The Manchester Township Public Schools provide a wide variety of programs and services for our international students who are learning English as their second language. These supports are routinely monitored and evaluated to ensure that our students are receiving the greatest benefit possible.

The mission of the Manchester Public Schools ESL Program is to provide language instruction that will help our nonnative speakers of English to attain high levels of second language proficiency resulting in spoken fluency and accuracy in both social and academic settings. Linking English language instruction to content area studies, English Language Learners will empower themselves through critical thought, reflection, and action to become active participants in their school and local community.

Students will meet rigorous standards that will prepare them for success in content area studies, preparing them for college, the workplace and beyond. Above all, the Manchester Township Public Schools will strive to help each student develop a sense of dignity, self-worth, responsibility, respect for others, and the skills to make a significant contribution to our diverse society.

In addition, the department seeks to fulfill its mission throughout dedication to continuous improvement and professional development that promotes effective, research based second language methodologies.

Staff information about the ESL program can be found using the following links:

• NJDOE ESL Resources during COVID 19

• NJ DOE - Bilingual Policy Initiatives

• NJ DOE - ELL inthe Mainstream

• NJ DOE - ELLs in NJ Infographic

• FABRIC - A Learning Paradigm for ELLs

• ACCESS Testing Parent Score Report Overview Presentation 

• ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 Summative Assessment

• WIDA Can Do Descriptors

• Microsoft ESL Translator

• How to Translate a Google Form

• Translation Tools for MLLs

• Doing and Talking Math and Science

Title III Spending Guide

The Title III-Immigrant subgrant is targeted to LEAs that have experienced a significant increase in immigrant children and youth. These funds must be used to pay for activities that address the unique needs of immigrant children and youth, and may include:

• Family literacy, parent and family outreach, and training activities designed to assist parents and families to become active participants in the education of their children;

• Recruitment of and support for personnel, including teachers and paraprofessionals who have been specifically trained, or are being trained, to provide services to immigrant children and youth;

• Provision of tutorials, mentoring, and academic or career counseling for immigrant children and youth;

• Identification, development, and acquisition of curricular materials, educational software, and technologies to be used in the program;

• Basic instruction services that are directly attributable to the presence of immigrant children and youth in the LEA, including the payment of costs of providing additional classroom supplies, costs of transportation, or such other costs as are directly attributable to such additional basic instruction services;

• Other instruction services that are designed to assist immigrant children and youth to achieve in elementary and secondary schools in the U.S., such as programs of introduction to the educational system and civics education; and

• Activities, coordinated with community-based organizations, institutions of higher education, private sector entities, or other entities with expertise in working with immigrants, to assist parents and families of immigrant children and youth by offering comprehensive community services.