Services

Professional Development

 

Contigo Education provides summer institutes with ongoing webinars quarterly during the year that focus on the background and research in dual language education, model program elements, scheduling, assessments, and leadership.

Schools and school districts can request professional development sessions specific to their needs. Topics include:

  • Why Dual Language?

  • Oracy in the Language Learning Classroom

  • Biliteracy Curriculum Development

  • Curriculum Evaluation

  • Culturally Responsive Practices

  • Teacher recruitment, retention and professional development

  • Comprehensibility inputs

  • Critical Consciousness: The Fourth programmatic goal of dual language

  • Parent Outreach and Engagement

  • Student Leadership Development

Leadership Coaching

 

Our company provides one-on-one individual coaching for principals on a quarterly, monthly, or bimonthly schedule. We provide both onsite or virtual coaching support.  The full or half day sessions are designed based on what the individual principal or district requests.

Program Review

 

A program review includes review of data sources, onsite observations, focus groups, and informal data collection.  Once data is gathered and triangulated, a report will be written based on the Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education (from the Center for Applied Linguistics) that highlights program accomplishments and strengths and opportunities for growth and development.  A menu of suggestions will be included in the report. 

Curriculum Development and Facilitation

 

Facilitation of unit development with teams of teachers and leaders; 1-2 days per unit of study. 

A curriculum audit can also be done to determine alignment with standards, across languages and consistency in implementation of best practices.

Program Action Planning

 

Sessions facilitate program development and improvement so schools can integrate dual language improvement efforts into their school improvement plans or district strategic plan.  Plans will be developed based on a needs assessment (including various data sources such as academic performance, student, parent and teacher input, attendance, discipline, etc.), actionable goals for the next 3-5 years, and an accountability plan.