English Learners (EL)
Modesto City Schools serves approximately 30,000 students and 25% of those students are English Learners. Our District has the privilege and responsibility of ensuring that all multilingual students become proficient in English and master the academic content required of every student in California.
The goal for all English Learners (ELs) is to become proficient in English and grade-level standards in all subjects.
English Learners are provided instructional support as they acquire English fluency while mastering grade-level standards. The instructional supports are:
Daily English Language Development (ELD) standards-based lessons differentiated by the students’ language levels in order to support each EL student as they develop English language proficiency as rapidly and efficiently as possible.
Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE) are specific instructional strategies that ensure that the content of each lesson is understandable to EL students and provide access to grade-level standards regardless of the student's English proficiency level.
Maricela Mota
Director II, English Learner Services
Mota.Ma@mcs4kids.com
(209) 574-1629
Marisela Perez De Becerra
Staff Secretary II, English Learner Services
PerezDeBecerra.M@mcs4kids.com
(209) 574-1629
Guadalupe Lara
District DLA Coordinator PK-12
Lara.G@mcs4kids.com
(209) 574-1629
Michelle Cox
Coordinator, Newcomer Program & Support
Cox.M@mcs4kids.com
(209) 574-1629
Veronica Hernandez
Bilingual Community Aide
Hernandez.Va@mcs4kids.com
(209) 574-1629
Mayra Martinez
Bilingual Community Aide
Martinez.Mayr@mcs4kids.com
(209) 574-1629
Marilu Villasenor
Bilingual Community Aide
Villasenor.Ma@mcs4kids.com
(209) 574-1629
Paula Valbuena Leon
District Translator & Interpreter -Spanish
(209) 574-1629
Assessment Center Staff
Veronica Chaidez
Administrator of Special Projects
Chaidez.V@mcs4kids.com
(209) 574-1590
Brandon Perez
Staff Secretary II, Assessment Center
Perez.Bra@mcs4kids.com
(209) 574-1590
Elvia Juarez
Assessment Center Technician
Juarez.E@mcs4kids.com
Celina Villegas
Assessment Center Technician
Villegas.C@mcs4kids.com
Yolanda Salgado
Assessment Center Technician
Salgado.Y@mcs4kids.com
Rouy Chhoeung
Data Technician
Chhoeung.R@mcs4kids.com
ELD Instructional Coaches
Elizabeth Derieux
Job-Embedded Professional Development Coach, ELD
Derieux.El@mcs4kids.com
Rochel Hesse
Job-Embedded Professional Development Coach, ELD
Hesse.R@mcs4kids.com
Amanda Langston
Job Embedded Professional Development Coach, ELD
Langston.A@mcs4kids.com
Erika Manriquez
Job-Embedded Professional Development Coach, ELD
Manriquez.E@mcs4kids.com
Nancy Meier
Job Embedded Professional Development Coach, ELD
Meier.N@mcs4kids.com
Erika Mugica
Job-Embedded Professional Development Coach, ELD
Mugica.E@mcs4kids.com