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Spanish Immersion
Question & Answer (with Bill Van Dyke)
February 16, 2012 at 7:00 in gym
v Stacey Vanden Bosch about add a lingua from Michigan
Ø Immersion- additive bilingual program
Ø Grade level expectations
Ø Why?
§ Cognitive Benefits
§ Academic Benefits
§ Social Benefits
Ø Mission of the Christian School
§ Matthew 28:19
§ Acts 2:6
§ I Corinthians 9:19-23
v Bill Van Dyke- principal at Zeeland Christian Schools
Ø Kids are learning are everything in Spanish and parents don’t know any Spanish what does it look like
§ Don’t try to learn it or speak it- talk to them in English
§ Read English books
§ Tested in Spanish in Spanish and English – Spanish did as well in English or better than just the kids in English
§ Send the homework home in English
§ Newsletter comes home in English what happens in the classroom and what happens at home
Ø Student finds learning fun and easy vs. struggle with learning
§ Love School- Love English or Spanish
§ SI is the only thing that is hard is auditory learners
· Any learning issue will carry over no matter what the language
· Bilingual C student
Ø Emotional kids?
§ Support is the same in English and Spanish
§ Portray confidence to your child
Ø Once one of your children does that guarantee a spot for younger child
§ Preschool in Spanish Immersion they are in the program for life
§ Same process for a 2nd child
Ø What percentages of kids are in SI? How to kids relate socially to each other?
§ Started out with 40 in K/1st
§ 18/20 in P Now 292
§ One-third are in SI
§ 6th graders go to camp – to pull together and get together
§ First class or two going through pave the way
§ Mixed for P.E
§ Recess together
Ø Registration is limited
§ March 9
§ Class list and waiting list
Ø How will the K/1 class progress
§ K/1 split class 14/14
§ 1st/2nd 14/14 through 6th grade
§ 6th graders join other students
§ 5th grade- combination class or small class that year
Ø How do deal with K and 1st graders?
§ Worked great in SI
§ Split for a while and then they merged into 2
Ø Original families take their kids out of the program?
§ 2 kids really dedicated to homeschooling
§ Retention rate is incredibly high
§ More in retention in SI than regular school
Ø Blend the grades together or half in 3rd grade and half in 4th?
§ Literacy block time
§ Split all the way through – rotate curriculum
§ Split the students in the same room for literacy and math
§ Curriculum we have right now in English class will be the same in the Spanish classroom
Ø What if the interest is big will be go for two classes?
§ White elephant in the room
§ Enough time to react to the waiting list
§ March 9 to react to the waiting list
§ Maybe
Ø Learning disabilities?
§ Resource rooms
§ We can tell if there is a learning issue in either language
§ Reading can be tricky
§ One on one
§ It is not a cognitive issue it is developmental
§ Reading at grade level in Spanish language they are fine
§ Case by case evaluation
Ø Qualification for the teachers/experience in American curriculum and American schools
§ Every school is unique
§ Native speaker and being a teacher
§ Add a lingua helps with Immersion training
§ Standards for teachers is high – apply, interview, teach a lesson
Ø Work with families who have kids too old for the family?
§ Diversity enhances everything
§ Encourages other family members to learn languages as well
§ Different is cool
Ø Memory Work/Bible in Spanish
§ Read it in English enough at home and they will memorize it in Spanish too
Ø How do we involve potential student in the decision making process
§ Did not involve son
§ Was not happy at first but loved it
Ø Spanish and then to One To Grow on then K option?
§ Spanish preschool 100% sure that they will go to K the next year
Ø Money? Preferential treatment?
§ No preferential treatment
§ Funding- budgeted for 50 K 50 1st (in 2012)
§ Preschool intention forms
Ø Fair to limit the class size?
§ Not going to make the decision until after March 9
Ø Add a lingua (Biblical teaching)?
§ Biblical component and include it in our Christian schools
§ Books on reading list (literacy)
§ K-5 (secular reading program) – teachers integrate Biblical into the texts
Ø Add a lingua
§ Teaching training and professional development
§ Hands on training
· Summer and again in the fall
§ Online support system and the Immersion staff
Ø Help out and volunteer as a room mom
§ Parent folder
§ Cheat sheet for Spanish in the classroom
§ Jobs who want to help but not use Spanish
§ Protect the integrity in the Spanish classroom
· Parents feel involved and included
§ 2nd grade- English language arts works as wellSpanish Immersion
Question & Answer (with Bill Van Dyke)
February 16, 2012 at 7:00 in gym
v Stacey Vanden Bosch about add a lingua from Michigan
Ø Immersion- additive bilingual program
Ø Grade level expectations
Ø Why?
