TEACH Public Schools
Minutes
TEACH English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC)
Date and Time
Wednesday September 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Location
TEACH Academy campus (10000 S. Western Ave.)
Notice is hereby given that the order of consideration of matters on this agenda may be change without prior notice.
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Directors Present
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
C. Gomez, J. Filidor, L. Ramirez, S. Rhee
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Why the EL Program? / Porque la Programacion de Aprendizaje de Ingles?
A.
Why the EL Program? / Porque la Programacion de Aprendizaje de Ingles?
Mr. Filidor led a discussion in sharing information regarding the English Learner program throughout our TEACH campuses for this current academic year. Mr. Filidor introduced himself in his new role as English Learner (EL) Program Manager.
Mr. Filidor continued by reading the English Learner Newsletter for the month of September which had the following information:
- School ELD Alignment. Mr. Filidor generally explained how he will be closely working at all of TEACH's campus moving forward where an alignment between all three campuses is now in place with designated English Learner Development (ELD) Instruction at all three school sites.
- New Classification Criteria. Mr. Filidor shared the statewide changes specific to new EL classification criteria that has now passed into law which eases reclassification and proficiency information for students.
- Feedback. Mr. Filidor expressed that in the past, feedback specific to ELAC was not emphasized. He expressed that a focus on feedback will now take place that would bring attention to each school and shared with our district leadership.
Mr. Filidor also shared important information that was specific to the entire academic year:
- English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC) Meetings. Mr. Filidor shared that future ELAC meetings will be on the last Wednesday of each month via Zoom.
- Outside-the-Classroom Learning Opportunities. Mr. Filidor expressed the importance of outside the classroom trips and activities throughout the academic school year for EL Learners to both learn and practice speaking in English. Specifically, planned field trips will be shared soon.
- English Language Proficiency Assessments for California) ELPAC Prep. Mr. Filidor shared that in preparation for the annual ELPAC exams in November have now begun.
- ESL & Technology Class. Lastly, Mr. Filidor mentioned that the weekly ESL & Technology classes are at our TEACH Academy 5th/6th grade campus, Room 203, every Monday from 5pm-6:30pm. These classes are for both parents and students.
III. Committee Elections / Elecciones de comité
A.
Elections / Elecciones
Due to a lack of time, the committee election will take place during the month of October's meeting.
Meeting ws called to order by Luis Ramirez at 4:30pm.