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WORLD LANGUAGES & CLICK TO EDIT INTERNATIONALIZATION MASTER TITLE STYLE UPDATE School Board Work Session July 16, 2018 1 World Languages/Internationalization Working Group Met from November 2013 to June 2014 Included

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CLICK TO EDIT MASTER TITLE STYLE WORLD LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONALIZATION UPDATE

School Board Work Session July 16, 2018

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World Languages/Internationalization Working Group

  • Met from November 2013 to June 2014
  • Included Leadership Team members, school-based staff, and

parent and community representatives

  • Charged with developing recommendations to expand World

Language opportunities in FCPS

  • Presented recommendations to the School Board in 2014
  • Recommendations focused on options for providing every

FCPS student the opportunity to learn a World Language and

  • pportunities for international learning experiences

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Highlights of Accomplishments

  • Developed and implemented new Language Through Content

(LTC) curriculum grade K-6

  • Developed an expanded model for middle school immersion

which allows content coursework to be continued in the target language

  • Added division-wide high school course offerings through

academy and online campus program (Arabic, Chinese and Korean)

  • Implemented Virginia Seal of Biliteracy for graduating seniors
  • Implemented the Global Classroom Project which connects

FCPS students with students around the world to engage in shared learning experiences of relevance and importance to both groups

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CLICK TO EDIT MASTER TITLE STYLE Elementary Immersion Program Recommendations:

Expand School-Based Two-Way Immersion Programs and Offer World Languages Immersion Programs in Critical Languages (e.g. Chinese, Arabic)

Division-Wide Lottery Programs

  • 13 schools
  • 5 languages

(French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish)

School-Based Programs

  • 4 schools
  • Spanish
  • All two-way

immersion model

  • High potential for

expansion (27 schools eligible in Spanish)

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CLICK TO EDIT MASTER TITLE STYLE Elementary Immersion Program Benefits

  • Develops cognitive flexibility (executive functioning skills),

correlated with higher achievement, and promotes intercultural competence

  • Highly effective model in enhancing student achievement for both

target language speakers and target language learners (Two-way)

  • Two-way school-based model is cost effective

Challenges

  • Teacher recruitment due scarcity of bilingual, elementary licensed

teachers

  • Student attrition due to mobility or participation in other programs

such as Advanced Academics

  • Competing school priorities (especially at high needs schools)

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CLICK TO EDIT MASTER TITLE STYLE Foreign Language in Elementary(FLES) Program Recommendations:

Replace the FLES program with a FLES/LTC (Language through Content

  • STEAM) Program and Provide a LTC program for elementary students

currently not receiving world languages instruction.

Curriculum Development

  • Fully implemented in

September 2017

  • 28 project based

units of study across 7 grade levels translated into 8 languages

Program Expansion

  • 55 schools in SY

2018-19 (increase

  • f 12 schools since

SY 2013-14)

  • Arabic, Chinese,

French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish

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Benefits

  • Develops functional language proficiency
  • Improves cognitive abilities, positively influences

achievement in other disciplines, correlated with higher achievement test scores

  • Fosters an awareness, respect, and appreciation of

global diversity

Challenges

  • Hiring licensed teachers
  • Redistributing “specials” staffing allocation to include a

FLES/LTC teacher

  • Competing priorities such as STEAM

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CLICK TO EDIT MASTER TITLE STYLE Middle School Course Offering Recommendation:

Condense and Enhance Middle School World Languages Offerings

Introductory Courses

  • Being phased out

as course offering

  • Intro to French

and Intro to Spanish offered at middle schools with grade 6 Two Year Sequence to Level 1 Credit

  • Includes Level 1

Part A and Level 1 Part B

  • Accessible

pathway for all students to build strong foundational language skills and enter grade 9 with a high school credit. Full Level 1 Course

  • Available to

students from ES immersion programs starting in grade 7

  • Open to all in

grade 8

  • Piloting for all

students in grade 7 at few schools

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CLICK TO EDIT MASTER TITLE STYLE High School Recommendation:

Expand World Languages Access in High School

Online Campus

  • Chinese, Korean,

Spanish

  • Accessible by all

students

  • Course

development potential Academy

  • Arabic, Chinese,

Korean

  • Fairfax HS and

Marshall HS

  • Staffing & travel

period challenges Virtual/ Distance Learning

  • New technology
  • Arabic, ASL,

German

  • Piloting with

teacher PD

  • Shared staffing

challenges

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Global Classroom Project

  • Collaborative project between ISD (PreK-12 Curriculum and Instruction

and ESOL Services) and pilot schools across FCPS

  • Promotes global learning by connecting FCPS students with students

around the world

  • Exposes students to global collaboration where they build cultural

understanding, communication skills, and knowledge and awareness of the wider world Impacts/Benefits:

  • Student growth in Portrait of a Graduate Skills through implementation of

the Global Classroom

  • Teacher growth in the FCPS Learning Model practices through

implementation of the Global Classroom

Internationalization Recommendation:

Expand student international learning experiences

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CLICK TO EDIT MASTER TITLE STYLE Global Classroom in Action!

Students from Braddock ES visit the Embassy of Guatemala to engage in a special private session on culture and history! Content: Plant Life and Simple Machines Portrait of Graduate attribute: Sustainability Content Enrichment UN Global Goal connection: Climate Action Fourth grade students from Centreville ES present their research on Costa

  • Rica. Students made connections

between their current curriculum and what their peers learn in Costa Rica. Content: Language Arts Portrait of Graduate attribute: Content Enrichment Cultural Proficiency UN Global Goal connection: Quality Education

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CLICK TO EDIT MASTER TITLE STYLE Global Classroom Performance-Based Assessments

Students at London Towne ES presenting their final proposals of their solutions on how to cope with the negative effects of the human impact

  • n oceans.

Content: Oceans Unit Portrait of Graduate attribute: Global and Ethical Citizen; Collaborator, Creative and Critical Thinker UN Global Goal connection: Life Below Water Students at Fox Mill ES participating in a Socratic Seminar with the guiding question of “How does where we live impact what we learn?” Students compared US school curriculum to what is studied in Japanese schools. Content: all content areas Portrait of Graduate attribute: Global and Ethical Citizen; Collaborator UN Global Goal connection: Quality Education

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Global Classroom Share Fair 2018

  • In June 2018, Global Classroom innovation teams participated in a

Share Fair that showcased their project work with international partner schools.

  • Participants shared successes and learning experiences with both

current and future Global Classroom schools in preparation of their new and continuing partnerships in SY 2018-19.

Global Classroom teachers from Carson MS share the Performance Based Assessment they developed for English learners at Carson MS and in Spain. Teachers and guests view Global Classroom projects that were developed over the course of the school year and provide feedback on each others’ work.

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CLICK TO EDIT MASTER TITLE STYLE ESOL Library Global Citizen Project

A relaunch of the former, Global Awareness Technology Project (GATP) for high school ESOL Level 2 and 3 students

  • Inspired by the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development, also known as the Global Goals
  • Guided Inquiry Design has been use to prepare lessons for teachers to use through the research

process for students to design a solution or advocacy plan for a high interest community or globally- related issue

  • Lessons, resources and tools have been prepared to guide teachers and to support all PoG

attributes, with a special focus on ethical and global citizenship

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Board Policy Considerations:

  • To what extent is expansion of elementary

world language programs a Board priority?

  • To what extent would the Board prioritize

additional funding for world language program expansion?

  • To what extent does the Board prioritize

diversity of world languages offered in FCPS?

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