Title III - English Learners (EL)

Title III is designed to improve the education of English Learner (EL) children and youths by helping them learn English and meet challenging state academic content and student academic achievement standards.

Terrebonne Parish Title III

Identifies the educational and language needs of the English Learner students based on their English language proficiency

• Helps educators set goals for improving the English language proficiency of all EL students in the parish
• Helps to develop programs for each individual EL student in order to support/supplement mainstream instruction
• Measures student progress through reporting, LEAP 2025, ELPT
• Assists educators in developing academic accommodation plans to assist EL students in the mainstream classroom
• Promotes EL parental involvement through reading, math, study skills, homework and organizational workshops for parents

Title III provides these resources to EL students and their teachers:

• Supplemental language acquisition and literacy programs, including:  Amplify Reading, Imagine Learning, Language Tree, and Amira
• Language Proficiency Screening for new students
• Classroom resources for EL students
• Parent Homework Handbooks in multiple languages
• Dictionaries in a variety of languages
• 5 full-time EL Teachers and 5 EL paraprofessionals
• Spanish and Vietnamese Interpreters
• Professional development for teachers and translators

• All students are enrolled in the Terrebonne Parish Schools regardless of documentation or visa status
• During enrollment, parents complete a Home Language Survey in their native language indicating what languages are spoken by the student
• Students are screened within 30 days of enrollment to assess their knowledge of English.  Students who qualify are then placed in the appropriate programs to improve their language proficiency.

EL Resources
EL Brochure-English/Spanish (PDF)
Foreign Language Interpreters Flyer (PDF)