Sheltered Program
In order to assist students with low-level language ability to mainstream into grade level classrooms in the shortest possible time, Pacific American School offers a Sheltered Program to boost language learning through the content areas. Pacific American School’s Sheltered Program includes Literature, Science, and Social Studies. It allows the student to participate in classes at his/her own grade level on a part-time basis and reducing the isolation tendencies of traditional ESL programs. As soon as language skills are adequate to succeed in regular classes, the student leaves the program.
Pacific American School’s Sheltered Program teaches strategies for efficiently understanding advanced subject areas and develops the four language skills through Group Work, Projects and Presentations. It adopts simpler language, graphics, and organization to make content more understandable, while giving students opportunities to use English in class without embarrassment and fear. Students with motivation and incentive can move through the program rapidly for early integration into at-level content classes.