1. BRIDGEPORT ELEMENTARY OCTOBER 18, 2012
DUAL LANGUAGE MEETING
BRIDGEPORT ELEMENTARY
OCTOBER 18, 2012

2. OUR TEAM Debbie Ebert – Principal Travis Laxton – Counselor
Jason Olson – ELD/SL Teacher
Elsa Palsa Rink – ELD/SL Teacher
Felicia Giambrone – ELD/SL Teacher
Carrie Cordes – 3rd Grade
Dee Kronsup – 1st Grade
Dina Christophersen – 1st Grade
Catherine Walters – 1st Grade
Violeta Rook – Kindergarten
Laurel Fischer – Kindergarten
Marsha Jurgenson – ELL teacher
Lisa Helm – 4th grade
Militzia Ibanez – Parent
Susan Gage – Parent
Ricardo Rosas & Virginia Moreno - Parents
Beth Sethi – Parent
Lauri Barry – Classified/Office Staff
Pam Harrel – Distirct ELL TOSA

3. Agenda: Introductions Why Dual Language at Bridgeport?
Courageous Conversations in TTSD
The Basics (article & protocol)
More research on DL
Rocks & Sand Activity
Future Meetings & School Visits
Board Meetings

4. Why Dual Language at bridgeport?
Approx. 50/50 English/Spanish in our school
Stable, supportive community who are working together
Data supports many of our learners need additional ways to access academic content
Current & past research support this as the right programming for our students
Strong need for bilingual (language), biliterate (academic), bicultural (multicultural competence) community
Spanish Literacy has provided a base
A changing world!! Makes our kids more competitive in the future – college and beyond!
Neurological research is clearly showing exposure to a 2nd language creates brain changes that benefit learning. Both sides of the brain are used.
Makes us more attractive

5. Courageous conversations
Purpose:
Raise the achievement of all students
Narrow the gap between highest and lowest performing students
Eliminate the racial predictability of who is in those highest and lowest groups
4 Agreements:
Stay engaged
Experience discomfort
Speak my truth
Expect and accept non-closure

11. Long-term High Academic Achievement for All
Dr. Virginia Collier and Dr. Wayne Thomas after 2 decades of study including more than 2 million student records
English language learners: 5-8 years of education are needed in their primary language to close the achievement gap with English-speaking students
Students in bilingual programs: often do better in all academic subjects than native English speakers with no access to bilingual training
Two-way programs are consistently the highest achieving schools in any district included in their studies

12. Rocks (Adaptive) Sand (Technical)
Perception/attitudes
Scheduling

13. Next Steps Next meeting date for this team – Nov. 29 @ 2:45
La Cosecha – Early November
School Visits – late November/early December
Staff support – short “in person” survey
Board meetings –
Dec. 10th public comments from teachers and parents
Jan. 28th full BPT presentation to board