SPANISH IMMERSION Sample Clauses

SPANISH IMMERSION. The Foothills Partial Spanish Immersion Program is designed to enrich the education of English-speaking students by teaching designated content areas in Spanish. It is our goal that students become proficient in Spanish while reaching high levels of academic achievement.  All students will attain academic achievement at or above grade level.  All students will improve cross-cultural understanding, attitudes and behaviors.  All students will strengthen their primary language as well as develop the ability to speak, read, write and understand in Spanish. What will be expected of parents? Parents who desire to enroll their child in this program do not need to speak Spanish, but must commit to  Make a long-term enrollment commitment  Develop an understanding of immersion education  Encourage the use of Spanish outside of school  Provide community support and be a volunteer Foothills has a full-time technology resource teacher to help integrate computer skills into the classroom curriculum for grades K-5. Collaboration with the librarian, technology center, classroom teachers and support personnel is essential to integrating technology into the curriculum successfully. Computers are available for student use in the classrooms, the computer lab, and the IMC. Foothills students will have the opportunity to become competent users of technology. The Special Education Resource Program is designed to help children with special needs. Children are placed in the program after an evaluation process based on state mandated guidelines. This process begins with a referral made by parents or staff members. The evaluation results are shared with parents in a staffing, and the staffing meeting results are documented in an individual plan for the child. The I.E.P., or Individual Educational Plan, will determine whether a child receives services in the regular classroom or the resource room. Annual reviews are conducted with parents to determine the progress made and to develop plans for the next year. Speech and language therapy services are available at Foothills for students identified as having language difficulties. Therapy is offered either directly by the therapist or through consultative programs in which the classroom teachers and parents provide instruction using activities developed by the therapist.

SPANISH IMMERSION. (K-5) ● The District shall, whenever possible, provide unit members assigned to bilingual classrooms with district-adopted materials in the primary language of instruction. Translation and/or adaptation of district adopted materials by unit members, when approved by a district or site administrator, shall be compensated at the hourly rate of pay. ● Whenever possible, language proficiency levels shall be considered when placing students in bilingual classes in grades 2-5. ● Every effort will be made to balance enrollment in Spanish Immersion classes