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Meeting Date:
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12/16/2022 - 7:00 PM
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Category:
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Teaching, Learning and Leadership
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Type:
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Info
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Subject:
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Update on Dual Language Program
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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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The ACPS Dual Language Program (DLP) was last evaluated in 2014, the findings of which informed a redesign of the program. Over the last eight years, the field of dual language education has continued to evolve and expand in its application of recent language education research to dual language contexts.
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Background:
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In the 2014-2015 school year, after undergoing an extensive program evaluation, the ACPS DLP implemented refined program models grounded in bilingual education research and theory, and better aligned to the Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education (2nd edition, 2007). Since then, the elementary dual language program models and language allocation plans have remained static, with John Adams Elementary School (JAES) offering a 70:30 program model and Mount Vernon Community School (MVCS) offering a 50:50 model. In the 70:30 model, 70% of academic instruction is delivered in Spanish (i.e. Spanish language arts, science, social studies, math), with 30% in English (i.e., English language arts) in kindergarten and first grade, moving to a 50:50 model in grades two through five. In the 50:50 model, 50% of instruction is delivered in Spanish (i.e., Spanish language arts, science, math) and 50% of instruction is delivered in English (i.e., English language arts, social studies).
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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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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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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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