World Languages: Curriculum and Instruction Demonstrator 1. Student Access All students should have equitable access to high quality curriculum and instruction. No Implementation Needs Improvement Proficient Distinguished The school does not provide opportunities for students to learn another language or global cultures, issues or connections. The school provides limited opportunities for most students to learn at least one world language and focus meaningful instruction on global cultures, issues or connections (e.g. by scheduling time for instruction, providing resources and monitoring). The school provides regular opportunities for all students, including English Language Learners (ELL), to learn and develop benchmarked proficiencies in at least one world language and provide multiple opportunities for all students to experience a range of global cultures, issues and connections (e.g., by scheduling time for instruction, providing resources and monitoring). The school provides routine opportunities for all students to learn and develop benchmarked proficiencies in more than one world language and allows for a variety of in-depth and learning experiences concentrated on global cultures, issues and connections (e.g., by scheduling time for instruction, providing resources and monitoring). To what extent does the school provide opportunities for each student, including ELL students, to learn and develop benchmarked proficiencies in at least one world language by scheduling time for instruction, learning opportunities and monitoring and for all students to experience a range of global cultures, issues and connections? LCMS does not offer any class in any language nor offer global experiences. The school does not provide opportunities for students to interact (virtually or face to face) with native or near native speakers or cultures and access authentic materials. The school provides limited opportunities for students to interact (virtually or face to face) with native or near native speakers or cultures and access authentic materials. The school provides regular opportunities for each student to interact (virtually or face to face) with native or near native speakers or cultures and access authentic materials to help them meet benchmarks. The school provides routine opportunities for students to interact (virtually or face to face) with native or near native speakers and other cultures. To what extent does the school provide regular opportunities for each student to interact with native or near native speakers and access authentic materials to help them meet benchmarks? LCMS does not offer any class in any language nor offer global experiences. The school does not recognize out-of-school language learning or The school acknowledges but does not formally recognize The school promotes opportunities for all The school encourages all students to find language learning and cultural
cultural opportunities. achievement gained through cultural experiences (e.g., family, community or informal learning opportunities). students outside of school and recognizes achievement through credit for proficiency/performance and cultural experiences (e.g., family, community or informal learning opportunities) with thoughtfully designed learning targets. opportunities outside of school and recognizes achievement through credit for language proficiency through thoughtfully designed learning targets. To what extent does the school promote and encourage language-learning opportunities for all students outside of school and recognize achievement through credit for proficiency and/or performance and cultural experiences? LCMS does not offer any class in any language nor offer global experiences. Demonstrator 2. Aligned and Rigorous Curriculum An aligned and rigorous curriculum provides access to a common academic core for all students as defined by state standards. No Implementation Needs Improvement Proficient Distinguished There is no alignment of the world language or global competency curriculum to the Kentucky Core Academic Standards. The world language curriculum and global focus is somewhat aligned to, but does not identify or target specific benchmarks in the Kentucky Core Academic Standards. The world language curriculum focuses on communicative proficiency and is closely aligned with the Kentucky Core Academic Standards and the school curriculum consistently integrates global competency. The world language curriculum focuses on proficiency and is aligned and benchmarked with the Kentucky Core Academic Standards. The school language and cultural curriculum fully integrates global competency across content areas in response to student, community, workforce and global issues and concerns. To what extent does the world language curriculum focus on communicative proficiency closely aligned to and benchmarked to the Kentucky Core Academic Standard for World Language Proficiency? To what extent does the school curriculum integrate global competency? LCMS does not have a world language curriculum nor integrate global competency. Curriculum provides no opportunities for students to practice 21st century critical Curriculum provides limited opportunities for students to practice 21st century critical Curriculum provides regular opportunities for students to practice 21st century critical Curriculum provides routine opportunities for students to actively use knowledge as it is being learned through applying the skills