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Program Overview || Esquema del Programa
Instructional Time
Students receive over 13 hours of instruction in Spanish weekly.
Immersion (Spanish speaking) Teachers
The Immersion program requires that Immersion teachers hold a Virginia teacher’s license in elementary education.
Curriculum
The Immersion program follows the Arlington Immersion Curriculum Framework, which is aligned with national and state standards. The expectations for students completing the K-5 sequence are to attain the Junior Intermediate Low level as described in the Center for Applied Linguistics COPE/SOPA rating scale. At the Junior Intermediate Low level, the student can maintain simple sentence-level conversations, may attempt longer, more complex sentences, has basic vocabulary pertaining to personal interests and academic subjects and seldom has comprehension problems on everyday topics, among other skills.
Instructional Materials
All students in the Immersion program have access to high-quality instructional materials to help them develop the desired proficiency. Arlington utilizes the Lectura series of materials. This series is standards-based and allows for cross-curricular connections.
Assessment
Immersion teachers conduct periodic formative evaluations to determine students’ progress in Spanish. The results of these assessments are used to modify instruction. Students’ language development is assessed more formally twice a year, at the end of each semester, and a report is sent home with the second and fourth report card.After elementary school, the Spanish Immersion Program continues at Gunston Middle School and, from there, at Wakefield High School.