Multilingual Learner Program

Supportive Mainstream Instruction is consistent, focused, and effective language development instruction provided through Multilingual pull-out/push-in instruction or small group work with the classroom teacher. Students in this model access grade-level academic content through participation in mainstream classrooms.

Language Instruction is delivered in English by teachers trained in second language acquisition and/or ELD (English Language Development) strategies. Instruction may occur individually or in small groups within the mainstream classroom (push-in) or separately from the mainstream classroom (pull-out) with a focus on supporting English language development.

• Teaching a small group of students in the mainstream classroom (push-in).
• Elementary and Secondary: teaching a content area class using ELD strategies to a class with EL students.
• Many North Kitsap School District instructional staff have been trained in ELD.

• Working with a small group of Multilingual students or individuals in the mainstream. The instructional assistant is given lesson objectives and materials before working with a group. The instructional assistant supports the student in learning the objective, not necessarily in completing the assignment.
• Small group or individual tutoring (Multilingual students) with a lesson plan provided by a certificated teacher.
• Instructional assistants pre-teach, re-teach, or clarify in the child’s home language (when the home language is available) lessons designed by the classroom teacher.

A Dual Language program (also called dual immersion or two-way immersion when half the students are monolingual English speakers and half are speakers of the partner language) provides instruction in two languages and can serve both language minority and language majority students in the same classroom.  Students receive academic instruction in each of the two languages from a highly qualified teacher who uses only the target language during that part of the instruction.  The goal is for students to become proficient in both their native and second languages while simultaneously gaining high academic achievement in both languages.  Additionally, dual language programs seek to foster student success in becoming bilingual, bi-literate, and bicultural.  Students in a two-way program also gain proficiency through interactions with their native-speaking peers and develop cooperative skills and cross-cultural understanding.  The primary goals of a Dual Language program are for all students to become linguistically proficient in English and the partner language and to excel academically.

• In a two-way model, at least 30% of the students in the class are native speakers of each language of instruction.
• Teachers are highly proficient in the language they teach and use only the target language during immersion time for that language.
• Students study academic content in each language.
• Students receive at least 50% or more of their instruction in a language other than English.

Vinland Elementary

The State Transitional Bilingual Instructional Program (TBIP) is the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) branch that provides funding through grants that help support the district’s EL program.

TBIP, with the involvement of parents, educators, and the community, is committed to addressing the unique needs of students from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds and helping them achieve the high content and performance standards expected of all students in Washington State.   The program helps students receiving EL services to become proficient in English and to meet state learning standards.

For more information on TBIP or other services, student rights, and resources, please see the links below:

Learn more about TBIP:     Learn More About TBIP webpage

Immigrant Students' Rights to Attend Public Schools and Know Your Rights (in 17 languages), A Guide for Public School Students in Washington:     OSPI - Equity and Civil Rights

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces various federal statutes prohibiting discrimination by recipients of federal education funds.     The OCR encourages voluntary compliance with civil rights laws by providing policy guidance, staff training, and technical assistance.

U.S. Department of Education Resources in Other Languages

How to file a complaint about Discrimination in a Washington Public School:

OSPI - How to File a Complaint