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Department of Multilingual Services Seal of Biliteracy: Updates and Highlights Samuel Aguirre and Madeleine Polovick Bilingual Directors Conference September 26, 2019 Whole Child Whole School Whole Community Agenda

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Department of Multilingual Services Seal of Biliteracy: Updates and Highlights

Samuel Aguirre and Madeleine Polovick Bilingual Directors Conference September 26, 2019 Whole Child • Whole School • Whole Community

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Agenda

  • History of the Seal and Commendation
  • Overview of requirements for program

participation

  • New Application
  • Seal and Commendation Proficiency Requirements
  • Data, Trends, and Stories
  • Key dates

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SEAL AND COMMENDATION HISTORY

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Seal of Biliteracy History

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  • Concept developed by Californians Together (2008)
  • California was 1st state to adopt (2011)
  • Illinois was 4th state to adopt (2013)
  • Awarded in 37 states and Washington, D.C.
  • Under consideration in 3 states, and early stages in

9 others

  • In Illinois: Statute changes now permit awards to

public and non-public high school students.

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What is a Seal of Biliteracy?

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  • For Illinois high school graduates who demonstrate

a high level of proficiency in four domains in:

  • English, and
  • A language other than English
  • Seal designated on the student’s diploma and

transcript

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Why the Seal of Biliteracy?

  • Encourages the study of other languages
  • Benefits to the student
  • Increasing employment and academic opportunities
  • Benefits to the global community
  • Communicating with people from other cultures
  • Developing economic opportunities
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What is the Commendation toward Biliteracy?

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The Commendation toward Biliteracy is awarded to students who demonstrate progress toward biliteracy, but do not fully meet the requirements of the Seal of Biliteracy.

(23 Ill. Adm. Code 1.442(c))

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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

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General Program Requirements

  • Designate district coordinator
  • Notification of Participation by 10/1
  • Application on SIS
  • Participation in Training
  • Making decisions about district’s program
  • Inform families and students about the program

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General Program Requirements, Cont.

  • Create the Seal or Commendation itself
  • Identify students who qualify
  • No age or grade requirement
  • Awarding the Seal or Commendation
  • Annual report

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New application on SIS

  • Located on IWAS in SIS
  • District Seal of Biliteracy coordinator must have

access to SIS to complete application

  • Must first have enrolled students on SIS before

application is available to submit

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MEETING PROFICIENCY

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Methods to Qualify

  • Standard Assessment Method
  • The Alternative Portfolio Method, used when:
  • Intermediate mid composite score, or its equivalent, on a

standardized assessment in the four domains of the target language;

  • No standardized assessment exists for targeted language;
  • The standardized assessment for a student with disabilities

is inappropriate; or

  • The standardized assessment for targeted foreign language

does not assess one or more of the four domains

  • Using methods that are not on ISBE’s approved list

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Demonstrating Proficiency in English: Seal of Biliteracy

1.

ELP on ACCESS in 9-12th grade (Emergent Bilingual)*

2.

“Meets” or “exceeds” in ELA on SAT*

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ACTFL Intermediate High on TOEFL, TOEIC, etc*

4.

ACT Composite of 21 or meets college ready benchmark for English area test*

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Final ELA GPA of 3.0 or above with college credit*

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Scores a 5 on AP English Language and Composition Exam* *Will qualify for Commendation if student doesn’t meet Seal criteria in World Language category

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Demonstrating Proficiency in English: Commendation toward Biliteracy

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3.5 overall composite on ACCESS in 9-12th grade (Emergent Bilingual)

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ACTFL Intermediate Low or above on TOEFL, TOEIC, etc

3.

ACT Composite of 21 or meets college ready benchmark for English area test

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Final ELA GPA of 2.5 of above with college credit

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Demonstrating Proficiency in a Language Other than English

Seal of Biliteracy: ACTFL Intermediate High on TOEFL, TOEIC, etc* Commendation towards Biliteracy: ACTFL Intermediate Low on TOEFL, TOEIC, etc

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DATA, TRENDS, AND STORIES

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Other 4% Arabic 1% Chinese 4% French 10% German 3% Italian 2% Polish 2% Spanish 74%

SY 2017-2018 Award Data

  • 5,75

5,756 aw awar ards

  • 86 sch

chool dis districts

  • 23

23 lan languages

Seal of Biliteracy

Addit Additio iona nal Repr presented Langu Languages

Bulgarian Greek Hebrew Hindi Japanese Korean Latin Lithuanian Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Turkish Ukrainian Urdu

Commendation Towards Biliteracy

  • 3,05

3,057 aw awar ards

  • 58 sch

chool dis districts

  • 17

17 lan languages

Add Addit itio iona nal Repr presented Langu Languages

Bulgarian Greek Hebrew Hindi Japanese Korean Latin Lithuanian Portuguese Russian

Arabic 1% Chinese 4% French 9% German 3% Italian 2% Polish 2%

Spanish 76%

Other 3%

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Seal & Commendation Awards

504 2693 4444 5756 214 959 2601 3057 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

Number of Awards School Year

Seal Comm

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Districts Awarding Seals & Commendations

15 44 70 86

14 32 47 58 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

Number of Districts School Year

Seal Comm

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Languages Represented in Seal & Commendation Awards

10 17 18 23 6 9 14 17

2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

Number of Languages School Year

Seal Comm

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Impact on Emergent Bilinguals: Seal of Biliteracy

71 200 1171 1634 11 25 205 184 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

Number of Recipients School Year

EB Former EB

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Impact on Emergent Bilinguals: Commendation toward Biliteracy

7 54 567 622 24 31 269 138 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

Number of Recipients

School Year

EB Former EB

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KEY DATES

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Key Dates

Dates Activity October 1, 2019 4:00pm Or, 45 days prior to awarding the Seal/Commendation Seal of Biliteracy application for SY 2020 due October 15, 2019 4:00pm Seal of Biliteracy Award data for SY2019 due *Note: This year only due to recent reporting code changes At least 45 days prior to awarding Seal/Commendation Program Coordinator completes the mandatory annual training 30 days after school year ends Submit final report to ISBE

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Questions?

Department of Multilingual Services

https://www.isbe.net/SealofBiliteracy Bilitercy@isbe.net (312) 814-3850