This workshop is intended for school and district leaders (to include principals, assistant principals, and teacher leaders) who are seeking to deepen their practical understanding of the positive impact that bilingualism has on student achievement, as well as the importance of ensuring program and language equity, in order to create a campus culture where bilingualism, biliteracy, and multicultural competence thrive.

Framed by the CAL publication, Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education, this workshop provides information and tools to help school leaders gain a solid understanding of the benefits of dual language education, explore how they can develop a program that promotes student success on their campus, and increase their impact as leaders.

Objectives:

• Identify the key components and benefits of effective dual language education programs.
• Apply strategies that promote language and cultural equity to support bilingualism, biliteracy, academic achievement, and sociocultural competence.
• Analyze their current school or district policies and practices to determine areas for growth in dual language programming.
• Develop an action plan to strengthen or expand dual language program implementation in their context.

Institute Agenda (for 2-day events)

Day 1

• Welcome
• Program Structure: Models, Goals & Research
• Curriculum & Instruction for Biliteracy
• Assessment: Measuring Biliteracy and Academic Growth
• Synthesis & Reflection

Day 2

• Welcome
• Staff Quality: Recruiting, Developing & Retaining DLE Educators
• Family & Community Engagement: Building an Equity-centered DLE Culture
• Support & Resources: Policies, Systems & Sustainability
• Action Planning Across Seven Strands
• Closing

NOTE: Each day includes a 60-minute lunch break at the midpoint.