Foreign Language Assistance Program FLAP 20042007

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Foreign Language Assistance ProgramFLAP 2004-2007

• Superintendents Report to
• The Board of Education
• September 16, 2004

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PurposeForeign language programs for K-12
students.

• Competitive Priority
• K-8
• Russian, Chinese or Arabic
• Link non-native English speakers with schools
• Effective technology
• Innovative activities

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Award

• United States Department of Education awarded
  FLAP Grant to HLPUSD for 2004-2007
• 521,376

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Rationale

• Foreign Language Study
• Helps students academically.
• Improves understanding of students first
  language.
• Enhances academic achievement in other content
  areas.
• Begins in elementary school in Asia and Europe
• Prepares students for international job market.
• Builds multicultural understanding.

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Program Description following grant requirements

• Monday Wednesday 90 minutes - Chinese
  Language Instruction after school.
• Tuesday and Thursday 1 hour - Teacher
  Preparation after school.
• Friday- Chinese Culture/Art schoolwide presented
  by Guest Artists during school day.
• National Foreign Language Content Standards
  California Foreign Language Framework.
• Language, Culture and History.

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Daily Activities

• Monday and Wednesday Class
• Language Instruction
• Computers email pen pals in China
• Computers Chinese practice lessons
• Chinese Internet websites
• Chinese language games
• Tuesday and Thursday Teacher Planning Time
• Teachers plan instruction and discuss student
  progress

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Daily Activities Continued

• Friday Programs During the Day
• Schoolwide assemblies and classroom activities.
• Chinese music.
• Chinese crafts and drawing.
• Chinese dances.
• Chinese history.
• Reading Chinese childrens literature.
• Chinese artists.
• Community Volunteers story telling and dialogue
  in Chinese.
• Visiting Artists Schoolwide performances and
  demonstrations.

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Three Year Program

• Year One
• Grades two, three and four.
• Beginning and Intermediate Classes.
• Two classes at each school.
• Maximum 20 students per class.
• Eight teachers.
• Eight instructional aides.
• Expected enrollment 40 students per school.

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Three Year Program Continued

• Year Two
• Grades two, three, four and five.
• Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced Classes.
• Ten teachers.
• Ten instructional aides.
• Maximum 20 students per class.
• Expected enrollment 40-60 students per school.

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Three Year Program Continued

• Year Three
• Grades one, two, three, four and five.
• Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced Classes.
• Maximum 20 students per class.
• 12 teachers.
• 12 instructional aides.
• Expected enrollment 40-80 students per school.

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Eligibility

• Students who attend Los Altos Elementary, Los
  Molinos Elementary, Mesa Robles, and Grazide.
• Feeder program to high school Chinese Language
  classes
• Selected grade levels participate as the program
  increases capacity each year.

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Activities Completed

• Award acceptance-Board Meeting 8/19/04.
• Submitted required Addendum to U.S. Dept. of
  Education.
• Measure program success
• Dissemination of program successes
• Teacher qualifications
• Alignment with Standards
• Draft Addendum 2 - program modifications
• Schedule, staff, enrollment, parent committee,
  materials.
• Budget submitted to HLPUSD Business Services.
• Principal Meetings 6/25, 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/19,
  8/2, 8/30
• Discussed implementation, time, location,
  materials, teacher recruitment, hiring,
  qualifications and substitute teacher needs.

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Activities Completed Continued

• Discussed hiring with Human Resources.
• Contacted possible teachers and aides for the
  program.
• FLAP Website development with ROP teacher and
  students.
• Textbooks
• Contacted state, other districts, and publishers.
  
• High School Chinese Language Teachers evaluated
  textbooks.
• Principals reviewed textbooks.
• Principals and teachers selected textbooks.

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Program Opening October 2004

• Next Steps
• Order textbooks.
• Hire teachers.
• Advertise in school newsletters and local
  newspapers.
• Enrollment/Registration Process open for two
  weeks.
• Student/Parent Behavior Contracts to be signed.
• Parent meeting to be scheduled.

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Professional Development

• 20,000 per year budgeted.
• Expand teacher knowledge.
• UCLA Asian Studies Summer Institute.
• Instruction in Chinese history, art, music,
  culture, literature and language.

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Parent Involvement

• Parent Committee will be formed.
• Site Council Presidents to nominate members.
• Two parents to be nominated from each school.

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Personnel

• Highly Qualified Teachers.
• Community volunteers (adult, high school and
  college students).
• Guest Artists and Performers.

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Personnel Continued

• Program Facilitator Responsibilities
• Set instructional goals
• Staffing
• Budget
• Meet with the teachers weekly
• Monitor instruction
• Coordinate volunteers
• Facilitate parent meetings
• Continuous program improvement
• Ongoing program evaluation

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Budget-Federal Funds
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In Kind Matching Funds Commitment from HLPUSD
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Matching Funds Explanation

• Personnel Dr. Nakaoka, Dr. Maupin, Business
  Services, principals, volunteers.
• Supplies Local business contributions and
  district purchase of materials.
• Contractual Guest speaker, artist, and cultural
  expert services.

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Success Measures

• How will the district measure success of the
  program?
• Design administer periodic language
  assessments.
• Maintain records student participation,
  volunteer parent involvement.
• Use SMART/IDMS systems to measure impact of FLAP
  program on academic achievement of enrolled
  students.
• Report to School Board.
• Maintain attendance records.
• Surveys and evaluations.

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Next Steps

• Explore further funding to expand foreign
  language instruction
• Additional languages
• More elementary schools
• Include middle schools
• Explore possibility of integrating foreign
  language study into regular school day at
  elementary and middle school
• Establish Elementary Foreign Language Committee
  to develop new programs