Funding instructional assistants is a constant challenge for the school and the district, and instructional assistants may only be available part - time in upper - grade -
level immersion classrooms.
This study examines the relationship between learning through drama and student cultural sensitivity, motivation, and literacy skills in a
French immersion classroom.
With the escort of two French - speaking fifth graders, Araud visited five
dual immersion classrooms with students ranging from first to fifth grade.
According to faculty at JSIS, full - time, native - speaking teachers and instructional assistants
in immersion classrooms play an important role in the success of the international school model, particularly in the younger grades.
As a remedy, Prop 227 required all English Learners to be educated in sheltered English -
immersion classrooms during a temporary transition period not to exceed one year.
The school districts have also failed to require detailed documentation of the need for a bilingual education classroom, as the initiative requires, and they have changed the requirement of a year in a sheltered English -
immersion classroom from a maximum to a minimum.
Using the same technique to examine the gains made by the two groups following the implementation of Prop 227, Bali found that putting these same students in a
structured immersion classroom the next year eliminated the small gap between English Learners who had been in bilingual education and those not in bilingual education.
In the fall of 2001, I asked several former bilingual - education teachers who were now teaching in sheltered English -
immersion classrooms whether they would ever go back to bilingual education.
This presentation will also highlight EDL2 +, the Spanish Reading Assessment for dual language, bilingual, and
immersion classrooms for grades K - 6.
For more information about how to enroll your child in a
Dual Immersion classroom, call your neighborhood school or local school district.
Each summer, the district provides a «boot camp» for first - year immersion teachers around the state, in which they learn how to teach content and manage students
in immersion classrooms.
Parents could request a waiver from these requirements, but only after their child had spent 30 days in a sheltered English -
immersion classroom and only if the parent personally visited the school.
Diversity up close: building alternative discourses in the dual
immersion classroom.
To help non-English speakers succeed in their English
immersion classrooms, the district hires «site - based English - learner coordinators» to monitor each student's progress and develop intensive interventions that include small - group instruction, after - school enrichment and special summer school classes.