The Departments of Languages other than English & English as a Second Language Francesco L. Fratto Director of LOTE & ESL Board of Education Meeting November 22, 2010
What can we do differently?
K-12 National Enrollment Year
FL Enrollment Overall Enrollment Percentage
2004-2005 8,638,990*
47,983,788
18.00%
2007-2008 8,907,201**
48,112,069
18.51%
Data: Foreign Language Enrollments in K-12 Public Schools: Are Students Prepared for a Global Society? (2010). Alexandria VA: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. • 24states did not provide data ** 17 states did not provide data Enrollment data for those states that did not provide data was estimated
Interesting Facts: • United Kingdom: 71% (1997) / 44% (2008) - “National Crisis” - Agenda to increase enrollment • 200 Million Chinese Schoolchildren studied English (2008) • 60,000 U.S. Students studied Chinese (‘07-’08) • U.S. lacks a national action plan
New York State LOTE Enrollment Language
2004-2005
2007-2008
French
123,392
116,236
Spanish
507,480
559,432
Chinese
3,760
6,919
ASL*
41,579
66,887
65,058
78,273
*National Data
Italian* *National Data
Construction Zone
Departmental Offerings • 5th Grade Language Club • Formal Study - Grade 6 • ASL*
Chinese
French Italian
Spanish*
Mastery Level - SLP Scores Regents or Honors Post Regents: Regents, AP, or Stony Brook’s ACE Program in Italian • AP in Italian - 2012 • Independent Study Program - Arabic • • •
Language 12 & AP ‘08-’09
French
12 31
AP 14
Italian
24
24
‘09-’10
‘10-’11
45
12 40
AP 31
48
50*
N/A 50
35/29* N/A 64
Spanish 225 32
257
224
66
290
262
Total
350 *314
97
411 347*
280 70
71
12 21
AP 34
57
77
339
111
458
How is this possible?
Community Board of Education Superintendent and Central Office Coordinators and Directors
Building Administration Professional Staff STEM & LOTE = 21st Century Skills
The Global Achievement Gap: Seven Survival Skills for Teens Today 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Collaboration across Networks and Leading by Influence Agility and Adaptability Initiative and Entrepreneurialism Effective Oral and Written Communication Accessing and Analyzing Information Curiosity and Imagination
Collaboration •
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Second Language Proficiency Exams & Regents Exams • Hosted: FLACS Steering Committee Meeting • December 1, 2010 • Mandarin Chinese SLP & Regents Professional Development: Best Practices • Hosted:French and Italian Workshops, The Teaching of Mandarin Chinese, and Dr. Helena Curtain’s Early Language Workshop Partnerships • Stony Brook Advocacy • Website
In Progress: • Grade 6 - fewer topics, but more depth • Resources: • • • •
Realidades for our Spanish Program Bon Voyage for our French Program Italian Resources Chinese: Easy Steps to Chinese!
• Online texts, Podcasts, eBoards
In Progress: • Connection to other cultures: • Video-teleconferencing equipment • Overseas Educational Experiences
• Chinese: • Full-time and a Part-time teacher • Leadership
In Progress: • LOTE & ESL Web pages • Take a tour!
• Technology • Wikis, Web 2.0, PowerPoint, MAC Labs • Youtube, Voicethread • ACE Program for Italian
2010-2011 Goals: • • • • • • • • •
Realidades Program Resources Writing Process Assessments IRE / IRF BIG C - little c Livemocha.com or Themixxer.com AP - Digital Recording HHH CSD Providing Leadership
English as a Second Language • 7 ESL Teachers • 2009-2010: 205 ESL Students • 2010-2011: 194 ESL Students
Our Ells • • • • • •
35 - K 38 - 1st 18 - 2nd 12 - 3rd 16 - 4th 18 - 5th
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12 11 05 07 08 03 08 03
- 6th - 7th - 8th - 9th - 10th - 11th -12th - 12th +
United Nations: 27 Languages • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
05 - Arabic 02 - Bengali 02 - Cantonese 19 - Chinese 15 - Creole (H.) 06 - Farsi 07 - French 01 - Greek 03 - Hebrew 09 - Hindi 02 - Hungarian 02 - Japanese 09 - Korean 02 - Malayalam
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01 - Pashto 02 - Polish 05 - Punjabi 07 - Russian 01 - Sinhala 68 - Spanish 03 - Telugu 01 - Tagalog 08 - Turkish 01 - Twi 09 - Urdu 01 - Usbeki 01 - Vietnamese
Realities of ELLs • Entry into US or Bilingual Home • Not Limited: Bilingual & Bicultural • Assessments • Catch-up!
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College ESL Web pages HHH ESL Global Connections
Future: Teach Cause learning to occur
Questions? Ffratto@hhh.k12.ny.us 631-592-3189