PK - 12 Schools
Languages:
- Spanish
Middle school District school
District school
Sweetwater Middle School
Suwanee, Georgia 30024
Spanish continuation middle school program Institute Background
Ours is a Spanish continuation middle school program receiving students from an emergent bilingual elementary model 50/50 two teacher model Spanish DLI ES.
- Access
- Accountability
- Keys to Access & Accountability
Improve Access for all learners in more languages
Actively Recruit HULs
Yes
Strategies to Recruit HULs
Recruitment beyond local area/school district
Strategies to Retain HULs
- Faculty/administrative awareness training
Obstacles HULs Face
- None
Specific practices that are the reasons your HULs enjoy success in your program
Practice 1
Teacher Professional Development
Practice 2
Family Education
Practice 3
Leader Training.
Increase Accountability by effectively meeting all learner needs
Does your program publish description of its language program’s goals and requirements?
Yes
Does your program make public its efforts to increase HUL enrollments?
Yes
Does your program make public its definition of student success?
Yes
Does your program incorporate online learning in order to increase access and/or improve learning?
- No
Levels of Language
- 3
Years of Language Program Offer
- 3
Assess Language Outcomes
- AAPPL tests (ACTFL)
Federal Sources of Support
- Title I
Emphasize in Language Program
- Cultural Literacy
- Employment opportunities
- Global citizenship, cosmopolitanism
- Human diversity, including linguistic diversity
- Intercultural Competence
- Social inclusion
- Social-Emotional Learning
- Social justice
- Usage/immersion learning (teaching content through the target language)
Workforce Preparation Activity
Yes
- Job fairs geared to the interests of students or departments
Certain aspects of programming help ensure both Access and Accountability and merit more specific inquiry, including Teaching, Immersion Learning, and Partnerships.
Reaching to Recruit Teachers
- Historically underserved learner (HUL) communities
LEA or SEA offer
- Professional learning specifically targeting language teachers
Immersion Experience
No
Immersion Experience HULs
No
Institution Information
Urbanicity
Suburban
Levels
Middle school
Groups Over 10%
African Americans
Obstacles HULs Face
None
Free & Reduced Lunch
90 %
Authorized IB World School
No
Title I School
Yes
Second Language Requirement
No