Washington DC, School District turns to language and cultural training

Washington DC, School District tus to language and cultural training Washington d.c.? S Language Access Act in 2004, in Washington DC, has adopted the language of the right of access. The law was amended in order to obtain better access to and participation in public schools and other public services for residents who have little or no knowledge of English. The law is for the four main areas of language and access to public services. These four areas are: the need for and provision of oral language, the provision of written translation of important documents in other languages, the population is 3% or 500 persons, whichever is less, or for population, or is likely or that the creation of language access plans, the best in this population, and finally the creation of language access coordination. The District of Columbia at that time focused on these five languages, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, and Amharic. In the public service in School District of Washington DC also has measures to changes in their cultural and language training. D. Washington C. School? S Diverse Population Washington DC schools consisting of one hundred sixty-seven schools and leaing centers. The division of the Washington DC schools includes: one hundred and one elementary schools, eleven middle schools, nine secondary schools, secondary schools twenty, six education centers and twenty special schools. These schools are almost sixty-six thousand students, with most of the 39,161 students of primary schools. Washington, DC schools have a wide range of students with more than one hundred twelve different languages, one hundred thirty-eight different nationalities. Of these nearly 13% of students can be said to belong to a minority, language, and an additional 8% can be considered Limited English Proficient (LEP) or non-English Advanced (LEP / NEP) leaers. The ethnic breakdown of the Washington School District encompasses almost 85% of African-Americans, 10% Hispanic, 4% white, 1% Asian Americans. In an effort to meet the needs of middle school students in Washington DC, their attention to younger pupils. Washington DC schools sixty-nine operates Head Start programs for pre-school and school students. It also operates six programs Montessori. Time to improve your language programs. Currently, Washington DC schools, reasonable care bidirectional Full Immersion Spanish / English. Implementation of the new two-way language immersion programs The Shepherd Elementary School, a school in Washington, DC, working on the development of two-way language immersion programs for pre-school and kindergarten. The school is an application for pre-school and school students speak French, Spanish or other languages in an effort to promote new immersion programs. The program begins at the end of August, so that schools in Washington DC to demand immediate action by the parents in the program. Currently, the plan for students in English or Spanish-French-German content taught fluent English and language teachers. The dual language program with Inteational Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Program, which will begin in all classes at the end of August, 2006. Under the Inteational Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Program for students and education to culture and cultural diversity, children develop an understanding of themselves in a community. Begins to identify the similarities and differences between people (eg, sex, race, culture, language, skills), show a growing respect for the culture and ethnicity. (Leaing a few words in another language. Sapori a snack that a class from a different culture come to school.) And of the emerging countries to show understanding and respect for skills. (Listening to a story of a child with disabilities. Includes children with disabilities in the game).