Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Always Late Jorge is a new student to school. He has recently moved from Mexico with his family. When he arrived, he knew no English. He is slowly improving, but he is far behind his classmates. He receives ESOL services, and help from a bilingual assistant. However, the bilingual assistant cannot spend time doing her ESOL curriculum because she must help him catch up on his classroom. He misses at least 30 minutes of classroom time every morning, because his parents always drop him off late. His parents speak no English and are not accustomed to the concepts of early and late in the United States, since they recently moved from Mexico. What should the classroom teacher do? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) A teacher should try to become more knowledgeable of the native culture of the ELL and find some way to contact and communicate with their caretakers. Find a way that will help you communicate with the care takers, and inform of being on time and be absent in the United States school system usual works. Also let them know specifics about transportation like the school bus and any reasons of absence such as the student being sick.