Morgan Hill Unified School District
English Learner Services
DELAC Meetings
English Language Development Programs:
Structured English Immersion (SEI): All English Learner students are offered this program when they are identified as EL. This allows teachers to tailor instruction to allow for more language supports and to create spaces in their lessons where they can offer English Language Development at the student's level. With this targeted instruction, students will be able to make steady progress towards fluency.
English Language Mainstream (ELM): All English Learner students will transition to complete mainstream instruction when they reach a reasonable fluency level. Language supports in instruction will be offered as needed but students at this level may no longer be enrolled in ELD classes or placed in groups for ELD instruction. Students in this program are close to reclassification and/or are scoring highly on the annual ELPAC assessment. They will receive any additional supports needed to help them reclassify as fluent.
Dual Immersion Multicultural Education: Students enrolled in our DIME program at San Martin/Gwinn K-8 are taught primarily in Spanish in the early grade levels and reach 50/50 between Spanish and English instruction by fourth grade. They receive ELD instruction in English as well as any supports necessary to help them progress to fluency in both languages.
Reclassification
Reclassification is the exiting of a student from the English Learner program based on demonstration of complete fluency in English. Morgan Hill Unified has set criteria for this process, meaning, unless a student has met all criteria they will not be considered for reclassification. This is to ensure that we are not exiting them from programs or services that they would otherwise need in order to be successful in their class(es). To demonstrate fluency, a student will need to score at Level 4 for all three sections of the ELPAC assessment and meet or nearly meet grade level in two additional assessments. For more information on your student's current scores and levels, contact their teacher.
ELPAC Assessments
Check out: ELPAC Starting Smarter for more information on what the test looks like and what it assesses. This website even has sample test questions you can practice with your student! (Also offered in Spanish!)
Want to get involved?
Attend our monthly DELAC (District English Learners Advisory Committee) meetings to be a part of the discussion! These meetings will go over topics such as curriculum, funding, reclassification, testing and classroom supports for English Learner students, as well as other ways to be involved in the community!
