School districts have the responsibility to communicate with parents in a language they can understand. If you have limited English skills, ask the district to provide an interpreter at school meetings and translate important written documents. When families are involved, research shows students benefit with better attendance, improved behavior, better social skills, higher grades, and enrollment in more challenging classes. Typical program length ranges from one semester to one year for most students.įamily involvement is a key factor in a student's academic performance. Newcomer Programs: Newcomer Programs provide specialized instruction to beginning level multilingual/English learners who have newly immigrated to the United States and may have limited or interrupted formal education or low literacy in their primary language.Supportive Mainstream: Students in the Supportive Mainstream model access grade-level academic content and English language development through participation in their mainstream classrooms with support provided either individually or in small groups by specially trained educators.Explicit English language development (ELD) and grade-level academic content is delivered by specially trained teachers. Content-based Instruction Programs: Content-Based Instruction (or Sheltered Instruction) is used in classes comprised predominantly of multilingual/English learners.Transitional Bilingual Programs: Transitional bilingual programs use the student’s first language as a foundation to support English language development with 90% of initial instruction in the first language, increasing English instruction systematically until all instruction is provided in English.Programs begin in kindergarten and continue through middle or high school to fully develop bilingual and biliterate proficiency.
Dual Language Programs: Dual language programs provide instruction in English and another language for at least 50% or more of the instructional time.The following programs are approved models in Washington state: Districts that do not have the capacity to provide bilingual instruction can help students learn English through Sheltered Instruction by teaching in strategic ways to make academic concepts comprehensible while promoting students' English language development. Research shows that students learning English in a bilingual program are more academically successful in the long term than those in English-only programs. Schools in Washington state offer either bilingual or sheltered English programs.
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