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Theresa Bruns Senior Director for Professional Development

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Standards-Based Education

1983 - A Nation at Risk publication

1989 – National Education Goals adopted

1994 – Standards based vision enacted

2001 - NCLB

2015 – Common Core

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Competing for Time and Funding

High Test Scores

Math

Language Arts

English

Science

Social Studies

Physical Education

Music Visual Arts

Penmanship

Financial Literacy

World Languages

Career Tech

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Foreign Language Education Decrease

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Elementary Middle School High school Higher Ed. Requirement

1997

2008

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Benefits of Learning a Second Language

Become smarter!

Build multitasking & decision-making skills

Stave off Alzheimer’s and dementia

Enhance memory & creativity

Boost empathy & cultural understanding

Better college & career prospects

Improve your English

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21st Century Skills

21st Century

Skills

Initiative and self direction

Information and Tech Literacy

Social and cross-

cultural skills

Communic-ation

Collaboration

Creativity and

Innovation

Critical Thinking

and Problem Solving

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Technology in the World Language Classroom

Bakia et al. (2012) discuss five ways in which online learning could increase educational productivity by improving the learning opportunities…online learning…

Broadens access to resources, experiences (flexibility/scalability)

Engages students in active learning

Individualizes and differentiates instruction

Personalizes learning

Maximizes the teacher’s and student’s time.

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• Flaherty, Colleen. Educators Share How No Child Left Behind Has Affected Their Classroom. February 20, 2015. http://educationvotes.nea.org/2015/02/20/educators-share-how-no-child-left-behind-has-affected-their- classroom/ (accessed January 11, 2017).

• ICEF Monitor. Foreign-Language Study in US Declines for First Time in 20 Years. February 17, 2015. http://monitor.icef.com/2015/02/foreign-language-study-us-declines-first-time-20-years/ (accessed January 11, 2017).

• Skorton, David & Altschuler, Glenn. America's Foreign language Deficit. August 27, 2012. http://www.forbes.com/sites/collegeprose/2012/08/27/americas-foreign-language-deficit/#2244aed2382f (accessed January 11, 2017).

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• Walker, Tim. The Testing Obsession and the Disappearing Curriculum. September 2, 2014. http://neatoday.org/2014/09/02/the-testing-obsession-and-the-disappearing-curriculum-2 / (accessed January 11, 2017).

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• Zubrzycki, Jaclyn. U.S. Education Woes Threaten national Security, Report Says. March 20, 2012. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/03/20/26security.h31.html (accessed January 11, 2017).

Delaware’s World Language Expansion Initiative

Michael Watson

Chief Academic Officer Delaware Department of Education

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World Languages Continue to Expand

Governor’s World Language Expansion Initiative: Preparing a Globally Competitive Delaware Workforce (2011)

• 10-year initiative

• Advanced-level student language proficiency

• Immersion Education

• Middle School Expansion

• Shift to Proficiency in Secondary Schools

• Languages as Career/ Workplace Skills

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World Language Immersion

2016-17 2017-18

Districts 11 73%

12 80%

Schools 22 18%

32 27%

Students 2800+ 1 in 11

Kindergarteners

4000+ 1 in 7

Kindergarteners

Grades K-4 (5*) K-5 (6*) Middle School

Launch (Spanish)

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Immersion Enrollment Growth

619

1130

1991

2819

3731

5119

6751

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Immersion Enrollment

Immersion Enrollment

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Middle School Blended Language Learning

• 7th and 8th graders

• Self-paced, proficiency-based online courses

• 2 face-to-face visits per week from language coach

• Classroom facilitator monitors and guides learners

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High School Focus on Languages as Career and Workplace Skills

• Graduation Requirement for All Students

– Demonstrated proficiency option

• Functional usage

• Proficiency targets with Refreshed Standards

• Real-world contexts with CTE Connections

• Certificate of Multiliteracy

Weybridge Elementary School Christina Johnston, Principal

Developing Communicative Competence and Cross-Cultural Engagement

A World Language Program for all students based on the “five C’s” of the national foreign language standards - communication, culture, connections, comparisons, and communities.

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21st Century Skills Map

Developed through a year-long collaborative process, spear-headed by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and P21, this map reflects the collective effort of hundreds of World Language teachers and illustrates the integration of World Languages and 21st Century Skills. This map provides educators, administrators and policymakers with concrete examples of how 21st Century Skills can be integrated into core subjects. www.P21.org March 2011

Designed in cooperation with the nation’s world language educators.

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Aligning World Readiness Standards for Learning Languages with the Common Core Standards

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) August 2013

Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects • Reading • Writing • Speaking and Listening • Language

World Readiness Standards for Learning Languages Three Modes of Communication: • Interpersonal • Interpretive • Presentational

ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines • Novice • Intermediate • Advanced

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Common Core ELA Capacities

• Demonstrates command of standard English and acquires and uses a wide-range vocabulary. • Listens attentively to gain both general and discipline-specific knowledge. • Is an engaged and open-minded - but discerning - listener. • When speaking, strives to make his/her meaning clear to the listener. • Uses technology and digital media strategically and capably. • Comes to understand other perspectives and cultures.

Capabilities of the literate individual - indicators

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Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice

• Makes sense of problems and perseveres in solving them.

• Attends to precision.

• Challenges himself/herself to communicate precisely with others.

• Looks for and makes use of structure.

A mathematically proficient student:

• Engaging in argument from evidence.

• Obtaining, evaluating, and communication information.

Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices

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Table 1: C3 Framework Organization

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards (2013)

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Table 2: Dimension 2 – Applying Disciplinary Tools and Concepts

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards (2013)

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