Woodstock Mandarin Immersion Curriculum Night

PresentedOctober 8th, 2009

Michael Bacon, Carl Falsgraf,Mary Patterson, Shen Yin

Outline of Presentation

• Oregon K-16 Chinese Flagship Program Overview• Where Are We Going? K-12 Targeted Outcomes• Where Are We Now? Sharing Data• How Do We Get There? Curriculum and Instruction • How Do We Meet the Needs of All Students?• K-12 Budget• Q and A

Oregon Chinese Flagship Program

A Partnership Between the

University of Oregon and

Portland Public Schools

Creating Global Professionals

• Professionally useful language skills• Strong academic or professional training

Goals

• Create a replicable model of K-16 global education

• Develop Flagship-ready high school graduates

• Develop professionally prepared college graduates

Where Are We Going?

K-12 Targeted Outcomes

ACTFLProficiency Guidelines

Developing Proficiency in Chinese

• Category 4 language (Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic)

• Motivated adult takes 63 weeks--6.5 hours a day, 5 days a week--to achieve Advanced Level (Defense Language Institute)

Targeted Outcomes for PPS K-12 Mandarin Immersion Program

12th Grade: Advanced

8th Grade: Int. Mid to Int. High

5th Grade: Novice High to Int. Low

Where Are We Now?

Sharing Data

Third Grade Reading

MeanListening

Mean

Fourth Grade

Reading Mean

Listening Mean

Fifth GradeReading

MeanListening

Mean

Progress by Grade

Target

Conclusions

• Listening proficiency is extraordinary.

• Reading proficiency is approaching satisfactory.

• Lagging underachievers are an issue.

How Do We Get There?

Curriculum and Instruction

K-12 Mandarin Curriculum Framework

• Based on ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines

• Functions and Forms driven

• Sets specific language targets for each grade level

Theme-Based Curriculum Framework Breakdown

Unit/Theme

Goals Objectives

ProficiencyStandards

FunctionsForms

Key Vocabulary

The Curriculum Framework should be able to:

• Promote communicative competence.• Promote functional use of language.• Connect text with meaningful real-world

experiences.• Align instruction across the grade levels.

Curriculum Framework SampleGrade 2

• Woodstock Elementary Mandarin Goals• Mandarin Immersion Curriculum Framework• Chinese Curriculum Framework and Textbook

Layout for Annual Instruction

Please see links to documents on Woodstock Mandarin Curriculum page.

Academic Content

Mandarin Instruction

• Literacy K-5 • Math:

CalculationK-2 Investigations 3-5

• Science K-5

English Instruction

• Literacy K-5

• Math:Investigations K-5

• Social Studies K-5

How Do We Meet the Needs of All Students?

Meeting Student Needs

• Tiered lesson planning

• Tutoring support

• Professional development

K-12 Budget

• Personnel (Salary and Benefits): $346,585– 1.5 Curriculum Specialists– Educational Assistant for elementary– 1.2 FTE for Online Course Development and Seeding

Positions– Extended hours and subs for professional development

and curriculum development• Curriculum Materials and Assessments: $20,000• Technology: $8,500

K-12 Budget (cont.)

• Travel: $20,900– Professional development– Dissemination of innovation– Collaboration with UO and other K-12 programs

• Consultants: $15,000• Subcontract: $2,500

– Program model dissemination of K-12 curriculum

• Indirect: $24,865TOTAL for 2009-2010: $438,350

Questions?

If you have further questions, please contact Emily Lee, Assistant Coordinator, PPS Chinese Flagship:

elee@pps.k12.or.us

(503) 916-2000 x72840