among the students as a part of enhancing their Academic Deans, college-bound culture. Offering world languages to ILTs middle school students will help them to meet the new criteria for the UMD system as well as other colleges. The foreign language strand will enable schools to differentiate the program based on identified needs and/or interests. Principals will select the languages from the ten offered in PGCPS (including French, Italian, Chinese, and Latin) Dr. Gladys based on the interest of their communities and the Whitehead, Director languages supported by the high schools that the of Curriculum & students feed into. Instruction; PGCPS TAG Supervisor; The world languages model will be phased in over Instructional Lead three years. In 2010-2011, an Teacher (ILT); Introduction to course will be scheduled for 7th Academic Dean Foreign Language graders so that foreign language classes (for high school credit) can be added for 8th grade by The outcome is for 75% of 8th graders to matriculate to high school with a foreign language credit (by 2012-2013). Due to budget constraints and the shortage of highly qualified foreign language teachers, the school principal has elected to replace the Dr. Gladys scheduled FTE in foreign language with an Whitehead, Academic Resource Teacher. The Academic Director of Resource Teacher will provide direct support Curriculum & around testing, data analysis, collaborative Instruction; planning, and instructional strategies. PGCPS Science For 2012-2013, G James Gholson will replace the Supervisor second allocated foreign language position with science coach. The Science Coach will ensure effective implementation of the science curriculum at the school by providing support through
among the students as a part of enhancing their college-bound culture. Offering world languages to middle school students will help them to meet the new criteria for the UMD system as well as other colleges. The foreign language strand will enable schools to differentiate the program based on identified needs and/or interests. Principals will select the languages from the ten offered in PGCPS (including French, Italian, Chinese, and Latin) based on the interest of their communities and the languages supported by the high schools that the students feed into. The world languages model will be phased in over three years. In 2010-2011, an Introduction to Foreign Language course will be scheduled for 7th graders so that foreign language classes (for high school credit) can be added for 8th grade by The outcome is for 75% of 8th graders to matriculate to high school with a foreign language credit (by 2012-2013). Due to budget constraints and the shortage of highly qualified foreign language teachers, the school principal has elected to replace the scheduled FTE in foreign language with an Academic Resource Teacher. The Academic Resource Teacher will provide direct support around testing, data analysis, collaborative planning, and instructional strategies. For 2012-2013, G James Gholson will replace the second allocated foreign language position with science coach. The Science Coach will ensure effective implementation of the science curriculum at the school by providing support through Academic Deans, ILTs Dr. Gladys Whitehead, Director of Curriculum & Instruction; PGCPS TAG Supervisor; Instructional Lead Teacher (ILT); Academic Dean Dr. Gladys Whitehead, Director of Curriculum & Instruction; PGCPS Science Supervisor
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