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Zeichner, Harvey – 1979
The District 19 (Brooklyn, New York) Bilingual/Bicultural Elementary Program operated on the K-6 level in eight schools during the 1978-1979 school year. The broad goals of the program were to expand the number, scope, skills, services, and student-teacher interactions of the district's bilingual staff and to develop and administer a competent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teacher Aides
Sandorff, Paul; And Others – 1984
This study was originally undertaken to describe an elementary school's bilingual education program and examine the process and effects of bilingual teacher development efforts, but it refocused on program change due to reduction in federal funding. A literature review explores materials relating to the process of change, staff development and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Bilingual Teachers

Irizarry, Ruddie A.; And Others – 1979
The ultimate goal of Project SABE (Systematic Approaches to Bilingual Education) was to improve the linguistic and computational performance of 793 New York City students with limited proficiency in English and 141 English dominant students in grades K-4. The instrumental goal of the project was to improve the performance of the 34 bilingual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Bilingual Teachers
Mesa Community Coll., AZ. – 1976
A study identified competencies needed by a bilingual teacher aide in an elementary school program. The methodology involved (1) use of task analysis in the form of a 341-item questionnaire, which was disseminated to 13l bilingual teacher aides in Arizona to determine both the difficulty and frequency of their tasks, (2) chi-square tests for…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Educational Needs, Educational Research

Schanzer, George O. – Hispania, 1977
This article describes a program in Buenos Aires at the tertiary level offering certification in elementary education plus language certification. The program is bilingual (English/Spanish); courses and methods are described. (CHK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Elementary Education, FLES
van Loenen, Rita; Haley, Perry Kay – 1994
Collaboration between bilingual education and regular classroom teachers, drawing on research and experience in special education. Several models for consultation used in special education are outlined: process consultation, used to help the teacher clarify student needs and develop solutions through a prescribed set of activities; the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Case Studies, Consultants

Reyes, Luis O. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2002
An elementary school in a low-income, immigrant community of South Brooklyn (New York) developed a bilingual variation of the adult learning community model of professional development. Bilingual administrators and teachers collaboratively created a positive learning environment through teacher action research, coaching and mentoring, on-site…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Bilingual Teachers, Case Studies, Collegiality
Benedict, Annette – 1978
After reviewing recent legal decisions on bilingual education, this report describes the goals and requirements of a bilingual program in a New York City community school district with a large number of Spanish speaking pupils, and the methods by which these goals were to be attained. The training and responsibilities of staff are discussed, with…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers, Elementary Education
Walsh, Marie Andre – 1976
This book sketches the educational history of Mexican Americans and describes bilingual education as one way they can draw on their heritage and teach in bilingual elementary schools. Chapters are devoted to: (1) the profile of depressed educational achievement of the Mexican American and its attendant circumstances; (2) the bilingual school as a…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Bilingualism
Kalmar, Rosalyn Rudolph – 1975
The Culver City (Calif.) Schools' Spanish Immersion Program (SIP) offers an innovative and highly successful approach to the development of proficiency in a foreign language in the elementary grades. This approach differs from most bilingual programs in that for the first two years the students are completely immersed in Spanish. When the students…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Teachers, Cost Effectiveness
Pulu, Tupou L. – 1975
The Bilingual Education Project for the Yup'ik Eskimo was funded under Title VII (ESEA) and in fiscal year 1975 operated in seven Alaskan villages. Some 425 children in grades K-3 received bilingual instruction in the village schools of Aleknagik North Shore, Atmautluak, Bethel, Kongiganek, Manokotak, Togiak and Twin Hills. Materials were…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Annual Reports, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers
California State Univ., Los Angeles. National Dissemination and Assessment Center. – 1978
A summary report is presented of the program that was begun in 1970 in three elementary schools located in a predominantly Hispanic area of the city. The study is divided into four main headings: program description, evaluation design, findings and limitations. The description of the program includes the cultural and social context; the project…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools