It is not a tutorial program. It is an acceleration program designed to help the ESL students learn English as quickly as possible. Across the United States there are many instructional models designed to teach English Language Learners. Within every program, there are wide variations in application and strategies. The ESL program used in the Fayetteville School District is a combination of Content-based ESL and Sheltered Instruction.
Students learn English through modified academic content instruction.
The ESL teachers and the classroom teachers work closely together, each complimenting the instruction of the other. In Content-based ESL Instruction, the ESL teacher pulls the students out of the mainstream classroom to teach English. The English instruction is not done in isolation. Instead, it ties directly to the course content material taught in the classroom. This does not mean that the ESL teacher is teaching the course content.