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Dual Language Parent NightKyrene del Norte

November 19, 2015

Questions

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• If you have a question, please write it on the note card provided

• Please hold up the note card, we will collect the questions

• Questions will be answered at the end of the presentation

K-8 Dual Language Road Map

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• Begin the program in Kindergarten• Immersed in the Spanish language for 50% of

the day in elementary school• Program continues at Kyrene Middle School• Eligible to earn Tempe Union High School

foreign language credit • Continue to use language in

high school and future career

Dual Language Roadmap

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American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL) Proficiency Scale Levels

Levels Are Defined by Tasks

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Superior

Advanced

Intermediate

NoviceCan communicate minimally with formulaic and rote utterance, lists

and phrases

Levels Are Defined by Tasks

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Superior

Advanced

Intermediate

NoviceCan communicate minimally with formulaic and rote utterance, lists

and phrases

Can create with language, ask and answer simple questions on familiar topics, and handle a simple

situation or transaction

Levels Are Defined by Tasks

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Superior

Advanced

Intermediate

NoviceCan communicate minimally with formulaic and rote utterance, lists

and phrases

Can create with language, ask and answer simple questions on familiar topics, and handle a simple

situation or transaction

Can narrate and describe in all major time frames and handle a

situation with a complication

Levels Are Defined by Tasks

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Superior

Advanced

Intermediate

NoviceCan communicate minimally with formulaic and rote utterance, lists

and phrases

Can create with language, ask and answer simple questions on familiar topics, and handle a simple

situation or transaction

Can narrate and describe in all major time frames and handle a

situation with a complication

Can support opinion, hypothesize, discuss topics, concretely and

abstractly, and handle a linguistically unfamiliar situation

Professions/Positions

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Superior

Advanced

Intermediate

Novice

Low:Receptionist, Housekeeping staff

Mid:Cashier, Sales Clerk

High:Auto Inspector, Aviation Personnel,

Missionary, Tour guide

Low:Customer Service Agent,

Social Worker, Legal Receptionist, K-12 Language

Teacher, Legal Secretary

Medium:Fraud Specialist, Account

Executive, Court Interpreter,

High:Physician, Military Linguist,

HR Personnel, Financial Broker

University FL Professor, Business Executive, Lawyer, Judge,

Financial Advisor

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Spanish Proficiency TargetsGrade Level

AAPPL Interpersonal Mode

Presentational Modes

Interpretive Modes

Codes Listening and Speaking

Speaking Writing Listening Reading

8 I2, I3, I4 Intermediate High Intermediate High Intermediate High Advanced Low Intermediate High

7 I2, I3, I4 Intermediate High Intermediate Mid Intermediate Mid Intermediate High Intermediate Mid

6 I2, I3, I4 Intermediate Mid Intermediate Mid Intermediate Mid Intermediate High Intermediate Mid

5 I2, I3, I4 Intermediate Mid Intermediate Low Intermediate Low Intermediate Mid Intermediate Low

4 I1 Intermediate Low Intermediate Low Intermediate Low Intermediate Mid Intermediate Low

3 N4 Novice High Novice High Novice High Intermediate Low Novice High

2 N4 Novice High Novice Mid Novice Mid Intermediate Low Novice High

1 N2, N3 Novice Mid Novice Mid Novice Mid Novice High Novice Mid

K N1 Novice Low Novice Low Novice Low Novice Mid Novice Low

• AAPPL test given to 3rd and 4th grade students in the Spring of 2015

• Students were given two computer based assessments

• 4th grade students were assessed in writing and listening/speaking

• 3rd grade students were assessed in reading and listening

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The ACTFLAssessment of

Performance toward Proficiency

in Languages(AAPPL)

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AAPPL Scores 4th Grade

Listening andSpeaking

30 students(Target is Intermediate Low – I1)

0 01

6

5

7

4

7

N1 N2 N3 N4 I1 I2 I3 I4

Spring 2015

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AAPPL Scores 4th Grade

Writing30 students

(Target is Intermediate Low – I1 by the end of 5th Grade)

4

11

7

3

2

3

N1 N2 N3 N4 I1 I2 I3 I4

Spring 2015

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AAPPL Scores 3rd Grade

Reading50 students

(Target is Novice High – N4)

1

3

7

45

19

4

7

N1 N2 N3 N4 I1 I2 I3 I4

Spring 2015

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AAPPL Scores 3rd GradeListening

50 students(Target is Intermediate Low – I1)

43

8

14

1011

N1 N2 N3 N4 I1 I2 I3 I4

Spring 2015

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Math SpringSummative

2015

43

8

14

1011

N1 N2 N3 N4 I1 I2 I3 I4

Spring 2015

54%

75%

82%

43%

54%57%

2ND GRADE 3RD GRADE 4TH GRADE

2015 Spring Math Summative

Ninos District

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ELA SpringSummative

2015

65%68%

76%

56%

62% 61%

2ND GRADE 3RD GRADE 4TH GRADE

2015 Spring ELA Summative Data

Ninos District

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Dual Language Middle School

• Students will be taught a minimum of 500 minutes a week in Spanish, with potential of exploration of literature in Spanish. Spanish 3-4 (taught during iclass time) –

40 minutes a day in Spanish

Social Studies – 60 minutes a day in Spanish

ELA – potential of literature in Spanish(additional time in Spanish)

Allows students to choose 2 electives

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Spanish High School Credit • Students will receive 2 years (Spanish 1-2 and 3-4) of

high school credit*

• 2 years of high school foreign language credit is minimum requirement for college bound students

• Students could be eligible in high school to take AP Spanish and receive college credit based on results and college acceptance

• Opportunity in high school for community college dual-enrollment

*Students who meet TUHSD’s requirements on the Spanish 3-4 exam or other language placement exam determined by TUHSD & KSD articulation agreement

TransitionAll Dual Language students will transition to

Norte beginning 2016- 2017 school year

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Questions and Answers

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Thank You

Thank you for attending!