https://padlet.com/tfuentes31/qlm3th7106knaals A brief description of the program and its benefits en-us 2021-05-10 00:47:02 UTC 2021-05-10 01:58:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4d4.png tfuentes31 https://padlet.com/tfuentes31/qlm3th7106knaals/wish/1507262349 Bilingual education, while commonly mistaken for ESL programs, is a statewide institute by which students of the same language are placed within their own supplemental classrooms. In it's simplest forms, bilingual classrooms can range from native spanish speaking students, to french and other dialects alike. In such settings, a bilingual instructor is often the leader of the classroom program. While majority of the time in the classroom is addressed in the native tongue, the instructor will occasionally introduce lessons in English in order to gradually build up the dialect over time. The bilingual program offers students a wide array of benefits and supplementary aids to maintain good academic standing in their schools. In this presentation, we will not only explore those benefits, but we will also broaden our understading of the importance of such programs in Texas schools. ]]> 2021-05-10 00:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tfuentes31/qlm3th7106knaals/wish/1507262349 tfuentes31 https://padlet.com/tfuentes31/qlm3th7106knaals/wish/1507286818 While the bilingual program has been institutionalized in the state, each district chooses to implement their programs according to what best accomdates the needs of their student demographics. Generally, the two programs, Dual and Transitional, give students the opportune process to study at the level by which the are best suited. Transitional administers the gradual inclusion of the adopted language and provides the general foundation of the vernacular; the goal here is to not stay at the base level. In a Dual Program, the lanuage is tested at a higher rate in an environement of functioning academia. This level provides students a two-way strategy of learning, where two language groups learn two languages, or a one-way strategy, where only one language group learns through two lanuages. 

In each of these programs, students are still challenged under the same academic standards as other students, engaging in the core curriculum, collaborative learning, and critical thinking practices. Throughout this time, students are reguired to study under the program for a series of 5-6 years; within each year, a classroom must foster the established lanuage while maintaining the use of the students' native tongue. 

Instructors are requried to know the primary language and certified in Bilingual Education under the EC-6 or 4-8 Generalist. ]]> 2021-05-10 01:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tfuentes31/qlm3th7106knaals/wish/1507286818 tfuentes31 https://padlet.com/tfuentes31/qlm3th7106knaals/wish/1507322901 There are an abundance of ways to foster a successful learning environement for students of bilingual identification, to which each strategy plays an important part. Perhaps some of the more common teaching techniques used in the classroom, surrounds the enrichment of open communication in group work and group discussion. Whether the groupwork is partnered with students of their own dialect, or students of the adopted lanuage, this strategy provides a foothold for other students to enage with each other and to dive deeper into classroom conversation. In other videos, educators often guage their assignments with language instruction in mind. Often times, instructors would utilize "translanuage": the implementation of both two linguistics in a conversation. These two efforts combined provide students the opportunity to engage in discussion and content by which their native tongue is considered and the desired dialect is taught. Additionally, setting standards are, in general, a healthy practice for which classroom strategies are built on. Each student, or the class as a whole, is asked to meet a certain language goal by the end of each week, month, semester, etc. Sentence framing is often used for english learners as a way to draw and create conclusions from text to picture. Subsequent to learning this, students develop questioning skills to provide a deeper level of thinking on high level academia.
This in combination with the Dual and Transitional Programs allows students to properly grasp the lanuage at hand according to their own level and pace by which they are ready to learn.]]> 2021-05-10 01:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tfuentes31/qlm3th7106knaals/wish/1507322901 tfuentes31 https://padlet.com/tfuentes31/qlm3th7106knaals/wish/1507370453 Parent involvement is conceivably one of the largest contributors to the overall sucess of a student indvidually. Despite there being defined ways for students to contribute to their learning goals, parents oftentimes a deciding factor in establishing the implementation of the program's basis in their own homes. In order to develop the lanuage skills that need to be acquired, parents must also propagate the use of these skills in the student's personal life. Schools can provide the foundation of these techniques in a given handbook to the parents in order to engage parent involvement within the program. 
In contrast, schools, out of my own personal experience, can also celebrate the diversity within their own community by instituting different "cultural celebrations". Cultural weeks are a frequented holiday in school districtt, with respect to a variety of cultures apart from the American one. Likewise, cultural celebrations such as Spanish fairs and holiday celebrations, multicultural bake sales and pot lucks, and things similar to it. In cultivating an environment welcoming to all backgrounds, schools can broaden their understanding of the demographic and allow parents to become actively invovled in school functions. Apart from this, a diversified school faculty and staff who comprehends the learning barriers are an easier identifier to work with the parents. ]]> 2021-05-10 01:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tfuentes31/qlm3th7106knaals/wish/1507370453