Dual Language Programs Regular Board Meeting August 17, 2017 1 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Dual Language Programs Regular Board Meeting August 17, 2017 1

Goals for the Dual Language Program Provide the educational environment and instruction that will allow all students to become bilingual, biliterate and bicultural Develop fluency in communication and literacy in both English and Spanish Increase academic achievement in all areas 2

Dual Language Redesign Evaluate and identify areas of potential program improvement Assemble district and campus stakeholders to engage in year long in-depth study of best practices in language acquisition and dual language models Develop action plans to strengthen and improve the design and implementation of the Dual Language Program 3

Moving from 50:50 to 90:10 50:50 Model 90:10 Model Students are separated by language for literacy in All students receive literacy in English and kinder and first grade Spanish Language minutes are determined by content Language minutes are determined by percentage Monolingual perspective Multilingual perspective The two languages are separated Spanish, English and the Bridge Allows students to use all of the languages in their linguistic repertoire to develop literacy 4

Language Models 5

Roll Out Plan School Year 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 21-22 Prekinder 90/10 90/10 90/10 90/10 90/10 90/10 Kinder 90/10 90/10 90/10 90/10 90/10 90/10 First 50/50 90/10 90/10 90/10 90/10 90/10 Second 50/50 50/50 90/10 90/10 90/10 90/10 Third 50/50 50/50 50/50 90/10 90/10 90/10 Fourth 50/50 50/50 50/50 50/50 90/10 90/10 Fifth 50/50 50/50 50/50 50/50 50/50 90/10 6

Learning Opportunities Teaching for Biliteracy ● The Bridge ● Building Oracy in the Classroom ● English Language Development ● Biliteracy Rocks ● Authentic Spanish Grammar Instruction ● “El Dictado” ● Biliteracy Curriculum Development and Writing Summit ● Biliteracy for Administrators ● 7

ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL) LEP students Earned 1 HS Opt-in Earned 1 HS tested LOTE credit Students LOTE credit tested 186 169 77 43 8

Middle School DL Pathway School Year 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 2016-2017 Spanish 2 2017-2018 Discovering Language and Discovering Language and Culture Culture 2018-2019 Cultural and Linguistic Topics Cultural and Linguistic Topics Cultural and Linguistic Topics 2019-2020 Discovering Language and Discovering Language and Spanish 2 Culture Culture 2020-2021 Cultural and Linguistic Topics Cultural and Linguistic Topics Spanish 2 2021-2022 Discovering Language and Discovering Language and Spanish 2 Culture Culture 9

National Data 10

STAAR 5th Grade Reading (first administration) School District All Dual School District All Dual Students Language Students Language Anderson Mill 84% 76% 92% Old Town 84% 82% 71% Berkman 84% 49% 80% Purple Sage 84% 80% 67% Bluebonnet 84% 52% 57% 83% Robertson 84% 69% Caldwell Heights 84% 81% 95% Union Hill 84% 61% 53% Voigt 84% 62% 74% Callison 84% 69% 82% Gattis 84% 79% 93% Wells Branch 84% 71% 79% Herrington 84% 94% 96% 11

STAAR 5th Grade Math (first administration) School District All Dual School District All Dual Students Language Students Language Old Town 89% 89% 88% Anderson Mill 89% 79% 93% Berkman 89% 66% 69% Purple Sage 89% 85% 80% Bluebonnet 89% 55% 71% Robertson 89% 72% 67% Caldwell Heights 89% 90% 95% Union Hill 89% 83% 84% Callison 89% 78% 96% Voigt 89% 76% 93% Gattis 89% 88% 94% Wells Branch 89% 71% 79% Herrington 89% 98% 96% 12

CIAO HOLA B O HELLO N J O U R SALUT Benefits of Being Bilingual Cognitive Linguistic Cultural Family Economic 13

Looking Ahead Develop Biliteracy ARRC ● Create Biliteracy Unit Frameworks ● Bilingual Curriculum Coordinator ● Biliteracy Rocks ● Dual Language Learning Walks ● After School Teacher Enrichment ● District-wide Dual Language ● Information Sessions 14

Questions? 15