Bilingual Education Programs
The Bilingual Education programs Weatherford ISD offers are Dual Language Immersion/one-way (PK-2) and Transitional Bilingual/early exit (3-5)
Dual Language Immersion/one-way
Dual Language Immersion/one-way is a bilingual/biliteracy program model in which students identified as Emergent Bilingual students are served in both English and another language and are prepared to meet reclassification criteria in order to be successful in English-only instruction not earlier than six or later than seven years after the student enrolls in school. Instruction provided in a language other than English in this program model is delivered by a teacher appropriately certified in bilingual education under TEC, §29.061. Instruction provided in English in this program model may be delivered either by a teacher appropriately certified in bilingual education or by a different teacher certified in ESL in accordance with TEC, §29.061. The goal of one-way dual language immersion is for program participants to attain full proficiency in another language as well as English. This model provides ongoing instruction in literacy and academic content in the students' primary language as well as English, with at least half of the instruction delivered in the students' primary language for the duration of the program.
Transitional Bilingual/early exit
Transitional Bilingual/early exit is a bilingual program model in which students identified as Emergent Bilingual students are served in both English and another language and are prepared to meet reclassification criteria to be successful in English-only instruction not earlier than two or later than five years after the student enrolls in school. Instruction in this program is delivered by a teacher appropriately certified in bilingual education under TEC, §29.061(b)(1), for the assigned grade level and content area. The goal of early-exit transitional bilingual education is for program participants to use their primary language as a resource while acquiring full proficiency in English. This model provides instruction in literacy and academic content through the medium of the students' primary language along with instruction in English that targets second language development through academic content.
- Dual Language Immersion Pre-K is offered at Seguin and Ikard
- Dual Language Immersion K-3rd grade is offered at Ikard, Seguin, and Wright
- Dual Language Immersion 4th grade is offered at Ikard
- Transitional Bilingual/early exit 5th grade is offered at Ikard