Here are a few glimpses of previous site visits over the years!
School Visitation Days Highlights 2016-2020
Highlights from Sandpiper Elementary School Spanish DLI in Paradise Valley Unified School District (October 2019 visit)
Highlights from Davis Bilingual School in Tucson: Spanish DLI (May 2019 visit)
Highlights from Gilbert Elementary School in Gilbert: Spanish DLI (October 2018 visit)
Highlights from Kyrene del Norte's Spanish DLI program (Fall 2018)
Here are the highlights of seven schools visits that occurred our first year 2016-17.
Highlights from Coronado Elementary School in Gilbert, HUSD: Chinese DLI (December 2017 visit)
Highlights from Desert Willow Elementary School in Cave Creek Unified School District (January 2020 visit)
meet the criteria to be a dual language/world language immersion program
at least 50% of your day is in a partner language to English
academic content is taught in the partner language
believe that an DLI program should be open to ALL students
agree to adhere to the DLI Fidelity Assurances
have set proficiency targets set for each grade level using either:
want to connect with other DLI educators outside of your school or district
are willing to share your resources, successes and challenges
are able to join one of the network's site visits
are on the path to proficiency following the AZ Native & World Language Standards (as well as ACTFL)
Contact network organizers: Cristina Ladas, Education Consultant/AZLA Immediate Past-President or Patty Fernandez, DLI Specialist (MPS), with questions, comments, ideas