This document provides guidance on planning effective, standards based heritage language instruction at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
This document provides guidance on standards braiding and program design for standards-based heritage language instruction at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
Starting a successful and sustainable heritage language program has three phases that support culturally and linguistically sustaining program development. This document gives an overview of each phase.
This rubric is designed to evaluate heritage language lessons that may extend over a few periods or days, or units that include both integrated and focused lessons that extend over a longer period of time. The criteria and measures are designed to assist educators in determining the strengths of materials and instructional activities and their ability to be utilized in culturally and linguistically sustaining classrooms.
This rubric is designed to evaluate lessons that may extend over a few periods or days, or units that include integrated and focused lessons that extend over a longer period of time. The criteria and measures are designed to assist educators in determining the strengths of materials and instructional activities and their ability to be utilized in culturally and linguistically sustaining dual language classrooms.
This rubric can be used to:
• Review existing lessons and units on the Washington OER Hub and/or in the classroom for quality, alignment to Washington State Learning Standards, and readiness for Dual Language settings.
• Inform the development of new lessons and units in either language of instruction across content areas.
• Build the capacity of educators to evaluate and improve the quality of instructional materials for use in their classrooms and programs.
This rubric is designed to evaluate heritage language lessons that may extend over a few periods or days, or units that include integrated and focused lessons that extend over a longer period of time. The criteria and measures are designed to assist educators in determining the strengths of materials and instructional activities and their ability to be utilized in culturally and linguistically sustaining classrooms.
This rubric can be used to:
• Review existing lessons and units on the Washington OER Hub and/or in the classroom for quality, alignment to Washington State Learning Standards, and appropriateness for use in Heritage Language Programs.
• Inform the development of new lessons and units in either language of instruction across content areas.
• Build the capacity of educators to evaluate and improve the quality of instructional materials for use in their classrooms and programs.