Description of Dual Immersion Elementary and Secondary in a 100% virtual classroom:
In both, the elementary and secondary virtual classroom settings teachers will be working to meet the individual needs of dual immersion students. Teachers are aware of and sensitive to the unique needs of each student in the DI program. At the Elementary level, students will receive live synchronous instruction in their target language every other day. Students will receive daily interaction with both languages. Examples of collaborative activities in the target language might be, restorative justice circles, social-emotional learning, STEM activities, and web-based activities. At the secondary level, students will receive live instruction built into their daily schedule. Students will be asked to complete various asynchronous activities and assignments so they are able to collaborate with peers in the target language during language and content classes.
Description of Dual Immersion Elementary and Secondary in the SLICE Model
When our students are able to return to the campus for in-person instruction they will smoothly transition back into the classroom setting for their Dual Immersion program. At the Elementary level, the SLICE schedule format will allow for students to be split into 2 cohorts for morning instruction with the classroom teacher or afternoon sessions with the classroom teacher. During the instructional time with the classroom teacher, the student will receive target language and content learning instruction. This will be delivered in an A/B format every other day. The instructional minutes that are not directly with the classroom teacher will consist of project learning, independent working, and web-based activities to support the target language. The secondary level students will follow the 4 SLICE block model which provides each Dual Immersion student with their scheduled classes designed to acquire, learn, and support the target language.
Students that wish to remain in a 100% virtual learning environment through the school year:
Each student situation will be a case by case learning plan to meet the needs of the Dual Immersion student. Other factors such as, the amount of other dual-language students that are wishing to remain in an online classroom setting will contribute to the overall plan for the student.