§ Cognitive Benefits
§ Academic Benefits
§ Social Benefits
Ø Mission of the Christian School
§ Matthew 28:19
§ Acts 2:6
§ I Corinthians 9:19-23
v Bill Van Dyke- principal at Zeeland Christian Schools
Ø Kids are learning are everything in Spanish and parents don’t know any Spanish what does it look like
§ Don’t try to learn it or speak it- talk to them in English
§ Read English books
§ Tested in Spanish in Spanish and English – Spanish did as well in English or better than just the kids in English
§ Send the homework home in English
§ Newsletter comes home in English what happens in the classroom and what happens at home
Ø Student finds learning fun and easy vs. struggle with learning
§ Love School- Love English or Spanish
§ SI is the only thing that is hard is auditory learners
· Any learning issue will carry over no matter what the language
· Bilingual C student
Ø Emotional kids?
§ Support is the same in English and Spanish
§ Portray confidence to your child
Ø Once one of your children does that guarantee a spot for younger child
§ Preschool in Spanish Immersion they are in the program for life
§ Same process for a 2nd child
Ø What percentages of kids are in SI? How to kids relate socially to each other?
§ Started out with 40 in K/1st
§ 18/20 in P Now 292
§ One-third are in SI
§ 6th graders go to camp – to pull together and get together
§ First class or two going through pave the way
§ Mixed for P.E
§ Recess together
Ø Registration is limited
§ March 9
§ Class list and waiting list
Ø How will the K/1 class progress
§ K/1 split class 14/14
§ 1st/2nd 14/14 through 6th grade
§ 6th graders join other students
§ 5th grade- combination class or small class that year
Ø How do deal with K and 1st graders?
§ Worked great in SI
§ Split for a while and then they merged into 2
Ø Original families take their kids out of the program?
§ 2 kids really dedicated to homeschooling
§ Retention rate is incredibly high
§ More in retention in SI than regular school
Ø Blend the grades together or half in 3rd grade and half in 4th?
§ Literacy block time
§ Split all the way through – rotate curriculum
§ Split the students in the same room for literacy and math
§ Curriculum we have right now in English class will be the same in the Spanish classroom
Ø What if the interest is big will be go for two classes?
§ White elephant in the room
§ Enough time to react to the waiting list
§ March 9 to react to the waiting list
§ Maybe
Ø Learning disabilities?
§ Resource rooms
§ We can tell if there is a learning issue in either language
§ Reading can be tricky
§ One on one
§ It is not a cognitive issue it is developmental
§ Reading at grade level in Spanish language they are fine
§ Case by case evaluation
Ø Qualification for the teachers/experience in American curriculum and American schools
§ Every school is unique
§ Native speaker and being a teacher
§ Add a lingua helps with Immersion training
§ Standards for teachers is high – apply, interview, teach a lesson
Ø Work with families who have kids too old for the family?
§ Diversity enhances everything
§ Encourages other family members to learn languages as well
§ Different is cool
Ø Memory Work/Bible in Spanish
§ Read it in English enough at home and they will memorize it in Spanish too
Ø How do we involve potential student in the decision making process
§ Did not involve son
§ Was not happy at first but loved it
Ø Spanish and then to One To Grow on then K option?
§ Spanish preschool 100% sure that they will go to K the next year
Ø Money? Preferential treatment?
§ No preferential treatment
§ Funding- budgeted for 50 K 50 1st (in 2012)
§ Preschool intention forms
Ø Fair to limit the class size?
§ Not going to make the decision until after March 9
Ø Add a lingua (Biblical teaching)?
§ Biblical component and include it in our Christian schools
§ Books on reading list (literacy)
§ K-5 (secular reading program) – teachers integrate Biblical into the texts
Ø Add a lingua
§ Teaching training and professional development
§ Hands on training
· Summer and again in the fall
§ Online support system and the Immersion staff
Ø Help out and volunteer as a room mom
§ Parent folder
§ Cheat sheet for Spanish in the classroom
§ Jobs who want to help but not use Spanish
§ Protect the integrity in the Spanish classroom
· Parents feel involved and included
§ 2nd grade- English language arts works as wellSpanish Immersion
Question & Answer (with Bill Van Dyke)
February 16, 2012 at 7:00 in gym
v Stacey Vanden Bosch about add a lingua from Michigan
Ø Immersion- additive bilingual program
Ø Grade level expectations
Ø Why?
