The Building Bilingual Programs
Field Guide & Companion Courses
2021-1-CZ01-KA220-SCH-000027846
A series of pilot courses was created and run during the month of November 2024 for the Erasmus+ Building Bilingual Programs project.
The Field Guide & Companion Courses
​Course Offerings:
School Administrators - Course 1:
Tailored strategies for fostering inclusive, bilingual environments for school leaders.
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Classroom Guides - Course 2:
Practical tools and knowledge from Language Acquisition experts for bilingual settings.
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ESL Teachers - Course 3:
Innovative approaches to support language acquisition in child-centered environments with a Montessori perspective.
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These programs focused on cultivating child-centered, sustainable school cultures and building bilingual elementary programs rooted in autonomous education practices.
​​​These three pilot courses were funded by the European Union. They were granted for free to those interested that met the course requirements.
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This course was designed and run by the team of Bilingual Montessori led by Marikay McCabe.
Many of us
have experienced
the following:
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Being clear about what second language goals we want to achieve at our school, but not being clear about how to achieve them.
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Creating long to do lists with tasks that should improve our language curriculum, but not being sure where to start.
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Feeling alone and isolated from others that are trying to answer the same questions as we are at our school.
The Companion Courses were designed for you to:
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get an overview of all aspects that need to be in place in order to have a strong second language program in your 6-12 environment
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you will feel you are making progress in bringing your second language program to the next level
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clarify the areas you want to work on and be confident that they are the right ones for your school to be focusing on now
Participants also experienced:
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connecting with others that are facing the same challenges as you
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a unique opportunity where three courses bring the perspectives of bilingual school programs together to meet, discuss and share their experiences
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becoming part of a community that is open to sharing ideas and inspiration that is aligned with current research on second language acquisition
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being inspired about how to satisfy the needs of second language acquisition and the Montessori principles according to your unique role