Ecollect Question | Home Survey Question | PowerSchool ELL Screen Question | PowerSchool Field |
What languages are spoken in your home? --Home Language page | What language(s) are spoken in your home? | Languages Spoken at Home (3 fields available) | LANGUAGE_HOME_1 LANGUAGE_HOME_2 LANGUAGE_HOME_3 |
Which language does your child use most frequently at home? --Home Language page | Which language does your child use most frequently at home? | Language Student Speaks Most | LANGUAGE_DOMINANT |
Which language did your child learn first? --Home Language page | Which language did your child learn first? | Language Student Spoke First | LANGUAGE_NATIVE |
What other languages does your child know? --Home Language page | What other languages does your child know? | Other Languages Student Speaks | LANGUAGE_OTHER_1 LANGUAGE_OTHER_2 LANGUAGE_OTHER_3 |
Which language do you most frequently speak to your child? | Language You Speak Most | LANGUAGE_DOMINANT_PARENT1 LANGUAGE_DOMINANT_PARENT2 | |
What was the first language you spoke? --Family page under parent sections | What is the native language of each parent/guardian? | Native Language | LANGUAGE_NATIVE_PARENT1 LANGUAGE_NATIVE_PARENT2 |
What language does parent/guardian prefer to speak? | Preferred Language on the Parent Contacts form | parent1_pref_language parent2_pref_language | |
Preferred Language under Emergency Contacts | Preferred Language for Each Contact on Contacts Screen | CONTACT1_PREF_LANGUAGE CONTACT2_PREF_LANGUAGE CONTACT3_PERF_LANGUAGE CONTACT4_PREF_LANGUAGE |
From email exchange (Beth, Miriam and Gloria) confirming we are collected all required data from the AOE Home Language Survey. December 13 2019, Jan 2020. Subject Language Survey Fields/Questions.
"Now, on the Ecollect registration form, the Home Language Survey page asks these:
What is the native language of parent1/guardian1? --->>> One for each parent. This covers the first question in the survey.
What languages are spoken in your home? (3 options) This covers the second question.
Now, this is where the difference comes in...
HLS question "Which language do you most frequently speak to your child? --->> this is not on the Home Language Survey page in Ecollect because...
when we met about this (Miriam, Beth,Karyn and Gloria) we discovered that we were collecting similiar information in two fileds. We had both a Parent Preferred Laguage and a Parent Dominant Language. We decided they were essentially the same thing. And if the AOE isn't asking both those questions, then we didn't need to ask both.
The Preferred Language field for each parent is on the Parent Contact form on both the registration AND the ASUpdate. We used to have that question on the Home Language Survey page in InfoSnap. But there, the field name was called Parent Dominant Language.
When we were creating our new Ecollect form, we discussed where we wanted this last question. Because we also need to know if the parent needs a translator, we decided to add the two questions on the parent contact form (meaning What is your preferred language? and Need Translator?) instead of the Home Language Survey page.
Now, in PS, those two questions are on the Contacts page in the student record. Since we decided we didn't want both preferred and dominant as they are essentially the same, the "What language do you speak most?" question is no longer being populated by Ecollect. You will see data there only if it existed before Ecollect was launched.
Now my question is...do you want to change the wording of the preferred language question so it asks the same question as the AOE HLS --->> "Which language do you most frequently speak to your child?"