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LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM
WORLD LANGUAGE IMMERSION PATHWAYS
GOALS OF IMMERSION
Areas Goals Achievements
Linguistic
Students communicate fluently in the target language about topics appropriate to their age level.
H.S. Carnegie UnitsAP Courses
Academic
Students perform as well as their non-immersion peers in all areas of the curriculum; achieve such proficiency in the target language and in English that they are able to continue their studies in both languages.
LEAP and iLEAP DRA EDUSOFT
Cultural
Students acquire greater knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of cultures.
Attitudes toward InterculturalismGlobal Competency
CHARACTERISTICS OF IMMERSION
• Additive bilingualism• Content instruction in target language at least
60% of the school day
• Teachers fully proficient in the language they use for instruction
• Strong support for the majority language in the community at large
• Clear and sustained separation of languages during instructional time
IMMERSION MODELS
• Early Immersion √
• Late immersion √
• Partial Immersion √
• Total Immersion √
• One-way immersion √
• Two-way immersion √
IMMERSION FACTS
Immersion is not a « program », a special course, or an add-on.
It is a pathway, a different way to educate students in the same content as their non-immersion peers.
“We are going to the same place, we are simply using a different route.”
IMMERSION STUDENT POPULATION
Source: the Picard Center
ACADEMIC RESULTS IN IMMERSION
Source: the Picard Center: Preliminary Results
ACADEMIC RESULTS IN IMMERSION
80%
97%92% 90% 93%
98%
69% 72%68% 66%
70% 68%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade 6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
LPSS 3rd-8th Grade Students Scoring Basic and Above on iLEAP and LEAP ELA (2011-12)
LPSS Immersion Students LPSS Non-Immersion Students
Source: Picard Center: Preliminary results
World Language Immersion Pathways 2012-13
Elementary Immersion French French Spanish Chinese
PrairieÉvangelin
e Myrtle S.J.M. A.
Boucher A. BoucherA.
Bouchertotal 361 189 98 45 31 151 36
Middle School Immersion
Paul Breaux Middle World Languages Academy
French Spanish
total 175 22
High School Advanced Language Courses
Lafayette High School
total
50 to 75
Current Total (French): 974 Current Total (all Languages): 1183
2016
20152014
WHERE WE ARE NOW
WHAT THE COMMUNITY THINKS
• In favor of immersion in general• Specifically in favor of immersion• Beginning in Pre-K• In a stand alone school setting• In a Pre-K through 8th grade stand alone
setting• Continuing in high school
“I’d enroll him anyway!” (anonymous)
Sources: Phone survey / Internet survey / Fall Frenzy survey
MANAGING COMPLEX CHANGE
Vision Skills Incentive Resources
Action Plan
4500 immersio
n students
in 6 yearsPre-K
through12th
grade
Research
Communication
Instructional
Administrative
Student Scores
State Certification
(Act 212)
Leader in immersion Education
Facilities
Human Resources
Transport’n
Material and
Equipment
Academics
6 year plan
1st three years:
model implementation
HOW TO GET THERE
Graphics by the Picard Center
HOW TO GET THERE
Graphics by the Picard Center
HOW TO GET THERE
Graphics by the Picard Center
HOW TO GET THERE
Graphics by the Picard Center
REZONING ISSUES
• Rezoning Myrtle Place (phase 1- Year 1): 206 students (includes 28 Special Education students)
• Rezoning Lafayette Middle (phase 2 – Year 4): 400 mid. school students mainly from Boucher & SJM
BUDGET ISSUES: FACILITIES
Phase One: Years 1 – 3
•Opening Spanish and Chinese immersion at Plantation
•Rezoning Myrtle
•Expanding at Prairie, Evangeline, and Lafayette High
BUDGET ISSUES: FACILITIES
Phase Two: Years 4 – 6 •Transforming Boucher and SJM into PreK-8 sites
•Transforming Prairie into two sites (immersion/non immersion) PreK-5th gr or PreK-8th grade
•Transforming Evangeline and Acadian into two sites (immersion/non immersion) PreK-5th gr or PreK-8th grade
•Opening new school on the south side
•Opening ULL/LPSS international high school
BUDGET ISSUES: SALARIES
Current immersion setting: 3 teachers for 2 sections
+ + = +
Consolidated and larger setting: 4 teachers for 3 sections
+ + + = + +
BUDGET ISSUES: SALARIES
• Foreign Associate Teachers (FATs) have a fixed salary between $43,000 and $45,000
• Most do not contribute into TRSL for the first two years of their stay (24.5% of a salary)
• LPSS receives $20,000 per FAT above and beyond MFP allocation (J1 and H1 B visas)
• LPSS will receive the same $20,000 for any local “Escadrille Louisiane” graduate
In many cases, 1 teacher = $23,000 yearly salary cost
BUDGET ISSUES: TRANSPORTATION
• Consolidating at Myrtle will have limited effects on transportation
• Moving middle school immersion to LMS site will make immersion more central than at current PBMS site
• Opening new sites on the south side will reduce transportation needs
PRICELESS IMPROVEMENTS
•Increased student opportunities
•Increased student exposure to the target languages
•Increased program efficiency
•Increased teacher efficacy
•Increased administrator efficacy
•Increased student achievement
•Increased visibility of the pathways
•Invaluable research
•Public satisfaction
TASKFORCE PARTICIPANTS
• Legislators
• School Board Members
• Immersion Parents
• ULL
• Picard Center
• LDOE
• French Community
• Hispanic Community
• Chinese Community
• Immersion Teachers
• Immersion Administrators
• Central Office Personnel
FRENCH AND BEYOND
LDOE & CODOFIL Campaign – Graphics by Megan Barra