The ESOL Program of Queen Anne’s County Public Schools provides English language acquisition instruction to qualifying non-English speaking students enrolled in the county’s schools. Fifteen languages are represented in the ESOL Program:  Spanish, Urdu, Chinese, Russian, Vietnamese, Punjabi, Tagalog, Swedish, Japanese, Indonesian, Arabic, French, German, Hindi, and Korean.  88% of the county’s English Learners (EL) speaks Spanish. There are 19 different countries, including the United States, represented by the EL.

 Professional development is available through the ESOL Office. Topics include:

•          accommodating EL in instruction and assessment
•          stages of language acquisition
•         differentiating content area instruction for EL
•         culturally responsive teaching
•          second language acquisition and special education
•          WIDA Standards and Can Do Descriptors

 Interpretive and translation services are available upon request by calling or emailing the ESOL Office.

For more information about the EL Program, please contact:

Michelle McNeil, EL Program Director
Queen Anne’s County Board of Education
202 Chesterfield Avenue
Centreville, MD 21617
(410) 758-2403, x197
(410) 758-8204 (fax)

michelle.mcneil@qacps.org