{"id":1470,"date":"2024-06-18T10:28:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T10:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/multilingual-learners\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T17:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T17:37:07","slug":"multilingual-learners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/home\/instruction-and-assessment\/standards-and-instruction\/multilingual-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"Multilingual Learners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\">\n<h1>Multilingual Learners<\/h1>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">The Delaware Department of Education is dedicated to ensuring that every Delaware student, including multilingual learners (often referred to as English learners), attain the highest level of academic success and language proficiency. We foster <strong>equitable access<\/strong> to <strong>rigorous standards<\/strong> and <strong>excellent educators<\/strong> and believe all educators are teachers of language and literacy. We <strong>value the assets<\/strong> that our learners bring to enrich our schools and our state. We <strong>engage the community<\/strong> to support every student\u2019s educational and social-emotional needs thereby leading them to success in college, career, and life.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.3333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"450\" title=\"ellogo\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/ellogo.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/ellogo-200x180.png 200w, https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/ellogo-400x360.png 400w, https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/ellogo.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 500px\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.6666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/delaware-design-hq-multilingual-education-3-2025.pdf\">The D<strong>EL<\/strong>aware Design for High-Quality Multilingual Learner Education<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.3333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"933\" title=\"23_28_strategic_plan\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/23_28_strategic_plan.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/23_28_strategic_plan-200x261.png 200w, https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/23_28_strategic_plan-400x523.png 400w, https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/23_28_strategic_plan-600x784.png 600w, https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/23_28_strategic_plan.png 714w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 600px\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.6666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/multilingual_learners_strategic_plan_final_english.pdf\">Delaware&#8217;s Multilingual Learner Strategic Plan<\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Translations are available in:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/multilingual_learners_strategic_plan_spa.pdf\">Spanish<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/multilingual_learners_strategic_plan_hat.pdf\">Haitian Creole<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/multilingual_learners_strategic_plan_tur.pdf\">Turkish<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/multilingual_learners_strategic_plan_urd.pdf\">Urdu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/multilingual_learners_strategic_plan_ara.pdf\">Arabic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/multilingual_learners_strategic_plan_por.pdf\">Portuguese<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/multilingual_learners_strategic_plan_vie.pdf\">Vietnamese<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/multilingual_learners_strategic_plan-te.pdf\">Telugu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Educator Resources<\/h2>\n<p><img style=\"float: right;border-width: 0px;margin-right: 1px;margin-left: 4px\" \/><em>All Delaware public schools now have on-demand telephonic interpretation available. <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1peb6MW8KMgxVu_FmJO6jriQ7ty8T3WnX\">Click Here<\/a> for more information about the language line for districts\/charters as well as parent flyers in multiple languages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/home\/instruction-and-assessment\/standards-and-instruction\/multilingual-learners\/delaware-english-learner-guidebook\/\">English Learner Guidebook<\/a> &#8211; The English Learner Guidebook provides districts\/charters English learner administrators, coordinators and teachers with clear guidance for the implementation of English learner programming.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/page\/2378\">Other Educator Resources<\/a> &#8211; A page dedicated to additional resources to support current and prospective Delaware educators of English Language Learners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"427\" title=\"websitephoto\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/websitephoto.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/websitephoto-200x142.jpg 200w, 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class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><div>\n<p><em>Don&#8217;t miss other important information on the following webpages<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/page\/2379\">Parent Resources<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/page\/2380\">ELL Forms and Translation Information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Required forms for educators and parents of English Language Learners)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More Information? Contact <a href='znvy61:zn4vnl41q4vt7ramq1rlxcdlqrl75'>Maria Rodriguez<\/a>, Education Associate, English Learners (302) 735-4097 or <a href='znvy61:pn4@lx0vtu6mq1rlxcdlqrl75'>Cary Knight<\/a>, English Learners (302) 857-3370<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1838,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1470","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"checksum":["14f3acb8674b51fc4d8a21c51c9bc01ec3447e62"],"sw_mod_date":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1470\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}