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KELLER ISD
Key Strategic Priority: 1
ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION
Learning
Billingual Program Model – One-way Dual
Language
EHBE
(R1)
Keller ISD provides a bilingual education program that is a full-time program of dual-language
instruction that provides for learning basic skills in the primary language of the students enrolled
in the program and for carefully structured and sequenced mastery of English language
skills. The program model used in Keller ISD is the Goméz and Goméz One-way Dual
Language Enrichment model. The model shall be implemented at all bilingual campuses. The
following are requirements for bilingual instruction.
Language of Instruction (LOI):
Content Area
PK-1st
grade
2nd- 5th grade
6th grade
Reading/ Language
Arts
Spanish
Spanish and English
(50/50)*
Spanish and English
(50/50)*
Math
English
English
English
Science
Spanish
Spanish
Spanish
Social Studies
Spanish
*Equal instruction time daily.
Spanish
English
Key Components of DLE Model for Language Development, Content Learning and Enrichment:
Grade
Level
PK2nd
PK2nd
Element
s
3rd-6th
3rd-6th
Language of the Day (LOD):
Monday, Wednesday, & Friday: Spanish // Tuesday & Thursday: EnglishValidates both languages. Used for activities other than core content
instruction
Bilingual Pairs or Bilingual Groups (2-3 pairs):
Students are paired up all day based on language and content ability (himed; med-low) to support each other’s language and content learning
Bilingual Learning Centers (BLC):
Min. 4 core areas: Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies; Academic
activities in English and Spanish; students travel in bilingual pairs 30
minutes per day throughout the week; pairs engage in one activity
PK2nd
Conceptual Refinement (CR):
10-15 minutes at the end of the lesson for math, science and social studies to
assist students that need refinement on the concept(s) learned (inclusive of
content block; conducted in the LOI)
PK2nd
PK2nd
PK2nd
PK2nd
3rd-6th
3rd-6th
3rd-6th
3rd-6th
3rd-6th
Student-Generated Alphabets (SGA):
Student created alphabets with grade appropriate vocabulary in both English
and Spanish
Interactive Word Walls (WW):
Teacher and student initiated Word Walls in English and Spanish in each
DLE classroom Vocabulary comes from various activities conducted in LOI
& LOD
Project Based Learning (PBL):
Inquiry-based approach for learning content through discovery, projects and
research in the language of instruction during content time
Bilingual Resource Centers (BRC):
Provides a focus on research, inquiry, project-based learning and utilized
during instruction as students’complete projects/assignment
Specialized Content-Area Vocabulary Enrichment Activities (SVE):
15-20 minutes per week to develop key academic vocabulary in the opposite
LOI (ex: Science in English)
DATE ADOPTED: 08/9/2010
LAST REVISION:
CONTACT: Director of Language Acquisition
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