. Campus maintains records of training. Campus maintains Eduphoria records of LPAC training.
·  A special education representative needs to be present at the LPAC when discussing English language learners who are also special education. All pertinent signatures are recorded in the LPAC review and minutes.
·  ELL/SPED Special Exit Criteria LPAC meetings take place in conjunction with key LPAC and ARD members. (August 22nd – October 21st)
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
/ 1 / 2 / 3
4 / 5
Labor Day / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
11 / 12
/ 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 ESL TExES Prep Session for Teachers
18 / 19
20th day of school / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24
25 / 26 / 27 / 28
LPAC Parent Ambassador Committee meeting / 29 / 30
End of the 1st six weeks
Bilingual/ESL Department
October 2016
·  Campus LEP Verification Reports
·  Beginning of the Year Linguistic Accommodations LPAC take place.
·  Monitor LPACs of Failing Year 1 and Year 2, Bilingual, ESL students and Parent Denials for 1st Six Weeks take place.
·  Bilingual/ESL Department Campus eStar Audits.
·  ELL/SPED Special Exit Criteria LPAC meetings take place in conjunction with key LPAC and ARD members. (August 22nd – October 21st)
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
1
2 / 3
/ 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
9 / 10 PLC
Columbus Day
/ 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 ESL TExES prep Session for Teachers
16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21
Last day to set/review ELL Special Exit Criteria / 22
23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29
30 / 31
Halloween
Bilingual/ESL Department
November 2016
·  Monitor LPACs of Failing Year 1 and Year 2, Bilingual, ESL students and Parent Denials for 1st Six Weeks take place.
·  Campus LEP Verification Reports
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
/ 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
End of 2nd Six weeks / 5
6 / 7
PLC / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12
13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19
20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 Thanksgiving Day / 25 / 26
27 / 28 / 29 / 30
Bilingual/ESL Department
December 2016
·  Campus LEP Verification Window
·  Bilingual/ESL Department Campus eStar Audits
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
/ 1 / 2 Deadline to Submit Campus LEP Verification changes to the Bilingual/ESL Department PEIMS Clerk / 3
4 / 5 / 6 / 7
LPAC Parent Ambassador Committee meeting / 8 / 9 / 10
ESL TExES prep session for Teachers
11 / 12
/ 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 End of 3rd six weeks / 17
18 / 19
/ 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24
25 / 26
/ 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31
Bilingual/ESL Department
January 2017
·  MOY Linguistic Accommodations LPACs
·  Monitor LPACs of Failing Monitored Year 1 and 2, Bilingual, ESL or parent denial students take place.
·  MOY LPAC Update Sessions
·  LPAC Decision Making for State Assessments (TELPAS & STAAR)- Grades 3rd-12th
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
1
New Year’s Day/Holiday / 2
Teacher Work
Day / 3 PLC / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
8 / 9
/ 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14
15 / 16
MLK/Holiday / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21
22 / 23
LPAC MOY Update Session- Secondary / 24 / 25
LPAC EOY Update Session - Elementary / 26 / 27 / 28
29 / 30 / 31
Bilingual/ESL Department
February 2017
·  LPAC Decision Making for State Assessments (TELPAS & STAAR)- Grades 3rd-12th
·  Monitor LPACs of Failing Year 1 and Year 2, Bilingual, ESL and Parent Denials
· 
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
/ 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
5 / 6
/ 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11
12 / 13
/ 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 End of 4th Six Weeks / 18
19 / 20
Bad Weather Day / 21
PLC / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25
26 / 27
Bilingual/ESL Department
March 2017
·  Monitor LPACs of Failing Year 1 and Year 2, Bilingual, ESL and Parent Denials
·  Bilingual/ESL Department Campus eStar Audits
· 
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
/ 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
5 / 6
/ 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11
12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18
19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25
26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31
Bilingual/ESL Department
April 2017
·  The Oral Language Proficiency Test (IPT) is administered to all PK and K students in the Bilingual and ESL program and 1st-12th grade students without 2 year of TELPAS consecutive data.
·  Norm-referenced standardized (Terra Nova) test for 1st-2nd and 11th-12th need to be administered if students are considered for exit.
·  Monitor LPACs of Failing Year 1 and Year 2, Bilingual, ESL and Parent Denials.
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Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
1
2 / 3
LPAC EOY Update Session- Secondary / 4
LPAC EOY Update Session - Elementary / 5
TELPAS Assessment Window closes / 6 / 7 / 8
9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 End of 5th Six Weeks / 15
16 / 17
PLC / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22
ESL TExES prep Session for Teachers
23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29
30
Bilingual/ESL Department
May 2017
·  Annual Review for all Bilingual/ESL, Parent Denials and M1/M2 students take place. This EOY LPAC includes: placement for next year, progress reports home, exit letters home, special exit criteria as applicable and EOY linguistic accommodations for served students.
·  Parents of students who meet exit criteria need to be notified in writing. Campus needs receipt notice from parents acknowledging the student met exit criteria.
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
14 / 15
ELL SPED Transition Meeting
/ 16 / 17
LPAC Parent Ambassador Committee Meeting / 18 / 19 / 20
21 / 22 / 23 EOY LPAC Deadline. Documentation Uploaded/DUE on eStar. / 24 / 25
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL / 26 PLC / 27
28 / 29
/ 30 / 31
Bilingual/ESL Department
June 2017
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
1 / 2 / 3
4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17
18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24
25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30
Bilingual/ESL Department
July 2017
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
1
2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
9 / 10
Independence Day / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15
16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22
23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29
30 / 31