§ Cognitive Benefits
§ Academic Benefits
§ Social Benefits
Ø Mission of the Christian School
§ Matthew 28:19
§ Acts 2:6
§ I Corinthians 9:19-23
v Bill Van Dyke- principal at Zeeland Christian Schools
Ø Kids are learning are everything in Spanish and parents don’t know any Spanish what does it look like
§ Don’t try to learn it or speak it- talk to them in English
§ Read English books
§ Tested in Spanish in Spanish and English – Spanish did as well in English or better than just the kids in English
§ Send the homework home in English
§ Newsletter comes home in English what happens in the classroom and what happens at home
Ø Student finds learning fun and easy vs. struggle with learning
§ Love School- Love English or Spanish
§ SI is the only thing that is hard is auditory learners
· Any learning issue will carry over no matter what the language
· Bilingual C student
Ø Emotional kids?
§ Support is the same in English and Spanish
§ Portray confidence to your child
Ø Once one of your children does that guarantee a spot for younger child
§ Preschool in Spanish Immersion they are in the program for life
§ Same process for a 2nd child
Ø What percentages of kids are in SI? How to kids relate socially to each other?
§ Started out with 40 in K/1st
§ 18/20 in P Now 292
§ One-third are in SI
§ 6th graders go to camp – to pull together and get together
§ First class or two going through pave the way
§ Mixed for P.E
§ Recess together
Ø Registration is limited
§ March 9
§ Class list and waiting list
Ø How will the K/1 class progress
§ K/1 split class 14/14
§ 1st/2nd 14/14 through 6th grade
§ 6th graders join other students
§ 5th grade- combination class or small class that year
Ø How do deal with K and 1st graders?
§ Worked great in SI
§ Split for a while and then they merged into 2
Ø Original families take their kids out of the program?
§ 2 kids really dedicated to homeschooling
§ Retention rate is incredibly high
§ More in retention in SI than regular school
Ø Blend the grades together or half in 3rd grade and half in 4th?
§ Literacy block time
§ Split all the way through – rotate curriculum
§ Split the students in the same room for literacy and math
§ Curriculum we have right now in English class will be the same in the Spanish classroom
Ø What if the interest is big will be go for two classes?
§ White elephant in the room
§ Enough time to react to the waiting list
§ March 9 to react to the waiting list
§ Maybe
Ø Learning disabilities?
§ Resource rooms
§ We can tell if there is a learning issue in either language
§ Reading can be tricky
§ One on one
§ It is not a cognitive issue it is developmental
§ Reading at grade level in Spanish language they are fine
§ Case by case evaluation
Ø Qualification for the teachers/experience in American curriculum and American schools
§ Every school is unique
§ Native speaker and being a teacher
§ Add a lingua helps with Immersion training
§ Standards for teachers is high – apply, interview, teach a lesson
Ø Work with families who have kids too old for the family?
§ Diversity enhances everything
§ Encourages other family members to learn languages as well
§ Different is cool
Ø Memory Work/Bible in Spanish
§ Read it in English enough at home and they will memorize it in Spanish too
Ø How do we involve potential student in the decision making process
§ Did not involve son
§ Was not happy at first but loved it
Ø Spanish and then to One To Grow on then K option?
§ Spanish preschool 100% sure that they will go to K the next year
Ø Money? Preferential treatment?
§ No preferential treatment
§ Funding- budgeted for 50 K 50 1st (in 2012)
§ Preschool intention forms
Ø Fair to limit the class size?
§ Not going to make the decision until after March 9
Ø Add a lingua (Biblical teaching)?
§ Biblical component and include it in our Christian schools
§ Books on reading list (literacy)
§ K-5 (secular reading program) – teachers integrate Biblical into the texts
Ø Add a lingua
§ Teaching training and professional development
§ Hands on training
· Summer and again in the fall
§ Online support system and the Immersion staff
Ø Help out and volunteer as a room mom
§ Parent folder
§ Cheat sheet for Spanish in the classroom
§ Jobs who want to help but not use Spanish
§ Protect the integrity in the Spanish classroom
· Parents feel involved and included
§ 2nd grade- English language arts works as well
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