Full Description
Comprehensively updated, the second edition is a user- friendly resource for teachers and administrators to ensure their school's success in implementing and maintaining a dual language program. The book is filled with step-by-step instructions and strategies you can try immediately. The second edition includes key updates on technology, digital resources, and current demographics, standards, and data.
Educators will learn how to choose a model for their dual language program involving all stakeholders in the transition process, set proficiency targets and use assessments to track progress, and much more.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Challenging the Status Quo and Doing the Right Work
2 The Dynamics of Change
3 Recruiting Families and Teachers
4 Choosing an Instructional Model
5 Power of Comprehensible Input and Second Language Acquisition 101
6 Boosting Proficiency and Celebrating Linguistic Repertoires
7 Leveraging Technology Integration for Dual Language Programs
8 Transitions in Dual Language Education 6- 12
9 Creating a Culture that Fosters Global Competence
10 Upshots: Sharing Results
11 Professional Learning Through Coaching, Connecting, and Collaboration
12 Moonshot . . . When You Know Better, You Are Obligated to Do Better
