English Learning and Migrant Education

English Learner (EL) Grants and Programs

• Title III
• Non-English Speaking Program (NESP)
• Indiana Dual Language Education
• Refugee School Impact Grant
• 2023-2024 Public English Learner Counts
• 2023-2024 Non-public English Learner Counts

English Learner Guidance

• English Learner Quick Start Guide
• WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework - 2020 Edition
• Indiana WIDA Standards 2020 - Rollout (Updated July 2022)
• EL Program Evaluation Toolkit
• Secondary English Learner Toolkit (Updated 2023)
• English Learner Plan - Template

EL Teacher of Record Requirements

• EL Teacher Licensure Memo
• English Learner Teacher of Record Responsibilities
• Meeting English Learner Teacher of Record Requirements
• English Learner Teacher of Record FAQ

EL Compliance Documents

• Home Language Survey - English
• Home Language Survey - Spanish
• Home Language Survey FAQ
• HLS Amendment Form
• Annual Parent Notification Letter (English)
• Annual Parent Notification Letter (Spanish)
• Example Two-year Monitoring Form

EL Student Populations

• English Learners and Evaluation for Special Education - Updated 2024
• English Learners with Disabilities: Legal Summary
• Identifying and Supporting High Ability English Learners
• Foreign Exchange Students and English Learner Status
• Preschool Students and Language Status

Additional EL Guidance

• Enrollment of Refugee and Immigrant Students Memo
• English Learners and Title I, Part A
• Retention Guidelines for English Learners
• English Language Progress Indicator and WIDA ACCESS Growth
• Understanding WIDA ACCESS English Language Proficiency Growth
• English Learners and Title III Guidance for Non-Public Schools

Moodle

For additional resources and past presentations, join the Indiana English Learner Moodle Community.

EL 101 Videos

The videos linked below were recorded for the 2022-2023 school year, and do not reflect any policy or guidance changes that have since occurred.

• Part I: An Introduction to English Learning
• Part II: Enrolling ELs
• Part III: Identifying Potential ELs
• Part IV: Providing English Language Development Services
• Part V: Funding EL Programs
• Part VI: WIDA Standards Framework
• Part VII: Assessment of ELs
• Part VIII: Exiting, Monitoring, Reclassifying
• Part IX: Parent & Family Rights and Engagement
• Part X: EL Students with Disabilities
• Part XI: EL Students at the Secondary Level

Contact Us

For more information, please contact the IDOE Office of English Learning and Migrant Education via email at englishlearners@doe.in.gov.