What to do about ELD (English Language Development) and ESL (English as a Second Language) classes?
ELD and ESL courses are only acceptable for a maximum of one year (two semesters), provided they are advanced college-preparatory courses with strong emphasis on reading and writing. Such courses must deal specifically with rhetorical, grammatical and syntactical forms of English—especially those that show cross-linguistic influence—and must provide explicit work in vocabulary development. 3. What about Sheltered/SDAIE courses? Sheltered or Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE) courses may be used to satisfy all areas of the Subject Requirement except the Language Other Than English (e) requirement. Acceptable Sheltered/SDAIE courses must be equivalent in contact and skills to comparable courses taught in the same subject area in English. For example, to be certified to meet the mathematics (c) requirement, Sheltered Algebra must be equivalent to Algebra I. These courses must also be listed on the school’s “a-g” course list. If not, they will not be considered towa
