In recognition of the critical need for bilingual teachers and in the belief that bilingual teachers can be most efficiently recruited and trained in the community college, the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges has developed several recommendations for a career ladder transfer program in bilingual education. The first of…

The handbook, intended to assist California school personnel in understanding the Portuguese language minority group, is designed for use by bilingual education specialists, administrators, and other teachers. An introductory section presents several vignettes of language situations in the schools. Two subsequent chapters outline general…