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Meeting Date:
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Teaching, Learning and Leadership |
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Subject:
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Project GLAD® (Guided Language Acquisition Design) Update |
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ACPS 2025 Strategic Plan Goal:
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Goal 2: Instructional Excellence ACPS will ensure that all students have access to and engagement with high-quality instruction. Goal 3: Student Accessibility and Support ACPS will ensure students have equitable access to and engagement with programs and supports that reduce barriers to learning.
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Funding Source or Fiscal Impact (where applicable):
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File Attachment:
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Agenda Item Summary:
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This Board Brief is an overview of Project Guided Language Acquisition Design (GLAD®) and Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) becoming a Project GLAD®Regional Training Center. Project GLAD® is a model of professional development that provides depth and understanding behind best practices for language learning and development with practical applications in the classroom. Project GLAD® uses innovative design practices to ensure that lessons are designed to meet the needs of all students, most intently the needs of our language learners/ emergent bilingual students. |
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Background:
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Implementation of Project GLAD® strategies began in the Dual Language Program in ACPS in 2014 in response to a grassroots teacher movement for these effective Project GLAD® strategies, to help meet the needs of our learners. For four years we contracted training services from Dual Language Education of New Mexico (DLENM), primarily supporting our dual language programs. Interest in the strategies began to grow across the school division, and training expanded in 2017 to other ACPS schools with high EL student populations. Beginning in 2018, the Office of English Learner Services established a Project GLAD Specialist position to be able to more effectively respond to increasing training requests. Under the leadership of the Project GLAD specialist, an ACPS Project GLAD trainer team of teachers was developed, increasing ACPS’ capacity to train its own teachers. |
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Recommendation
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The Superintendent recommends that the School Board review the information in this Project GLAD® School Board Brief. |
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Approvals:
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Dr. Pierrette Finney - Chief Academic Officer |
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Signed By: |
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Dr. Melanie Kay-Wyatt - Superintendent |
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