1. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2009. All rights reserved. BREAKOUT #6 LEVERAGING RESOURCES THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2009 3:50 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. GROUP 2 “WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR THE UNITED STATES TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR ARTICULATED, START- EARLY STAY-LONG WORLD LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES?” MICHAEL G. HYDAK DIRECTOR, LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY STARTALK/ National Foreign Language Center World Language Teacher Certification Summit

2. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2009. All rights reserved. STRATEGIES RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS INCREASE INSTRUCTIONAL CAPACITY DEVELOP ADVANCED LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL PROFICIENCY CREATE INCENTIVE STRUCTURES DEVELOP CLEAR ACCOUNTABILTY SYSTEMS

3. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2009. All rights reserved. ALL STAKEHOLDERS WILL UNDERSTAND AND VALUE THE ECONOMIC, COGNITIVE, AND HUMANISTIC BENEFITS OF LEARNING LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OTHER THAN ENGLISH RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS

4. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2009. All rights reserved. SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL HAVE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF CERTIFIED TEACHERS OF LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH IN THE LANGUAGES DETERMINED TO BE THE MOST VALUABLE BY THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES, AND ALL PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS OF LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH WILL GRADUATE WITH ADVANCED-LEVEL PROFICIENCY IN THE LANGUAGE THEY WILL TEACH. INSTRUCTIONAL CAPACITY

5. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2009. All rights reserved. STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM TEXAS HIGH SCHOOLS WILL HAVE ADVANCED OR PRE-ADVANCED LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH AND AT LEAST ONE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OTHER THAN ENGLISH DEVELOPED THROUGH EARLY LANGUAGE AND EXTENDED SEQUENCES OF LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION. ADVANCED LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL PROFICIENCY

6. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2009. All rights reserved. BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT WILL DEVELOP PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT VALUE HIGHLY ADVANCED PROFICIENCY IN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES IN ADDITION TO ENGLISH AND THAT PROMOTE THE STUDY OF THOSE LANGUAGES. INCENTIVE STRUCTURES

7. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2009. All rights reserved. ALL STAKEHOLDERS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW LANGUAGE PROGRAMS ARE SUCCEEDING – OR NOT - THROUGH A TESTING PROGRAM THAT IS RIGOROUS, BUT NOT RIGID POSITIVE, BUT NOT POLLYANNAISH TRANSPARENT, BUT NOT SMOKE AND MIRRORS DEVELOP CLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS

8. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2009. All rights reserved. Welcome to Austin! For further information: Michael G. Hydak, Ph.D. Director, Languages Other Than English Curriculum Division William B. Travis Bldg 1701 N. Congress Avenue Austin, Texas 78701-1494 Phone: (512) 463-9581 FAX: (512) 463-8057 E-mail: michael.hydak@tea.state.t x.us www.tea.state.tx.us/curric ulum/LOTE