• One-day, two-day, or three-day (6-18 hours) curriculum planning retreat  (Depends on number of content areas and previous familiarity with selected curricula)

• Standards-aligned curriculum scope-and-sequence development based on your program’s previously created Language Allocation Plan 

• Training and facilitation by veteran DLBE educators

• Additional future planning resources from MABE

Outcomes:

• Written summary report of the retreat with recommendations for next steps
• Draft Curriculum Alignment Plan with detailed DLBE specific scope and sequence for curriculum implementation
• Adapted curriculum units and lessons with specific plans for teaching cross-linguistic transfer (3-day retreat only)
• Capacity building for teachers at each grade level to become curriculum alignment leaders

Participants: 

• Mandatory*: 

• • One Elementary teacher per grade level per language to serve as curriculum alignment leader 

  • All coaches who work in DLBE

• Optional (but highly recommended): 

• • Additional Elementary teachers from all grade levels

  • ESL teachers

  • Special Educators

  • Principal

  • District Director of Multilingual Learning 

* Note: If principals, directors, and other leaders do not attend, they will be asked before the retreat to identify a system for teacher-led curricular decision-making.

Following El Brote, MABE can provide continued Technical Assistance and/or Professional Development.