Bilingual Education and Academic Succes

Bilingual Education and Academic Success Advocacy Plan /Monica Boddie

          For my new class Internship II ECE 445 I will be focusing on how to create long term and a short term goals for advocacy with bilingual children. I will create a plan that can be implemented within the classroom. I will talk to parents, teachers, staff, and administrators on how these plans can be carried out.

        The class that I had on last semester gave me a start on how I will implement this advocacy plan. This is now the time to move forward with my focus, as well as short term and long term goals.

Students will be expected to:

1. Progress in all academic areas as well as excelling in language.

2. Develop grade-level appropriate language proficiency in English and

Spanish.

3. Develop positive cross-cultural relationships and a respect and

understanding for one’s own culture and that of others.

Teachers and staff are expected to:

1. Identify the characteristics that are contributing to the high academic performance of students served by bilingual education programs.

2. Know that leadership is an essential ingredient in the formula for student success. Leadership manifests itself in different ways, such as commitment to students, valuing of students and their families, and openness to innovation and change.