Welcome to Title III
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The Shenandoah County Title III Program serves culturally and linguistically diverse students whose native language is not English. The objective of the program is to provide students with the English and academic skills needed to be successful, active participants in the local community. All students in the Title III program receive content based instruction that is aligned with county standards, state standards and World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) standards.

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What do all these acronyms mean?

There are many terms used to describe English learners. Most currently, our county uses the acronym EL, shortened from English Learner, and the teachers who work with language learners are called EL Specialists. Here are other acronyms that you may come across:

ML--Multilingual Learner

ELL--English Language Learner

LEP--Limited English Proficient

ESL--English as a Second Language

ESOL--English to Speakers of Other Languages

Meet the EL Teams
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