What is the Language Leaper Project? Who are the members of the Curriculum Development Team?

Who are the National Partners? How will the Program Work? What is the Work Plan for the Development Team?

What are the Expectations?

2009 FLAP Grant to develop a Content-Related & Media-Based FLES program for the languages of Japanese & Mandarin Chinese

State funds will be applied to simultaneously develop French & Spanish versions.

Developed for grades K-5 Each grade level will consist of 6 Content/Thematic Units Each unit will consist of 16 Content Episodes & 2

Assessment Episodes

World Language Teachers: 6 Elementary Content Teachers:12 Language Specialists: 4 6 teams total that consist of 2-Elementary

Content Teachers and 1- World Language Teacher.

Language Specialists will provide guidance to all 6 teams.

Helena Curtain: National Early Language Learning Consultant

Center For Applied Linguistics (CAL) ◦Nancy Rhodes◦Lynn Thompson◦Chengbin Yin

Adapt Best Practice to Media-Based Model Each program episode will be designed to be

implemented during a thirty minute period. Three episodes will be presented each week. Trained classroom facilitators will lead the

students through interactive learning activities that seek to address established learning targets.

Ongoing formative student self-assessment and cumulative assessment will be administered.

Unit Planning Guide Unit Sequencing Guide Episode Script Form Episode Lesson Plan Form Assessment Script Form Assessment Lesson Plan Form Leaper Cards (Self-Assessment)

Curriculum Development Session: Friday, October 23 & Saturday, October 24 ◦ Grants to individual county to cover the cost of

substitutes will be issued.◦ WV Center for Professional Development in

Charleston. ◦ Start time of 8:30 a.m.

Independent Work Project Incentives

Date Received (Start Date) Due Date Product Responsible Individual

Friday, October 23 Saturday, October 24 1st Completed Unit: Unit Overview,Sequencing Plan,1 Lesson Plan (?)

Curriculum Development Team: 2 Content Teachers1 World Language Teacher

*Language Specialists

Saturday, October 24 Friday, November 13 1st Completed Unit: 16- Episode Lesson Plans16- Episode Scripts2 - Assessment Lesson Plan2-Assessment Scripts Leaper Cards (Self-Assessment)

Curriculum Development Team: 2 Content Teachers1 World Language Teacher *Language Specialists

Friday, November 13 Friday, December 11 2nd Completed Unit: Unit Overview,Sequencing Plan,16- Episode Lesson Plans16- Episode Scripts2 - Assessment Lesson Plan2-Assessment Scripts Leaper Cards (Self-Assessment)

Curriculum Development Team: Content TeachersWorld Language Teachers *Language Specialists

Date Received (Start Date) Due Date Product Responsible Individual

Monday, December 14 Monday, January 4th Translated 1st set of Units (6 total)

Language Specialists

Friday, January 11 Friday, January 29 Translated 2nd set of Units (6 total)

Language Specialists

K-5 Framework 6 Complete Kindergarten Units 6 Complete 1st Grade Units Units for grades 2-3 and grades 4-5 will be

developed in subsequent years of the grant

Initial Team Assignments Identify 8 Content Power Standards (per assigned grade level) –Content Teachers◦Submit topics/standards via e-mail by Thursday, October 15, 2009

Questions?rcrawford@access.k12.wv.us