Programa de Doble Inmersión

Hedenkamp Elementary

Hedenkamp SpanishSpanish Dual Immersion Program

¿Qué es un programa de inmersión?

What is an immersion program? • Serves both language minority and

language majority students concurrently. • Two language groups are put together

and instruction is delivered through both languages.

• For example… Spanish Immersion here at Hedenkamp.

• The goals of the program are for both groups to become biliterate, succeed academically, and develop cross-cultural understanding (Howard, 2001).

Declaración de misiónDual Immersion Program Mission Statement

Hedenkamp’s Dual Immersion Program is committed to providing an

academically challenging and language rich standards-based

curriculum to ensure that all students will become bilingual, biliterate and

bicultural. Children of all races, cultures and socioeconomic

backgrounds will be prepared to contribute to a complex, diverse

global community.

Programas de inmersión Immersion Programs

The two most well-known programs

•50/50 (dual literacy K-6)•90/10

Hedenkamp adopted a 90/10 Spanish Immersion program,

starting inKindergarten, July 2004.

¿Por qué un programa de 90/10?Why a 90/10 program?

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English Learners Long Term K-12 Achievement on Standardized Tests

in English Reading Compared Across Seven Program Models

California Department of Education

Language Policy and Leadership Office Thomas & Collier, 2000

LOCAL STATISTICS

First cohort at Nestor Language Academy:

• Last year, in 10th grade, took the CAHSEE for the first time and 100% of them passed (both reading and math).

• About 60% were ELL’s when they entered Nestor and 3 went through Sp. Ed. (speech and/or RSP).

2006 CAHSEE Results10th Grade TWI

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School Statistics CST-Math

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¿Qué enseñan en el programa de Inmersion?

What is taught in the Spanish Immersion program?

• All classes are taught standardsdeveloped by the State of California foreach grade level. These standards aretaught through district-wide adoptedcurriculum available in both Spanish andEnglish. • Depending on percentages for his/hergrade your child will receive that instruction(the same in any other class), while the language may be different.

Curriculum

K.2 Students recognize national and state symbols and icons such as the national and state flags, the bald eagle, and the Statue of Liberty.

In every kindergarten class students will learn to identify national symbols.

In Spanish Immersion classes they learn the exact same facts but all in Spanish. Teachers are trained in Strategies that incorporate TPR, GLAD, Sheltered Instruction and Scaffolding to deliver information in a manner that is most comprehensible to Spanish learners.

Retos?Challenges?

Kindergarten can be a challenge for any child.

You know your child best.

The very nature of adding another language to the mix of factors for Kindergarten can be very rewarding but also challenging to some children.

¿Cómo es el programa de Kinder?

What does this program look like in Kindergarten?

• Spanish role model = Main Teacher• Bilingual role model = Partner Teacher• 15 minutes oral English Language

Development

Student Class Compostion:

1) 50% Spanish 50% English

2) 33% Spanish 33% English

33% Bilingual

¿Cómo es el programa de Hedenkamp?

What does this program look like at

Hedenkamp?

• Kindergarten: 90% Spanish, 10% English• 1st Grade: 90% Spanish, 10% English • 2nd Grade: 80% Spanish, 20% English• 3rd Grade: 70% Spanish, 30% English• 4th Grade: 60% Spanish, 40% English• 5th Grade: 50% Spanish, 50% English• 6th Grade: 50% Spanish, 50% English

Closer Look at the

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Informational Resources

• www.cal.org• http://www.cal.org/twi/directory/• http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/standards.asp• www.wordreference.com

• Parent email/phone tree• 501 verbs• A comprehensive Spanish-English Dictionary

– LAROUSSE or VELASQUEZ

Assessments

All Immersion students will be required by state law to take

the CST in 2-6th grade in English.

Parent Committment

The Spanish Immersion program is a 7 year commitment.

A language takes 5-7 years to develop at near-native fluency. While you see a great deal of

growth early on, this does NOT indicate that your child is

Bilingual and Biliterate, yet.

VideoA brief look into some of our classrooms to see it in action.