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Create a network for Polish educators to support Polish Seal of Biliteracy efforts

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I'm working on reaching out to local districts to consider having our own sort of Biliteracy day of presentations similar to BOCES upstate. That's my dream for our area's programs.

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Finding new ways or pathways to increase the number of Seal recipients.

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Next step is to celebrate! Then we will take a look at the long term data and find ways to promote the seal to include more studetns and more languages. I also want to share out committee responsibilities more equitably - with the increase in students come an increase in workload so we need to plan ahead for this :)

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Begin steps to further coordinate with the middle school to build the seal at the lower grades and further develop community connections in our amazing & diverse community!

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sending out information letters and sample application to grades 6-12 families to increase family involvement. Contacting colleges that students are accepting to in order to build community, embedding presentations in world language and English class curriculum, creating a video of previous presentations to share with stakeholders, connecting with seal of civic readiness coordinator.. doing in class presentations

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I am finally so ready to start the Seal at my school. I feel well informed and well prepared. Wonderful book club and collaboration. My team members shared u valuable information and experience. I’m grateful.

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Marisol Marcin

Continue to connect with local teachers to strengthen the language programs beyond graduation.

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Continue working, promoting, and implementing the Seal of Biliteracy.

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Colleen Clark-Apelanz

My next steps are to reach out to stakeholders in the community and within the school to give information on the Seal and let students and families know about it in order to increase participation from heritage speakers and make the Seal more equitable.

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Dayanara Garcia

I want to improve the organization of the SoBL team and have more clearly defined roles. I would like to improve the culminating projects timeline and reach out to community members. AND connect with you all for support! I need it!

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Try to promote the SEAL to more students including ELLs and heritage learners while streamlining the process to improve participation and celebrate students accomplishment!

-Lauren Santella

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Grow my list of Seal partners in the school first and then in the community. I hope to find more cheerleaders that can help me by encouraging the students to keep working towards their goals and checking in with them for their deadlines.

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Next step is start planning for next year, implementing all the great ideas I got from this amazing book study! Thank you

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I will put a committee together BEFORE we leave for summer break. I will also contact the neighboring district for help in starting the SEAL in my school.

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Immediate next step will be to debrief with other teachers at my school who have been participating in this book study.

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My next step is to use the next few weeks to promote the seal to 10th and 11th graders. I would also like to identify the students who are interested in earning the seal at an earlier date next year, so they can start their projects sooner!!

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Looking to increase our numbers overall and strengthen our promotion efforts

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Kerri-

Continue promoting SoBL in my classes. Ask for a SoBL bulletin board. Push the implementation planning process for September using pp.154-155.

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Christine S. - Continue to spread awareness in our school and community.

Find ways to determine which students that are not in WL courses might be eligible to earn the SoBl.

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As a teacher, start dialogue about embedding into curriculum and look at alignment between World Languages and ENL.

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Increase participation of students and involve more teachers

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Continue to find ways for our ELLs to earn the seal in their L1. Bring in more community awareness around our heritage speakers.

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I want to continue promoting and creating awareness while also making sure everyone involved in my school is on the same page.

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Short term:

1) Increase WL enrollment at the levels 4+

2) Connect heritage learners with opportunities to show their language skills

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My next steps are to share the document created today with the SEAL of Biliteracy committee in our building and to start to improve our promotion and outreach to students.

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I am feeling really motivated to revamp my Seal project. I want students to create a product based on their research that they can talk about. OR, I want to look into collecting products from many units to use in a portfolio as if they were designing a booth. Maybe even do an International Fair? My mind is blowing up with ideas!

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Elizabeth Needham

Next year, we will be working on creating our own "Celebration Day Model" to have all seal candidates present their culminating projects on the same day. This will make it a more ceremonious event, and it will reduce the time burden of scheduling multiple presentations over a several month period. We are excited to make these changes!

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Time line for efficiency.

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Our next step is to incorporate the culminating SEAL project into our dual credit level 4/5 courses!

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Next steps... a big one is to debrief with my teachers and work on ways to continue spreading the word about the Seal within our community.

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Ashley Stegner

I really enjoyed collaborating and working with teachers from other districts to learn what they are doing. Looking forward to adjusting how our school is growing and adjusting the Seal to reach more students!

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Looking to see how to Promote the Seal of Biliteracy throughout our school and refine the practices that we have in place.

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Student presentations at BOE, interactive bulletin board, menu of presentation options, family newsletter

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Continuing work on a timeline for promotion to get a good start on implementation

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Erin-Increasing participation next year and fine-tuning the work I did this year.

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I will find out who may be eligible for the Seal of Biliteracy (students)

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refining implementation to make it more efficient and successful