MENU Home Departments English Language Learners ELL Department Quick Links COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR THE HOLIDAYS 5 strategies teachers can use to improve outcomes for ELS TPS El Salvador ESL model unit videos Colorin Colorado- Las escuelas y las familias: Una importante asociación Colorin Colorado- Creating a Welcoming Environment for Els EL Guidance 2017 MA DESE: Identification, Placement & Next Generation ESL MA DESE-English Language Learners District Home English Language Learners English Learners (EL) Welcome to the English Learner Program site for the Nantucket Public Schools. Nantucket embraces its linguistically and culturally diverse English Learner (EL) population. Currently, more than eleven different languages and seventeen different countries are represented in our student body. In partnership with a caring community, Nantucket Public Schools will create a dynamic learning environment which engages each of us to be inspired learners and responsible citizens, prepared to meet global challenges. The goal of the EL program is to provide a culturally and linguistically responsive education with the supports needed to ensure equitable access to opportunities that promote accelerated language acquisition so that English Learners can access and demonstrate academic success in all courses leading to college and career readiness. In the Nantucket Public Schools the Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) model is followed in order to ensure English Learners rapidly develop the skills necessary to succeed. SEI consists of two instructional components necessary for the effective instruction of ELs: Sheltered Content Instruction taught by licensed content teachers who are SEI endorsed and English As a Second Language (ESL) taught by ESL licensed teachers. The mission of the English learner (EL) Program in the Nantucket Public Schools is to provide research-validated, systematic, explicit, and sustained language instruction to English learners, designed to develop social, instructional, and academic language within the four language domains (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) in conjunction with subject matter content (language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies). Kelly-Ann Cooney Director Of English Language Learner Services 508-228-7285 x1177 cooneyk@npsk.org Nantucket Public Schools employs nine full-time English language teachers. Combined, our staff speaks eight foreign languages and brings a wealth of experience in language instruction. Nantucket Elementary School Vessy Natcheva Nicole Ridge Samantha Kodak Nantucket Intermediate School Janet Colby Tina Fournier Lauren Gabriel Cyrus Peirce Middle School Kathryn Norton Nantucket High School Devin Durand Johanna Spring Townsend Immigration Planning for Families- Guide Guía de planificación de emergencia para padres con estatus migratorio incierto Coordinated Planning Review Information - Office of Language Acquisition, English & Espanol Coordinated Planning Review Information - Office of Language Acquisition, Portuguese Nantucket Public Schools 10 Surfside Road (Mailing address) Central Business/Superintendent Office 32 First Way, Nantucket , MA 02554 508-228-7285 508-325-5318 Stay Connected SITE MAP BACK TO TOP Questions or Feedback? Terms of Use Blackboard Web Community Manager Privacy Policy (Updated) Copyright © 2002-2021 Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved. Nantucket Public School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, homelessness, or disability in programs, activities or employment © 2004 - 2017 Nantucket Public School District. All Rights Reserved.