Dual Language Program

  • Nuestros programas de Lenguaje Dual en español

    Los programas de educación bilingüe están diseñados para permitir que los aprendices del idioma inglés que comparten un idioma nativo común tengan acceso al plan de estudios general del estado y mejoren su dominio tanto del inglés como de su idioma nativo. El Distrito Escolar Independiente de Pflugerville ha implementado un modelo de programa de lenguaje dual para abordar las necesidades de instrucción de los estudiantes del idioma inglés.

    Los programas de lenguaje dual se pueden implementar a través de modelos unidireccionales y bidireccionales. 

    • Los programas de una dirección consisten únicamente en hablantes nativos de español. Todos están aprendiendo inglés colectivamente, de una manera: del español al inglés. Hay 11 escuelas primarias en Pflugerville ISD con programas bilingües unidireccionales para estudiantes que están aprendiendo inglés en PK-5. Son las escuelas primarias Ruth Barron, Caldwell, Copperfield, Wilhelmina Delco, Dessau, Highland Park, Parmer Lane, Pflugerville Elementary, Riojas, River Oaks y Spring Hill.

    • Los programas bidireccionales consisten en hablantes nativos de español y hablantes nativos de inglés. Ambos grupos están aprendiendo un segundo idioma, de dos maneras: de inglés a español y de español a inglés. Los programas bidireccionales se ofrecen en las escuelas primarias Ruth Barron, Caldwell, Highland Park, Riojas, y si tenemos bastante interés para el año que viene, River Oaks. 

    Our Dual Language Programs

    Bilingual Education Programs are designed to allow Emergent Bilinguals  who share a common home language to access the State’s general curriculum and improve their proficiency of both English and their home language. Pflugerville Independent School District has implemented a Dual Language program model to address the instructional needs of Emergent Bilinguals. 

    Dual Language Programs can be implemented through One-Way and Two-Way models. 

    • One-way programs consist of students whose home language is primarily Spanish. They are all collectively learning English, one way: from Spanish to English. The campuses that have one-way classes are Ruth Barron, Caldwell, Copperfield, Wilhelmina Delco, Dessau, Highland Park, Parmer Lane, Pflugerville Elementary, Riojas, River Oaks and Spring Hill.  
    • Two-way programs consist of both students whose home language is primarily Spanish and students whose home language is other than Spanish.  Both groups are learning an additional language, two ways: from English to Spanish and Spanish to English. The campuses with two way programs are Ruth Barron, Caldwell, Highland Park, Riojas, and if we have enough future participants, River Oaks. 

     

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Dual Language Program Goals, Curriculum & Assessment

  • Dual Language Program Goals

    • To promote and develop biliteracy and bilingualism in Spanish and English for Emergent Bilinguals  and all other students participating in the PfISD Dual Language Immersion Program.

    • To facilitate student high academic achievement in all content areas in Spanish and English. Specifically, students will be on grade level in reading in their home language while simultaneously growing their abilities to speak, listen, read, and write in their partner language. 

    • To meet the affective needs of the students by developing multiculturalism through partnerships with students, families, teachers, and administrators to create an inclusive environment with equitable practices for all members of the PfISD community regardless of linguistic or cultural background. 

    Curriculum and Assessment

    • Instructional Framework: Students participating in the PfISD DL program follow an instructional framework that fosters biliteracy. 

    • Support for Reading: If the campus instructional support team identifies a need for your child to receive additional reading support, it is customary for students to receive this reading intervention in their home language. 

    • District Assessments: Throughout the year, instruction and assessments take place in both languages in order to measure students’ progress towards biliteracy.

    • STAAR Assessment: Students begin to take state assessments once they reach third grade. The Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC) makes STAAR language testing decisions. 

Two-Way Dual Language Campuses

  • Barron ES
  • Caldwell ES
  • Highland Park ES
  • Riojas ES