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B.A.B.E.L. Career Lattice Program.
Nieto, Julia
The Bay Area Bilingual Education League (BABEL) is a five-district consortium joining forces to confront the need for bilingual education. It encompasses pre-kindergarten through high school. The program incorporates teacher and instructional assistant training ranging from teaching techniques and methodology to cultural awareness. All of the teaching participants are bilingual; either Spanish/English or Chinese/English. The Career Lattice Program provides career opportunities for bilingual individuals with zero years of college and extends to a highly sophisticated, skilled doctorate program. This report details the recruitment and selection of personnel; the career lattice program; college training/education of participants; and auxiliary training in areas such as counseling, audit/evaluation; methodology; inservice training, teacher supervision, and a bilingual Ph.D. program. (JMF)
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Bilingual Teachers, Chinese, Consortia, Coordination, Counseling, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Cooperation, Educational Methods, Educational Policy, Evaluation, Inservice Teacher Education, Personnel Selection, Recruitment, Spanish, Spanish Speaking, Teacher Education
Bay Area Bilingual Education League, 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, California 94709 (No price quoted)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Authoring Institution: Bay Area Bilingual Education League, Berkeley, CA.
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