Educating for Global Competence: Biliteracy for Santa Clara County Schools ELAC February 5, 2016 Vickie Anderson Biliteracy Coordinator Yee Wan, Ed.D. Director, Multilingual Education Services

Goal Promote the value of multilingualism in the 21 st century as we prepare California students to attain global competence. 2 Educating for Global Competence: Biliteracy for California Schools

Guiding Premise #1 Whether EL students are enrolled in alternative bilingual or mainstream English programs, all California educators have the dual obligation to provide EL students with meaningful access to grade-level academic content via appropriate instruction and to support students to develop academic English language proficiency. Educating for Global Competence: Biliteracy for California Schools 3

Guiding Premise #2 Biliteracy or multiliteracy is an important 21 st century skill Efforts can be made for promoting biliteracy for all Educating for Global Competence: Biliteracy for California Schools 4

2014 English Language Arts and English Language Development Framework values biliteracy defines these 21 st century skills: – Critical Thinking – Creativity and Innovation – Communication and Collaboration – Global Awareness and Competence – Technological Savvy Educating for Global Competence: Biliteracy for California Schools 5 Chapter 10 pages 28-29

Collaborative Discussion What systems do you have in place in your district to encourage maintenance of all students’ home languages and/or to motivate the study of additional languages? Educating for Global Competence: Biliteracy for California Schools 6

Strategies for Promoting Biliteracy Educating for Global Competence: Biliteracy for California Schools 7 LCAP Red Carpet Tour

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Highlights from the Chinese Star Contest Educating for Global Competence: Biliteracy for California Schools 10

Biliteracy Menu of Services Customized trainings for your district or school are available in the following areas: ● Common Core Standards en Espanol/Linguistic Augmentations ● Integrated and Designated ELD/SLD ● Biliteracy in a dual language setting ● Professional development for choosing and implementing adopted textbooks ● Formative Assessments ● 21st Century Skills ● Meeting the needs of a diverse population in Dual Language Programs Educating for Global Competence: Biliteracy for California Schools 11

In addition technical assistance is available for: ● Development of Dual Language Master Plan ● Seal of Biliteracy Pathway Support ● Dual Language Program Design ● Dual Language Program Implementation Educating for Global Competence: Biliteracy for California Schools 12

District and School Leaders: What can you do? Lead your education communities Create opportunities for your schools Pilot new and strengthen existing approaches Feature best practices Educating for Global Competence: Biliteracy for California Schools 13 Educating for Global Competence, page 98

Collaborative Discussion Educating for Global Competence: Biliteracy for California Schools 14 If everyone would learn one more language … the people would be … the people would be … the world would be … the world would be … the children would be …

Resources Educating for Global Competence: Biliteracy for California Schools 15 Asian Society Global Competence Outcomes and Performance Rubric Asian Society Global Competence Outcomes and Performance Rubrics Educating for Global Competence The Globally Competent Teaching Continuum Santa Clara County Office of Education Biliteracy/World Languages Communications Toolkit

Questions ? Educating for Global Competence: Biliteracy for California Schools 16

For More Information Educating for Global Competence: Biliteracy for California Schools Vickie Teshin-Anderson, Biliteracy Coordinator Multilingual Education Services Yee Wan, Ed.D., Director, Multilingual Education Services Curriculum and Instruction