Description
This indispensable handbook includes professional development plans that meet the specific needs of dual-language programs, strategies for building learning communities for dual-language teachers, and tips for involving parents.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Robert E. Slavin
Preface
About the Authors
Part I: Starting Two-Way Bilingual Programs
1. Why Two-Way Bilingual Programs?
2. Planning and Designing Two-Way Bilingual Programs
3. Comprehensive Curriculum Models
4. Case Study: The Alicia R. Chacon International School
Part II: Implementing Effective Instruction
5. Instructional Techniques and Activities for Second-Language Learners
6. Effective and Replicable Literacy Models
7. Using Writing to Promote Reading and Oral Language Development
8. Assessing Second-Language Learners
Part III: Involving Teachers and Parents
9. Staff Development and Teacher Learning Communities
10. Reaching Out to Parents
11. Evaluation and Research
Resource A: Resources for Two-Way Bilingual Programs
Resource B: List of Acronyms
References
Index
