ACCESS for ELLs™
Who can administer ACCESS for ELLs™ and ACCESS W-APT Screener?
ACCESS for ELLs™. the secure state approved annual assessment
for English language proficiency, and the W-APT Screener, the state
approved initial screener for English language proficiency, are
to be administered by certificated instructional personnel (teachers
including bilingual teachers and ESL teachers) and certificated
non-instructional personnel (coordinators, program directors, school
psychologists, speech and language therapists, assistant principals,
principals, assistant superintendents and superintendents) who
have completed ACCESS for ELLs™ training, passed the on-line
quizzes and meet certification requirements to administer ACCESS
for ELLs™ and the W-APT Screener. Additional flexibility
may be granted to school districts whose unusual circumstances
warrant
the need to secure additional staff
to support their efforts to assess English language learners. In
such cases they may contract certificated personnel who have been
trained and certified to administer ACCESS for ELLs™ and
W-APT Screener.
Can substitute teachers administer ACCESS for ELLs™ and
the W-APT Screener?
Type 39 substitute teachers cannot administer either the ACCESS
for ELLs™ or the W-APT Screener.
However, individuals that meet ALL of the criteria listed below
may administer ACCESS for ELLs™ and the W-APT Screener.
- The individual has been hired by the district on a long-term
substitute basis to fill in for a teacher who is out on extended
leave due
to illness, maternity leave, or any such leave officially approved
by the employing district, and
- The individual's assigned duties
must include all duties customarily performed by the regular
teacher such as lesson planning, other
state mandated test administration and report card generation,
and
- The individual must hold a full certificate for the grade
level, meet state assignment requirements and comply with the
NCLB highly
qualified requirements, and
- The individual must receive ACCESS
for ELLs™ training, complete
and pass the on-line quizzes and meet certification requirements
to administer ACCESS for ELLs™ and the W-APT Screener.
Who cannot administer ACCESS for ELLS™ and the W-APT Screener?
Certificated individuals who have not been trained and certified
to administer ACCESS for ELLs™ and the W-APT Screener cannot
administer these assessments.
Type 39 substitute teachers cannot administer ACCESS for ELLs™ and
the W-APT Screener.
Paraprofessionals are not allowed to administer ACCESS for ELLs™ and
the W-APT Screener even if they hold a teaching certificate or
previously held a valid one.
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