World Languages
Core Beliefs
All Multilingual Learners (ML) must be engaged in rigorous and relevant grade-level work through the use of high-quality curricular materials and instruction.
All educators are educators of Multilingual Learners (ML). As such, we adopt a translanguaging (dynamic bilingualism) stance as a culturally responsive method of developing language and literacy skills in multiple languages and dialects.
All educators facilitate language acceleration through the focused development of oracy and metalinguistic awareness. As such, (space) we prioritize academic discourse in all content areas daily.
Tier 1 Curricular Expectations
Consistent implementation of high-quality instructional materials is the first step toward ensuring every student's success. It is expected that schools and classrooms use the following materials as the foundations of classroom instruction:
Grades 8-12:
The comprehensive prioritized standards-based curriculum accessed through the BEWL instructional site.
Core Instructional Actions
The Core Instructional Actions below are high-leverage, research-based strategies that will support student achievement in this discipline. This is not an exhaustive list, but a prioritized one - they are actions and strategies we expect teachers to implement in class with students.
Core Student Practices
The Core Student Practices identified below delineate the most important disciplinary practices in which we believe students should be engaged. They are actions, practices, and types of thinking that we should see evidence of students doing in class on a regular basis.