In Northside, we enrich the linguistic, academic and affective learning experiences for students. Every student and family grows as part of an educational community that empowers all to excel while celebrating multiculturalism. Our goal is to provide learning experiences that inspire students' confidence, curiosity, and capability.
Dual Language Immersion Two-way Bilingual Program
The NISD Dual Language Bilingual Program model in Northside is research-based. The dual language model seeks to create bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural students by developing their academic proficiency in English and Spanish.
Goal: Emergent Bilingual students attain bilingualism, biliteracy, and sociocultural competence to reach high levels of literacy and academic achievement in the partner language and English.
Instruction: Emergent Bilingual students receive instruction in literacy and academic content in their partner language as well as English from teachers certified in bilingual/ESL education. At least 50% of the instruction is delivered in the students’ primary language for the duration of the program.
Transitional Bilingual Academic Program
Northside’s Transitional Bilingual/Early exit is a bilingual program model in which students identified as Emergent Bilingual students are served in both English and the students' primary language and are prepared to meet reclassification criteria to be successful in English instruction with no second language acquisition supports not earlier than two or later than five years after the student enrolls in school.
Goal: Emergent Bilingual students utilize their primary language as a resource while acquiring full proficiency in English to participate equitably in school.
Instruction: Emergent Bilingual students receive instruction in literacy and academic content in their primary language as well as English from teachers certified in bilingual education. As the child acquires English, the amount of instruction provided in the primary language decreases until full proficiency in English is attained.
Overview:
Dual language immersion/two-way is a bilingual/biliteracy program model in which students identified as English learners are integrated with students proficient in English, are served in both English and Spanish
Program Goals
1. Provide an opportunity for students to develop fluency and literacy in a second language while maintaining their native language and culture.
2. Maintain academic performance at or above grade level as measured by classroom grades, common assessments, benchmarks and state assessments.
3. Develop high, positive cross-cultural understanding and appreciation.
Elementary Schools:
NISD Dual Language Campuses implement the 90/10 Classroom Model. Schools following the 50/50 DLI program model will be phased out by the school year 2022-2023.
Dual Language classroom compostion whenever possible:
50% English learners (EL); 50% native English speakers (Non-EL)
When a Dual Language Immersion classroom cannot be filled based on the recommended percentages listed above, additional EL students must be placed in the Dual Language Immersion classroom to complete a 22:1 ratio. Any additional EL students enrolling after the 22:1 ratio is reached will need to be enrolled in the Transitional Bilingual Program.
Student Eligibility and Criteria:
EL students will be automatically considered for DLI program pending available space. All other EL students will receive the State mandated transitional bilingual education program.
Non-EL students may enter into the DLI program following the order of consideration:
Group Order for Interested Students on a Space Available Basis:
Group 1—Students with siblings in the program at the campus or students that live with in the attendance zone
Group 2—Students living within the cluster
Group 3—Out of cluster students
A lottery will be necessary if the campus principal determines that the number of interested Non-EL students exceeds the available seats, based on the above group order.
For More Information:
Please contact Sara Denny at sara.denny@nisd.net
or
Visit our Bilingual/Dual-Language website: www.nisd.net/district/bilingual-esl/bilingual/elementary-dual
