Bilingual Teaching Methods Across Content Areas ((3))

Catalog description

This course prepares BILA candidates for teaching in the Spanish-English bilingual classroom. Program models for bilingual instruction will be explored alongside methods and strategies for supporting student bilingualism and biliteracy across the content areas, assessment of student content-area and linguistic benchmarks, and the development of healthy bicultural identities for emergent bilinguals. Candidates will also develop skills for engaging Spanish-speaking parents through observation and leading of ELAC and parent meetings. This course will be taught bilingually in Spanish and English.