Bilingualism and Bilingualism and Home Language Home Language

UseUseAndra ReynoldsAndra Reynolds

July 6, 2015July 6, 2015SEI 503SEI 503

Shannon MC ChurchShannon MC Church

IntroductionIntroduction Sociocultural AspectsSociocultural Aspects Cultural ImpactCultural Impact Cultivating Home and Cultivating Home and

School PartnershipsSchool Partnerships

Evaluating Evaluating Effectiveness of Effectiveness of PartnershipsPartnerships

Role of LeadershipRole of Leadership

Sociocultural AspectsSociocultural Aspects

DialectDialect Economic StatusEconomic Status Native LanguageNative Language Cultural HeritageCultural Heritage Societal Societal

PerceptionsPerceptions

Cultural ImpactCultural Impact

Inclusion of Native Language in LearningInclusion of Native Language in Learning Incorporate Native Cultures Incorporate Native Cultures Entire Class BenefitsEntire Class Benefits

Strategies for Cultivating Strategies for Cultivating Home and School Home and School

PartnershipsPartnerships Perform Ongoing Perform Ongoing

EvaluationsEvaluations Family NightsFamily Nights for ELL for ELL

StudentsStudents Maintain Open Maintain Open

CommunicationsCommunications Weekly NewslettersWeekly Newsletters Use of Translator/ Use of Translator/

Translated MaterialsTranslated Materials Maintain Safe Maintain Safe

Classroom Classroom Environment Environment

Involve Family in Involve Family in Problem ResolutionProblem Resolution

Invite Family to Share Invite Family to Share Culture, Food, Crafts, Culture, Food, Crafts, and Storiesand Stories

Build Positive Build Positive Relationships With Relationships With Family and StudentFamily and Student

Resources for Cultivating Resources for Cultivating Home and School Home and School

PartnershipsPartnerships District Website: District Website:

www.moseslakeschools.orgwww.moseslakeschools.org Office of the Superintendent of Public Office of the Superintendent of Public

Instruction: Instruction: http://www.k12.wa.us/MigrantBilingual/defhttp://www.k12.wa.us/MigrantBilingual/default.aspxault.aspx

National Coalition for Parental Involvement National Coalition for Parental Involvement in Education: in Education: www.ncpie.orgwww.ncpie.org

National Education Association: National Education Association: www.nea.orgwww.nea.org

WiDA: WiDA: www.wida.orgwww.wida.org

Strategies for Evaluating Strategies for Evaluating Effectiveness of Effectiveness of

PartnershipsPartnerships Parent-Teacher Parent-Teacher

ConferencesConferences Create Contracts for Create Contracts for

Individual Students Individual Students and their Familyand their Family

Parent SurveysParent Surveys Rate Teacher on Rate Teacher on

Effective Effective CommunicationCommunication

Provide Information Provide Information on Where More on Where More Support May be Support May be NeededNeeded

Role of LeadershipRole of Leadership LeadershipLeadership Encourage and Encourage and

Support Parents to Support Parents to Foster School-Family Foster School-Family RelationshipsRelationships

Meets the Needs of Meets the Needs of Diverse LearnersDiverse Learners

Offers Guidance and Offers Guidance and ToolsTools

Supports Supports Development, Development, Adoption, and Adoption, and Implementation of Implementation of Ongoing EvaluationsOngoing Evaluations

ReferencesReferences

WiDA. (2015). WiDA. (2015). Mission and the WiDA Mission and the WiDA Story. Retrieved from Story. Retrieved from https://www.wida.us/aboutus/missiohttps://www.wida.us/aboutus/mission.aspxn.aspx

Washington State OSPI. (2015). Washington State OSPI. (2015). Migrant and Bilingual Migrant and Bilingual Education. Education. Retrieved from Retrieved from http://www.k12.wa.us/MigrantBilinghttp://www.k12.wa.us/MigrantBilingual/default.aspxual/default.aspx