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District staff recommend a combined Spanish language arts/world-language resource for middle-school pilot
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Summary
District curriculum staff recommended a resource (referred to in the presentation as "anecdotas from 1 way education") for a middle-school Spanish language arts and world-language pilot, citing alignment to ISBE and ACTFL standards and plans to pilot materials with several teachers next school year.
District language-acquisition coordinators Marisol Flores (secondary) and Anne Castellanos (world language) told the board they recommend a resource identified in their review as "anecdotas from 1 way education" for a middle-school Spanish language arts pilot.
Flores said the pilot would continue the dual-language pipeline into middle school and serve students who are coming from the district's dual-language fifth-grade cohorts; students eligible for full-time TBE services would also be supported through the model. Staff described an evaluation rubric aligned to Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) literacy criteria and ACTFL world-language standards and said they reviewed multiple materials for alignment to both sets of standards.
Presenters said the recommended resource demonstrated alignment to Spanish language arts and world-language standards, offered scaffolding and culturally responsive differentiation, and included professional development and teacher supports. They said teacher materials, student consumables and digital licenses would be part of the pilot and that about seven world-language, bilingual and ELA teachers had been involved in the materials review thus far.
Board members asked how many teachers participated in the review; presenters said it was a small team of about seven teachers and that the pilot would expand next school year. The presenters said they will continue to collect teacher feedback during the pilot before bringing any formal purchase recommendation to the board.
