Informing educators of their obligation to attend trainings with their cohort group to earn the SEI endorsement. 3. Except at Commonwealth charter schools, any director of ELL programs who is employed in that role for one-half time or more has a Supervisor/Director license and an English as a Second Language, Transitional Bilingual Education or an ELL license. 4. If a district with 200 or more ELL students—including all charter schools with 200 or more ELL students—has a director of ELL programs, that director has an English as a Second Language, Transitional Bilingual Education, or an ELL license even if he or she is employed in that position for less than one-half time. (This requirement does not apply separately to Horace Mann charter schools.) Authority: Title VI; EEOA; G.L. c. 71, § 38G, §89(qq); St. 2002, c. 218, §§ 24, 25, 30; 603 CMR 7.04(3), 7.09(3); 603 CMR 7.14 (1) and (2); 603 CMR 14.07. Rating: Partially Implemented District Response Required: Yes Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Comments: District documentation indicated that not all district ESL teachers/tutors that provide students with ESL instruction hold an appropriate license or current waiver issued by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. CRITERION NUMBER Legal Standard ELE 15 See comment in ELE 14. Professional Districts, including all charter schools, maintain documentation of plans to Development make the SEI cohort training available to their core academic teachers of ELLs Requirements and the building administrators who supervise such teachers and to collaborate with the Department to facilitate the provision of the training and participation of district teachers and administrators in the training. . Districts awarded Title III funds must provide high-quality professional development to classroom teachers (including teachers in classroom settings that
Informing educators of their obligation to attend trainings with their cohort group to earn the SEI endorsement. 3. Except at Commonwealth charter schools, any director of ELL programs who is employed in that role for one-half time or more has a Supervisor/Director license and an English as a Second Language, Transitional Bilingual Education or an ELL license. 4. If a district with 200 or more ELL students—including all charter schools with 200 or more ELL students—has a director of ELL programs, that director has an English as a Second Language, Transitional Bilingual Education, or an ELL license even if he or she is employed in that position for less than one-half time. (This requirement does not apply separately to Horace Mann charter schools.) Authority: Title VI; EEOA; G.L. c. 71, § 38G, §89(qq); St. 2002, c. 218, §§ 24, 25, 30; 603 CMR 7.04(3), 7.09(3); 603 CMR 7.14 (1) and (2); 603 CMR 14.07. Rating: Partially Implemented District Response Required: Yes Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Comments: District documentation indicated that not all district ESL teachers/tutors that provide students with ESL instruction hold an appropriate license or current waiver issued by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. CRITERION NUMBER Legal Standard ELE 15 Professional Development Requirements See comment in ELE 14. Districts, including all charter schools, maintain documentation of plans to make the SEI cohort training available to their core academic teachers of ELLs and the building administrators who supervise such teachers and to collaborate with the Department to facilitate the provision of the training and participation of district teachers and administrators in the training. . Districts awarded Title III funds must provide high-quality professional development to classroom teachers (including teachers in classroom settings that
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