Secondary Dual Language
Guiding
Principles Project
The purpose of this project is to develop a set of guiding principles that provide proper model design and implementation criteria for middle and high school dual language programs. The designers of this set of guiding principles will be dual language researchers, practitioners, teachers, students, and parents. It is hoped that school districts who embrace the promise of K-12 dual language enrichment programs will find this document useful in their program design and implementation.
Organizers: Denise Sandy-Sánchez and David Rogers
Project Timeline
Secondary Dual Language Guiding Principles Project – Organizational Meeting
Site: La Cosecha 2007
Date/Time: Thursday, November 15, 2007, 4:00-6:00pm
Link:http://www.dlenm.org/archive/2007/lacosecha/2007.html
Purpose/Outcomes: The purpose for this organizational meeting is to provide an overview of the process that will be used to review and suggest modifications to the Guiding Principles so that they address the needs of secondary dual language programs. Using a defined protocol, interested participants will volunteer to review the Guiding principles and Key Points for one of the seven strands. Feedback will be collected and disaggregated electronically. Feedback collected from this review of the guiding principles, including suggested modifications for secondary programs, will be the focus of discussion and work of the Secondary Dual Language Summit on January 23 & 24, 2008.
Guiding Principle Review, Selection, Modification
Site: Individual
Date/Time: On-going – January - April 25, 2008
Link: Guiding Principles Discussion Chart (Guiding Principles Discussion Chart – Cross-Cultural Strand)
Purpose/Outcomes: The purpose is for participants to review the Guiding Principles and Key Points, for the strand that they select or were assigned, and electronically document on the Guiding Principles Discussion Chart their thoughts and suggested modifications for secondary dual language programs. These comments and suggestions will be used as a basis for the discussions and the work at the Secondary Dual Language Guiding Principles Summit in January.
Secondary Dual Language Guiding Principles Summit
Site: Dual Language Education of New Mexico Office
Date/Time: January 24, 2008
Link: Summit Info Flier and Registration
Map: Map of Dual Language Education of New Mexico
Purpose/Outcomes: The purposes for this session are 1. to discuss the goals and non-negotiables for secondary dual language programs and how these impact the review process and the recommendations to the current Dual Language Guiding Principles document so that it is more applicable to secondary programs and 2. participate in the process of reviewing the current Dual Language Guiding Principles document and making recommendations.