"A goal of the Global California initiative is that by 2030, 50 percent of students in K-12 will be proficient in two or more languages. To achieve this goal, the Carpinteria Unified School District (CUSD) has implemented bilingual and biliteracy programs at the elementary school level. CUSD uses the Dual Language Immersion and the Foreign Language in Elementary School language models. " www.coastalview.com/opinion/bilingual-and-biliterate/article_c41e653e-dfd6-11e9-86ad-9307e595ecd1...
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Global California 2030 is the newest initiative and call to action of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, and it’s mission “is to equip students with world language skillsAnnouncing the 2017-2018 Seal of Biliteracy National Report! Search here for an update on MO: sealofbiliteracy.org/research/2019-National-Seal-of-Biliteracy-Report/ .... In totaly, there were 99,595 students who received their state's Seal of Biliteracy in 2018, representing 66 languages - wow!!!
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The Seal of Biliteracy is an award given by a school, district, or state in recognition of students who have studied and attained proficiency in two or more languages."The Seal of Biliteracy movement started in California in 2009 as a grassroots movement to address the language equity for English Learner students and prepare all students for global citizenship. As of March 1, 2019, thirty-six states plus Washington, D.C. established their state Seal of Biliteracy.
In 2018, 99,595 students received their state Seal of Biliteracy, representing 66 world languages including: American Sign Language, Arabic, Albanian, Amharic, Bosnian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bambara, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chin, Chinese (Cantonese),Chinese (Mandarin), Croatian, Dari, Dutch, Farsi/Persian, Filipino/Tagalog, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Keres, Korean, Latin, Lithuanian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tigrinya, Tiwa, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, and Zuni. The students who received the Seal of Biliteracy represented about 2.78% of all high school graduates in 2018.
The state with the most Seal of Biliteracy recipients is California, with 55,609 students who received the California Seal of Biliteracy in 2018. North Carolina has the second highest number of students who received the Seal of Biliteracy with 9,291, about 9% of high school graduates in 2018 in that state. Illinois has 7,601 students who received the Illinois Seal of Biliteracy and 4,328 received the commendation toward biliteracy. Washington has the most diverse languages — 59 languages in total.
You can read the full 18-page 2019 National Seal of Biliteracy report at sealofbiliteracy.org/research/2019-National-Seal-of-Biliteracy-Report/. Find out how many students received the Seal of Biltieracy in your state, and what languages they were awarded."
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The Seal of Biliteracy is an award given by a school, district, or state in recognition of students who have studied and attained proficiency in two or more languages.Iowa Public Radio
Teaching English Language Learners in Iowa
The population of Denison, IA is growing and becoming more diverse. About half of the students in the Denison schools are ELs. In this 30-minute audio story, EL educators discuss the increasing role of EL education in Denison and how well the schools’ EL and dual language programs are serving students.
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Teaching English Language Learners In Iowa
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Denison, Iowa has changed a lot over the past 20 years. While many small towns have been shrinking, Denison's population has increased and the town hasBilingual parent liaison helps Hispanic parents participate
Teresa Elmore is a bilingual parent liaison at Brewbaker Primary in Montgomery, AL. This article summarizes the important role that she has in bridging the gap Spanish-speaking parents face when interacting with the school. As a bilingual parent liaison, Teresa translates documents, interprets for parents at large school meetings and IEP meetings. She supports individual Spanish-speaking families and students in many ways that go beyond the school (e.g., accompanying a parent to the hospital with a child who has seizures). The school principal reported parent involvement has increased due to Teresa’s efforts.
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Bilingual parent liaison helps Hispanic parents participate
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Teresa Elmore walked calmly from the Brewbaker Primary cafeteria to the office and back again during the school's open house just before the year started.