Department of Education
Kevin Huffman, Commissioner

The State of Tennessee Title III Team offers State resources to facilitate Local Educational Agencies in designing and implementing effective English as a Second Language programs. Current information, guidelines, and tools will be posted for easy access. Questions or comments regarding the ESL program in the state should be addressed to Jan Lanier, ESL Coordinator

State of TN Resources of Interest

Tennessee State Department of Education ESL Resources

• ESL: What's new at the State Department of Education? (April, 2012)
• Carry-over Waiver Request Letter (12-11)
• Monitoring for Transition Students for ESL (5/9/12)
• ESL Timeline
• ESL Title III Consortia in TN (9/12/11) (Directions)
• Preparing for the Oct 1 ELL Count (9/7/11) (Directions)
• ESL Task Force (2011)
• Plan for Hiring Teachers working with English Learners (10/28/10)
• Overview Title III Program (9/10/10)
• Procedures for Allocation of Title III Funds (4/15/11)
• Business Rules for Reallocation of Funds (10/26/10)
• Definitions - "Immigrant Student" and "LEP Student"
• Definition of LEP Student from NCLB
• State of Tennessee Standards for English Language Learners
• ESL Textbook Information (Tennessee Book Company)
• ESL Highly Qualified Requirements
• English Learners (ELs) Parent Waiver

Tennessee State Board of Education ESL Resources

• Basic Education Program (BEP) Components and Cost Specifications
• ESL Program Policy 3.207

Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO)

AMAO Webinar Materials:

• ELDA Students who Attained Proficiency in 2009-10 but were Tested in 2010-11
• Title III Accountability Summary Based on 2010-11 Test Results
• ELL with Disability AMAO 1 & 2 Based on 2010-11 Test Results
• ELDA 2010-11 L & W Not Tested Seeking an Explantion
• AMAO Targets
• Parental AMAO Letter
• AMAO Business Rules (4/25/11)
• Title III AMAO Webinar (2/4/11)
• Business Rules for LEAs Missing AMAO Benchmarks (7/21/10)

Tennessee English Language Development Assessment (ELDA)

• ELDA Composite Summary Results 2009-10 and 2010-11
• ELDA Technical Report - 2009
• ELDA Training PowerPoint
• ELDA Non-Testers List Form

Tennessee English Lanugage Placement Assessment (TELPA)

• TELPA Cut Scores (5/4/12)
• TELPA PowerPoint (9/22/09)

Other Tennessee State ESL Resources

• Title VI Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Education Plan for ELLs Form
• English Only Law
• Tennessee ELL L and Total Enrollment by LEA (2006 -2009)
• Guidelines for Title III Consoriia (7/21/10)
• Imigrant Grant Application (5/4/12)
• Immigrant Grant Timeline (5/7/11)
• Immigrant Grant Business Rules (5/7/11)
• LEP Retention Guidelines
• Questions from ESL/SPED Myths and Facts WebEx
• Requirements for English Language Learners (8/5/10)
• Strategic Teaching (11-5-11)
• Title III Services to Private Schools - (10-5-10)
• Use of Title III Funds - Webinar 7/21/10