Our Journey

Program Description

Our Journey Program has been designed to provide emergent bilingual students the opportunity to practice their listening, speaking and writing skills with Talk-Read, Talk- Write activities. Throughout the school year students will explore as a group an issue that affects their community while using the Four Domains of Competence (Investigate the World- Recognize Perspectives- Communicate Ideas - Take Action). Each group will have the opportunity to showcase their project towards the end of the school year. The students will also have the opportunity to supplement their learning with additional exploration of college, career and community leadership.

Program Goals

The goal of the program is to supplement emergent bilingual student practice in listening, speaking and writing skills while engaging in critical thinking and exploration of college, career and community leadership.

Program & Department Goals:

•  Decrease long-term emergent bilingual by 5% each year
• Increase the Academic Achievement of EBs by 5% in growth for Math and Reading annually for 3 years
• Increase the number and percent of EBs rated improved on TELPAS by 5% or more and decrease the number and percent of students who regress on TELPAS by 5% or more annually for the next 3 years.
• Increase awareness of College, Career and Community Leadership

 

*Goal of 80% or above for Emergent Bilingual Graduation Rate

*Goal to have Emergent Bilingual Student Dropout Rate less than 1.8

 

Current Schools

004 Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School

008 North Side High School

009 Polytechnic High School

010 Paschal High School

016 O.D. Wyatt High School

048 William James Middle School

084 World Languages Institute High School

084 World Languages Institute Middle School

051 Meacham Middle School

057 Rosemont Middle School

 

Measures of Success

The success of the program will be measured through student attendance, student math & English language arts grade progress and through program evaluation surveys completed throughout the school year to evaluate the effectiveness of the activities. The coordinator will also keep track of emergent bilingual student attendance rate to increase student attendance and engagement. There will be regular program staff feedback surveys and community guest speaker surveys to provide program experience.

 

Project Expectations and Direction

• Program facilitators/staff will receive training over the Four Domains and a BOY, MOY and EOY meeting to address the goals and expectations. The program coordinator will make regular group visits to support and answer any staff questions throughout the school year.
• Create an open communication system among each group, all group facilitators and throughout all the student/staff groups; become a Journeys community of support
• Consultant Community Catalyst Partners will provide program staff a total of up to 40 hours of training and support through the school year to support with the “Issues to Action” project.
• Will provide awards and recognition to students that have outstanding participation, show leadership and demonstrate personal growth towards the end of the school year to highlight their hard work.

2024-2025 Family Survey