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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
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
Hardin, Valentina Blonski – Online Submission, 2010
The present study was undertaken to find ways to help bilingual preservice teachers become more aware of diversity and more questioning of methods for literacy development in order to address issues of critical literacy. Twenty-five bilingual preservice teachers, enrolled in a Spanish Reading Methods at the university tutored 25 kindergarten…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Bilingual Students, Phonics, Data Analysis
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
Montgomery, Joel R. – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this working paper is to review current literature on literacy programs for parents of English language learners (ELLs). The paper includes a summary of five literacy programs for ELL parents throughout the United States of America. Four of these were system-wide interventions affecting more than one school or classroom. Each…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning, Parent School Relationship