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Sixth International Conference on Immersion and Dual Language Education: Connecting Research and Practice Across Contexts

du 20 au 22 October 2016

Hyatt Regency Hotel, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Online Immersion Curriculum Map: Empowering Teachers through Collaborative Planning, Effective Resource Organization, and Curricular Alignment

vendredi 21 octobre 2016 à 16:15–17:15 CDT
Greenway Ballroom B
Session Type

Paper/Best Practice Session (1 hour)

Immersion/Partner Language(s)

not language specific

Context/program model
One-Way Second/Foreign Language Immersion
Co-Official/Regional Language Immersion
Two-Way Bilingual Immersion
One-Way Developmental Bilingual Education
Indigenous Language Immersion
Level

Elementary (K-5)

Program Summary

The Online Immersion Curriculum Map is a powerful tool for individual schools or districts to collect and organize immersion relevant resources, but also to facilitate collaborative planning and to enable curricular and language specific alignments. It can be cloned for free through the North Carolina DPI.

Abstract/Description for Paper, Discussion, and Laptop Poster presentations

Originally, the only function of the Immersion Curriculum Map was to capture resources created by language immersion teachers in order to create continuity of instruction with a traditionally high overturn of staff.

The product, however, evolved into a dynamic, multi-functional tool far beyond its initial purpose. Its streamlined, standards-based format and highly interlinked surface allow for effective organization and navigation. Curricular and linguistic alignment issues are thus easily detected and can be approached systematically. The map provides structures and tools that facilitate collaborative planning. Its consequent “All-In-One”-concept avoids abundant research in multiple websites in the planning process. It also provides important immersion specific documents, such as trajectories and alignments between CCSS for Language Arts, ACTFL Standards for College and Career Readiness, and North Carolina World Language Standards for alphabetic and iconographic languages. The Immersion Curriculum Map has become a meta-tool that incorporates all aspects of immersion instruction.

A generic template version of the Immersion Curriculum Map is accessible through the North Carolina Department of Education website. Upon request, it can be cloned to any school with Wikispaces subscription with no charge. Training sessions for administrators, facilitators, and teachers have launched, which allows for schools or districts to adjust the curriculum map for their specific needs.

Lead Presenter/organizer

Bernd Nuss, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Role/Title

Immersion Facilitator

State (in US) or Country

NC

Co-Presenters

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