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Theresa Bruns Senior Director for Professional Development
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Standards-Based Education
1983 - A Nation at Risk publication
1989 – National Education Goals adopted
1994 – Standards based vision enacted
2001 - NCLB
2015 – Common Core
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Competing for Time and Funding
High Test Scores
Math
Language Arts
English
Science
Social Studies
Physical Education
Music Visual Arts
Penmanship
Financial Literacy
World Languages
Career Tech
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Foreign Language Education Decrease
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Elementary Middle School High school Higher Ed. Requirement
1997
2008
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Benefits of Learning a Second Language
Become smarter!
Build multitasking & decision-making skills
Stave off Alzheimer’s and dementia
Enhance memory & creativity
Boost empathy & cultural understanding
Better college & career prospects
Improve your English
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21st Century Skills
21st Century
Skills
Initiative and self direction
Information and Tech Literacy
Social and cross-
cultural skills
Communic-ation
Collaboration
Creativity and
Innovation
Critical Thinking
and Problem Solving
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Technology in the World Language Classroom
Bakia et al. (2012) discuss five ways in which online learning could increase educational productivity by improving the learning opportunities…online learning…
Broadens access to resources, experiences (flexibility/scalability)
Engages students in active learning
Individualizes and differentiates instruction
Personalizes learning
Maximizes the teacher’s and student’s time.
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Delaware’s World Language Expansion Initiative
Michael Watson
Chief Academic Officer Delaware Department of Education
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World Languages Continue to Expand
Governor’s World Language Expansion Initiative: Preparing a Globally Competitive Delaware Workforce (2011)
• 10-year initiative
• Advanced-level student language proficiency
• Immersion Education
• Middle School Expansion
• Shift to Proficiency in Secondary Schools
• Languages as Career/ Workplace Skills
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World Language Immersion
2016-17 2017-18
Districts 11 73%
12 80%
Schools 22 18%
32 27%
Students 2800+ 1 in 11
Kindergarteners
4000+ 1 in 7
Kindergarteners
Grades K-4 (5*) K-5 (6*) Middle School
Launch (Spanish)
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Immersion Enrollment Growth
619
1130
1991
2819
3731
5119
6751
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
Immersion Enrollment
Immersion Enrollment
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Middle School Blended Language Learning
• 7th and 8th graders
• Self-paced, proficiency-based online courses
• 2 face-to-face visits per week from language coach
• Classroom facilitator monitors and guides learners
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High School Focus on Languages as Career and Workplace Skills
• Graduation Requirement for All Students
– Demonstrated proficiency option
• Functional usage
• Proficiency targets with Refreshed Standards
• Real-world contexts with CTE Connections
• Certificate of Multiliteracy
Weybridge Elementary School Christina Johnston, Principal
Developing Communicative Competence and Cross-Cultural Engagement
A World Language Program for all students based on the “five C’s” of the national foreign language standards - communication, culture, connections, comparisons, and communities.
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21st Century Skills Map
Developed through a year-long collaborative process, spear-headed by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and P21, this map reflects the collective effort of hundreds of World Language teachers and illustrates the integration of World Languages and 21st Century Skills. This map provides educators, administrators and policymakers with concrete examples of how 21st Century Skills can be integrated into core subjects. www.P21.org March 2011
Designed in cooperation with the nation’s world language educators.
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Aligning World Readiness Standards for Learning Languages with the Common Core Standards
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) August 2013
Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects • Reading • Writing • Speaking and Listening • Language
World Readiness Standards for Learning Languages Three Modes of Communication: • Interpersonal • Interpretive • Presentational
ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines • Novice • Intermediate • Advanced
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Common Core ELA Capacities
• Demonstrates command of standard English and acquires and uses a wide-range vocabulary. • Listens attentively to gain both general and discipline-specific knowledge. • Is an engaged and open-minded - but discerning - listener. • When speaking, strives to make his/her meaning clear to the listener. • Uses technology and digital media strategically and capably. • Comes to understand other perspectives and cultures.
Capabilities of the literate individual - indicators
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Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice
• Makes sense of problems and perseveres in solving them.
• Attends to precision.
• Challenges himself/herself to communicate precisely with others.
• Looks for and makes use of structure.
A mathematically proficient student:
• Engaging in argument from evidence.
• Obtaining, evaluating, and communication information.
Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices
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Table 1: C3 Framework Organization
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards (2013)
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Table 2: Dimension 2 – Applying Disciplinary Tools and Concepts
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards (2013)
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