Ideal programs serving the needs of language minority students have three principal aims.
The first is to help language minority students become proficient in English. The second is to empower them to participate effectively in the core curriculum offered to all students. And the third is to promote students' positive self image and cross-cultural understanding. Sheltered academic instruction is designed to make the content accessible to language minority students. It's goal is to allow students to gain English proficiency while achieving in their academic areas.