Funding is available to provide support for refugee and migrant background students with high English learning needs. The programmes are called English for Speakers of Other Languages – ESOL.
ENROL now helps schools keep track of their English Language Learners (ELL), with:
The report English Language Learners at my School that will display all the current English Language Learners at the school, including:
- student’s NSN
- names (known as and legal names)
- date of birth and gender
- first day of attendance
- first ethnicity and citizenship
- student’s status (refugee, migrant or NZ born)
- number of ESOL terms left (terms to pay)
- number of ESOL terms already paid
- current status (active or ceased)
- date ceased
- current year level
- previous school
Displaying the text ‘English Language Learner’ in the Schools Attended box, just above the enrolment history, for eligible students:
ENROL will soon be able to send an automatic email to any school enrolling a new English Language Learner. Users will be able to use this feature from late Term 1 or early in Term 2 2017. In the meantime, schools should check the report English Language Learners at my School regularly to find out if they have enrolled a new ESOL student.