Mesa Public Schools

Dual Language Immersion Program

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Dual Language Immersion Program

Resources
Teachers and Families

School closure information

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DLI Online Resources

Teachers and Families
Maestros y Familias

MPS ONLY - DLI Teachers Shared Folder

(MPS internal access only)
 

DLI Kindergarten Registration 2020 - 2021 School Year

Registration window January 27 - March 1
After March 1st, you may apply and be added to the waitlist. Click for more information

"One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way."
- Frank Smith

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DLI program information

MPS Dual Language Immersion Program

Why Dual Language?

Dual Language Accomplishments at MPS

Oral proficiency levels in the workplace

What Foreign Languages Mean for U.S. Employers

Benefits of Dual Language

Speaking two languages is better for your brain than Sudoku

10 Facts About the Spanish Language

The Multiple benefits of Dual Language
Dual Language Immersion Elementary Schools
Hermosa Vista Elementary School

Grades K - 4 (K-6 by 2021 - 2022)
50/50 Model - English/Spanish

Keller Elementary School

Grades K - 6
50/50 Model - English/Spanish

STAMP 4Se Resources/Recursos

STAMP

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STAMP 4Se

Sample Tests/Ejemplos del examen

STAMP 4 Se

Benchmark and Rubric Guide
Guía y rúbrica

STAMP 4 Se

Parent Information
Información para padres

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Questions about our DLI Program?

Contact 

Patricia Fernandez,

Dual Language Immersion Specialist

pcfernandez@mpsaz.org

MPS Teaching and Learning Departments

Access to other departments

Acceso a otros departamentos

Math, Science, Social Studies
World Languages

Information and Resources

MPS DLI Targets
MPS K-6 Grade Level Proficiency Targets

MPS K-6 Metas de Fluidez para cada grado

Professional Learning Resources
Microsoft Education
Webinars for Language Teachers

by Vista Higher Learning

No Turning Back: New Pathways to Proficiency

Recorded webinar -Ken Stewart
April, 2020

AVANT free pre-recorded webinars

Proficiency, engagement, assessment and more

Arizona K-12 Standards

Content and Language

ACTFL Performance Descriptors
New! NCSSFL - ACTFL Can - Do Statements
ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines

National Organizations World Languages and Dual Language Immersion

AZLA

Arizona Language Association

ACTFL

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language

CARLA

Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition

NABE

National Association for Bilingual Education

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