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.9- <br />C. consolidate LEP students within schools or across the school <br />system in centers (i.e., elementary center, middle school <br />center, high school centers) <br />d. provide summer school programs for ESL students <br />e. establish after school literacy programs <br />f. provide bilingual assistants and other bilingual staff <br />for 20 or more students in a same language group <br />g. establish ESUlntemational Resource center at each school for <br />use by teachers, parents, and community <br />3. Revise centralized registration and identification/entry <br />procedures for LEP students: <br />a. develop guidelines for registering and identifying LEP <br />students at district and school levels <br />b. provide orientation programs for LEP students and their <br />familiesh including videos about the school system in <br />major languages, and translated documents <br />c. provide s early assessment of LEP students during summer <br />d. provide comprehensive, on -going monitoring of students <br />e. establish better procedurea for port -of -entry of students or <br />newcomers <br />f. provide clear and appropriate criteria for exiting students from <br />ESL services <br />4. Provide adequate, appropriate, and mandatory professional <br />development opportunities for all school atoll! <br />a. provide mandatory staff development at district and school <br />level (ESL strategies, cultural diversity, cultural sensitivity, <br />language diversity training, etc.) <br />b. structure staff development to focus on collaborative modeling <br />of ESL methodologies, strategies, etc. with ESL teacher and <br />mainstream teacher <br />C. provide opportunities for mainstream teachers to participate in <br />staff development for half a day during the summer and actual <br />teaching of LEP students during the other half of the day <br />