ENL (English Language Learners)

North Central High School

English as a New Language (ENL) Department

Interim Chairperson

Brian Davis

317-259-5301 Ext 45304

bdavis@msdwt.k12.in.us

Faculty

Sylvia Burlock

Janet Eichenberger

Davis Thompson

Allison Walters

Monica Tatera

Instructional Coach

Julia Mays-Rubio

Family Liaisons

Marlyn Calix – Spanish

Midveline Vincent – French, Haitian Creole

Wathiq Abud – Arabic

Instructional Assistants

Celia Agustin

Sandra Libreros

Jose “Alex” Barrios Díaz

Adler Soineus

April Osorio

Mission

The ENL department at North Central High School creates fluent English speakers of all students learning English as a new language while simultaneously providing language development, growth, and support to all general education content area courses that are required for graduation in the state of Indiana and are of interest to the student. The ENL department develops, grows, and supports all North Central staff whose responsibilities interconnect with the teaching, developing, growing, and supporting of North Central ENL students.

Vision 

The North Central ENL department aims to develop an ENL program that is flexible to the needs of the ENL population, that showcases best practices for sheltered and integrated learning environments, that promotes equitable learning opportunities for all engaging with our school’s multilingual learners to advance their education, partnering with them and their families to reach English fluency, high school graduation, and college/career readiness. 

Values

Each North Central ENL student has an equitable opportunity to learn and participate in the North Central identity.

Motto

English fluency, content knowledge, and graduation!

Courses for Students with English Proficiency Levels  between 1.0 and 3.7 

Newcomer ENL, ENL Content Vocabulary, ENL Literacy I, and ENL Literacy II

These courses teach English as a second language utilizing vocabulary that is and will be used in content area classes of science, social studies, English language arts (ELA), Health, and Physical Education.

Courses for Students with English Proficiency Levels  between 1.0 and 2.6 

ENL Language of Math

This course builds math language, math skills, and readiness for Algebra 1.

ENL/ELA Newcomer, ENL/ELA 9, ENL/ELA 10, ENL/ELA 11, and ENL/ELA 12

These courses adapt the course content and shelter the language that instructs English language arts, literature, critical thinking, expression, and composition. 

ENL Algebra 1

This course adapts the course content and shelters the language that instructs algebra I.

ENL Geometry

This course adapts the course content and shelters the language that instructs geometry.

ENL Earth & Space Science, ENL Biology, and ENL Integrated Chemistry-Physics

These courses adapt the course content and shelter the language that instructs science.

ENL Geography and World History, and ENL U.S. History

These courses adapt the course content and shelter the language that instructs social studies.

ENL Intro to 2D Art

This course adapts the course content and shelters the language that instructs Art courses.

Courses for Students with English Proficiency Levels  between 2.7 and 3.7

Integrated ELA 9, 10, 11 and 12

Integrated Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2

Integrated Earth & Space Science, Biology, and Integrated Chemistry-Physics

Integrated Geography and History of the World, U.S History, Government, and Economics

These courses are 50% ENL students and 50% general education students. Teachers are skilled and supported in the sheltering of language and adapting course content to support the developing ENL learner.