TeachersProgram history:
Lincoln’s Dual Immersion program began in 2002.
The program has grown by grade level each year and then by number of dual immersion classes per grade level.
Lincoln’s current Dual Immersion program is K-5.
Lincoln is a district wide ELL magnet program K-5.
Lincoln’s Dual Immersion program will not grow into Lincoln’s middle school program- we feed into Linus Pauling’s dual immersion program.
District collaboration and goals:
Corvallis School District currently has three dual immersion programs district wide: Lincoln (K-5), Garfield (K-5), Linus Pauling (middle school).
Corvallis School District’s stated goal is to have Dual Immersion programs K-12.
Please read the district’s Dual Immersion non-negotiables.
Lincoln’s dual immersion model:
Lincoln is a 50-50 dual immersion program K-5 where Spanish must be used for instruction a minimum of 50% of the time. This means that 50% of a native-English speaker’s instruction must be in Spanish.
Lincoln dual immersion teachers and staff do not translate at any time during instruction.
Students learn to read and write within a simultaneous biliteracy model.
For families of heritage speakers we strongly encourage L1 literacy in Spanish.
Speakers of other languages are successful in our program and most often receive L1 literacy in Spanish.
In order to assure fidelity in program minutes, each DI teacher must assure that field trips, guest speakers, SMART(supplemental reading time) and special education pull-outs, among other special circumstances, do not interfere with each child’s ability to spend 50% of their day in each target language.