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It could help bridging concepts between two languages

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Focuses more on one language, compared to an even split between the two languages of instruction

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It draws on knowledge students have from their first language to help build their second language

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it could help students connect with a wider variety of people

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it could help students connect with a wider variety of people

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PRO

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if they don't know Spanish to begin with, it could be difficult to understand at first.

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Parents may fear that the students may fall behind academically and not develop strong literacy skills in language.

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Elementary is self contained 1-2 teachers

Middle and High school departmentalized multiple teachers

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Middle and high school focus on 50/50 dual language model. Elementary is 1 or 2 teacher while middle/high school is more teachers

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In ElEd classrooms are more likely to be self contained, high school uses multiple teachers. Also in El ed language division is time based but period based later on

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Elementary: are usually self-contained and are beginning to develop academic content in both the L1 and the L2

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Earlier grades are also working on more behavior and school expectations as well compared to higher grades.

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Earlier grades are also working on more behavior and school expectations as well compared to higher grades.

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Middle/High Schools: there are content area teachers.

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Provide information, send home information.

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Provide information, send home information.

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Parent newsletters throughout the year so they know what is going on in the classroom

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Parent newsletters throughout the year so they know what is going on in the classroom

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Getting the community more involved: allowing them to come into the school and volunteer, conduct seminars, allow the parents utilize their home language with the students.

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Hosting events at school for families to come to get the parents and families engaged

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Have informational sessions for parents to ask questions
Have ways for parents to volunteer

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Including families in the planning process of the program.
Participate in dual language school visits and information sessions, discussions and planning sessions.

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Bring the parents into the classroom for an activity so they can see what it looks like in the classroom. 

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Bring the parents into the classroom for an activity so they can see what it looks like in the classroom. 

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To Understand the Benefits: provide a newsletter and/or handout in multiple different languages that the families and community speak.

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They are able to observe and see how it works.

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They are able to observe and see how it works.

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You can bounce ideas off of one another, seeing what works and what does not work.

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they could get new ideas for their program and get a sense of how the program is implemented and what it takes to implement the program

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Learning the good and bad from other schools programs and discover where they can improve. Visiting new and older programs

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Schools can learn from each other and the community by comparing strategies and seeing what works well.

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Getting new ideas for your program, ways to make it better. Make connections to collaborate in the future (pen pals) 

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Getting new ideas for your program, ways to make it better. Make connections to collaborate in the future (pen pals) 

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student population need

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Linguistic Demographics

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student population
resources of the school
family commitment
district/state policies

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What best fits the needs of the students, the type of staff at the school

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What best fits the needs of the students, the type of staff at the school

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Make sure it avoids stereotypes and appropriately addresses students

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Avoiding books that portray stereotypes of certain backgrounds.

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not everything is authentic
need to careful of stereotypes
focus on asset-based literature

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To make sure the the literature is accurate and not stereotyping a culture

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To make sure the the literature is accurate and not stereotyping a culture

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Make sure they find materials that can represent all kinds of people.

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Make sure they find materials that can represent all kinds of people.

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To make sure that the books are culturally relevant and applicable. Making sure that the books do not illustrate false information to the students.