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Dual Language Goals

Dual Language Program

The purpose of the program is to develop full bi-literacy and bilingualism while fostering cross-cultured awareness. It is designed to develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in both English and Spanish.

Goals

  • * Produce students with high levels of bi-literate and bilingual proficiency

  • * Create highly interactive bilingual instruction

  • * Integrate a cross cultural learning environment

  • * Lessons are inquiry based for a student led “pairs/group”

  • * Project based environment with high levels of collaboration in the class

  • * Use of sheltered instruction techniques to facilitate learning

  • * Teachers teach at the level of the top 25% of students in the class

  • * Program is implemented throughout elementary grades (PK-5)

  • * Academic vocabulary is integrated across the curriculum

  • * Provide at least 50% of instruction in the partner language (PK-5)

  • * Expansion into Middle School and High School

  • * Instruction challenges students (high expectations – enrichment/gifted educational environment)

  • * Campus and district support