ELL Program Guide

Mission Statement 

Chester Community Charter School’s (CCCS) mission is to equip English Language Learners (ELL) with the language proficiency and independence necessary to meet or exceed state and district content standards while preserving the individuals language and culture. 

Educational Approach 

CCCS has selected English as a Second Language (ESL) as its educational approach. ESL instruction is an academic discipline that is designed to teach ELL’s social and academic skills as well as the cultural aspects of the English language necessary to succeed in an academic environment and contribute to society. The ESL program model that CCCS has chosen is a push in/pull out model. 

Instructional Program 

The ESL teachers focus on specialized vocabulary, learning strategies and literacy; all of which are aligned with the Pennsylvania Language Proficiency Standards in Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. 

The ESL instructional program is multi-faceted. Instructional materials used are SRA’s Language For Learning and Vocabulary Picture Pack. We use The Oxford Picture Dictionary for Kids. The picture dictionary presents over 700 words in the context of pictures that tell stories. We also use The Oxford Picture Dictionary for Kids Across Content Areas for our upper elementary students. 

The ESL teacher uses resources from the general education curriculum, such as ESL extensions and leveled readers.

Students are encouraged to work on the computer with our Rosetta Stone program.