1. West Virginia Department of Education World Language Initiatives October 13, 2011

2. Our Collective Journey THREE GOALS – KNOW To meet or exceed state, national and international curriculum standards that incorporate acquisition of 21 st century skills through engaging opportunities in the arts, world languages, health and physical education, career/technical education as well as the core subjects of reading/English/language arts, mathematics, science and social studies.

3. Our Collective Journey BEHAVE – To develop the personal skills and dispositions of wellness, responsibility, cultural awareness, self-direction, ethical character and good citizenship in an environment that is caring and safe.

4. Our Collective Journey ACCOMPLISH – To graduate from high school prepared for post-secondary education and career success through personalized pathways and guidance that focus students on productive and satisfying lives.

5. Language Trekkers

6. Pre-K 18 traditional songs, stories and rhymes Available in Chinese, French, Japanese and Spanish Categorized by study projects Sample lesson plans Media content using puppets, contextual visuals and audio

7. Language Trekkers Goals – Exposure – Foreign words convey meaning – Attune receptive listening skills – NOT to provide direct instruction

8. Language Trekkers Aligned with WV Early Learning Standards Framework – Social-emotional – Arts – Language and Literacy

10. Language Leaper FLAP Grant Media-based FLES program Content-related Space-themed Currently available in Chinese and Japanese Three times per week for 30 minutes

11. Language Leaper Four thematic units per year – 15 Instructional episodes per unit Discovery Discussion Teaching Context Activity 1 Cultural segment Activity 2 Wrap-up Song Teacher Master Screen

12. Language Leaper – Assessments per unit Assessment 1 – Interpretive Listening – evaluated by classroom teacher Assessment 2 – Presentational – evaluated by Language Specialist Can Do Statements SOPA

13. Pre-pilot Year 2010-2011 Seven schools Four counties All grade levels Assessments

14. SOPA

15. Pilot Year 2011-2012 14 Schools 10 Counties K-2 Focus Language Specialists

16. Video-conference Visit Evaluate SOPA

17. Kindergarten All About Me Community Senses Seasons

18. First Grade Trees and Plants Let’s Recycle Our Pets Weather and Our World

19. Second Grade Animal Structures Family Life Cycle Careers and Community

20. Third Grade How do Careers Impact our Lives? What are Raw Materials? Maps and Directions Planets

21. Fourth Grade Natural Disasters Food An Animal’s World Shapes of Our Buildings

22. Fifth Grade Geography Endangered Animals Landform Features Let’s Go Shopping

23. Language Leaper It’s your turn!

24. Summer Institute June 21-24, 2011 On-going Professional Development Participants divided into teams Focus on LinguaFolio and self- assessment

25. Summer Institute June 28-30 Cedar Lakes Conference Center “Personalizing Learning”

26. School Innovation Zones Act “Creative and innovative ways to improve student learning” $5,000 - $50,000 12/1/2011 Suggested ideas – Curriculum centered around real world – Foreign languages in K-5 wvde.state.wv.us/innovationzones/

27. Questions? Robert Crawford rcrawford@access.k12.wv.us Debbie Nicholson dlnichol@access.k12.wv.us