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Norwalk MLL staff describe 50/50 dual'language model, staffing needs and professional learning
Summary
MLL staff summarized the district's dual'language offerings (50/50 model in K'5 and middle-school content), staffing and certification requirements, teacher supports via ARCTel and WestEd/Q Tel coaching, and community programming through the family center.
Frances, the Norwalk Public Schools MLL department presenter, told the subcommittee the district offers three primary models for multilingual instruction: English as a second language (ESL) supports, transitional bilingual programs (native'language instruction with gradual English transition) and two'way dual'language immersion. "What we currently have here in Norwalk is the 50/50 model where the instruction is 50/50 from kindergarten all the way to fifth grade," Frances said, adding the West Rock middle school runs a 50/50 content model.
Staff described staffing models: self'contained teachers who switch languages by subject, side'by'side models with separate English- and target'language…
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