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

Paper/Best Practice Session (1 hour)

Spanish, French, Mandarin

One-Way Second/Foreign Language Immersion
Two-Way Bilingual Immersion

Elementary (K-5)
Middle School/Junior High

Many school leaders use Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching as a professional tool to improve teaching and learning. In this session we will discuss one district’s initiative to embed an immersion-specific lens into three domains of the “Look Fors” document to enhance observation in the immersion classroom.

Many school leaders use Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching (2013) as a professional tool to improve teaching and learning. In this session we will discuss one district’s initiative to embed an immersion-specific lens into three of Danielson’s four domains of teaching responsibility.  Drawing on behaviors identified in the Immersion Teaching Strategies Observational Checklist (Fortune, 2014), immersion program leaders and specialists collaborated to adapt the “Look Fors” observational tool used to guide instructionalpractice in the immersion classroom.  Sample videos from one-way and two-way immersion classrooms will be shown for discussion purposes.