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Direct linkLorena Córdova-Hernández; Patricia Núñez Porras; Julia Hernández – Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 2024
Language teaching activism is a political movement for educational transformation where the role of teachers and languages, as a medium of instruction and literacy, are fundamental for equity and social justice. This paper analyzes the reflections from elementary school teachers from Austin (Texas, U.S.) and Oaxaca (Mexico) during a collaborative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers
Download full textDoolittle, Martha – Online Submission, 2017
This report summarizes Austin Independent School District elementary principals' comments from a December 2017 discussion about the process for choosing bilingual and English as a second language programs for their schools in the 2018-2019 school year.
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Bilingualism
Doolittle, Martha – Online Submission, 2016
This report summarizes Austin Independent School District elementary dual language teachers' Spring 2016 survey results. Teachers were asked about different aspects of the district's dual language models, instructional practices, and support.
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Bilingual Teachers, School Districts, Bilingual Education
Palmer, Deborah K. – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2018
Teacher leadership has been variously defined but generally understood as expanding teachers' visions beyond their own classrooms. Bilingual education teachers, working with emergent bilingual students in often marginalized situations and contexts, must develop a critical consciousness to embrace leadership identities. This requires engaging in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Literacy, Bilingualism, Interviews
Orr, Aline; Cornelius, Chelsea; Doolittle, Martha – Online Submission, 2017
This report summarizes highlights from discussions, or "pláticas," held with Austin Independent School District elementary principals about the district's dual language program. Principals provided their opinions about the program and gave suggestions for improvements.
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Principals, School Districts, Administrator Attitudes
Robertson, Phyllis M.; García, Shernaz B.; Rodríguez, Haydeé M. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2016
This article describes a Collaborative Intervention Project designed to prepare preservice teachers to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate interventions for English learners (ELs) in need of academic and/or behavioral supports. Faculty from two departments, one preparing bilingual education (BE) elementary school teachers and the other…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Special Education Teachers, English Language Learners, Student Needs
Ibanez, Natalia – Online Submission, 2014
This report summarizes results from Spring 2014 focus groups held with a sample of Austin Independent School District dual language program classroom teachers to find out their opinions about the dual language program.
Descriptors: School Districts, Teacher Attitudes, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers
Brunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2011
Twenty-nine percent of 2010-2011 Austin Independent School District students were English language learners (ELLs). The majority of ELLs (62%) made progress in English proficiency and they showed overall improvement in most state academic test (TAKS) content areas for most grades.
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Herrera, Angelica Ware – Online Submission, 2009
This report summarizes survey results from 112 newly hired AISD bilingual education elementary-level teachers who attended the August 2009 New Bilingual Teacher Institute.
Descriptors: School Districts, Bilingual Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Curry, Janice – Online Submission, 2009
Austin Independent School District provided full-day prekindergarten to 5,196 4-year-olds in 2008-2009 at 66 schools. Seventy percent or more of students made measureable gains on a test of receptive vocabulary, and average gains showed growth about two times greater than that expected for 4-year-olds after a 7-month period.
Descriptors: Preschool Education, School Schedules, School Districts, Achievement Tests
