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Meeting Date:
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Teaching, Learning and Leadership |
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Subject:
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Dual Language Pre-K Pilot |
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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.
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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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As dual language (DL) programs continue to grow in US schools, more and more districts across the region and nation are expanding their programs to include our youngest learners. The ability to expand access to the ACPS Dual Language Program to include students in our pre-K classrooms represents a tremendous opportunity to improve long-term academic, linguistic, and social-emotional outcomes for emergent bilingual students. |
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Background:
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An extensive body of research has consistently demonstrated the positive impact of well-implemented early childhood education programs on the academic success of emergent bilingual students (The Brookings Institution, 2017). Research in the fields of early childhood and dual language education highlights a firm foundation of high-quality, shared best practices that, when combined, can significantly improve outcomes for multilingual learners (Howard et al., 2018; Robles & Pryor, 2014). The Dual Language and Early Childhood Programs jointly support the conversion of one existing ACPS pre-K classroom to dual language for SY23-24. |
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Recommendation
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The Interim Superintendent recommends that the School Board review the information in this memo and attachment. |
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Approvals:
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Dr. Wendy Gonzalez - Chief |
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Signed By: |
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Dr. Melanie Kay-Wyatt - Interim Superintendent |
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