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Three-component implementation pattern for dual language programs

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Description

Table 2 of the report describes three components of dual language program implementation: program leadership and support (a school leadership team of teachers and administrative staff overseeing model selection, development, and evaluation, with district or state training and funding); hiring and training linguistically and culturally competent teachers in both languages; and aligned curriculum, assessments, and instruction in both languages, including a scope and sequence aligned across subjects and grades in both languages.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Schools establish a school leadership team consisting of teachers and administrative staff responsible for selecting, advocating for, and overseeing the program model.
  • Teachers must be trained on how students develop bilingualism and biliteracy and, especially for two-way programs, learn how to incorporate student cultural and linguistic backgrounds into instruction.
  • Schools develop or adopt a scope and sequence and ensure alignment of the curriculum across subjects and grades in both languages.

Constraints

  • Neither study provides specific information about the implementation of the school leadership team, and one study does not provide information on how the schools were supported.

Target Learners

  • elementary and middle school students in one-way and two-way dual language programs

Learning Goals

  • bilingualism and biliteracy
  • academic language development across content areas

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • What Works Clearinghouse, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (2023, December). Dual language programs. https://whatworks.ed.gov
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