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LEGISLATION

An Act Relative to the Training, Assessment, and Assignment of Qualified School Interpreters in Educational Settings (H.437; Rep. Cabral/S.253; Sen. Crighton)

Creates standards and competencies for the training, hiring, and use of interpreters in educational settings in order to provide limited English proficient (LEP) parents and students with competent interpretation services, as required by federal and state law. 

An Act Relative to Educator Diversity  (H.549/S.311)

    Creates robust pathways for diverse professionals and educators to enter the teaching profession and is sponsored by Joint Education Committee Chair, Senator Jason Lewis and Representative Alice PeischLatinos for Education and the Massachusetts Education Diversity Coalition are advocating for transforming this educator pipeline. 

    An Act to Promote High-Quality Comprehensive Literacy Instruction in all Massachusetts Schools (H.579/S.263) An Act Relative to Bilingual Educators and Dual Language Certification Incentives (H.3947) 

    The bill supports multiple financial incentives to increase the number of qualified bilingual educators leading to improved student performance, such as funding capacity of districts and IHEs to ensure highly qualified educators.

    ADVISORY BOARDS

    MABE Board members are representatives on the following education advisory councils:

    INITIATIVES  

    • Bilingualism is a gift! An initiative by the Watertown Public School encouraging families to use their home language everyday (poster to the right). 

    • ¡Vive Bilingüe! a campaign by Worcester State University's Latino Education Institute (posters at end of page). 

    COALITIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, & WORKING GROUPS 

      SEAL OF BILITERACY 

      Language Opportunity Coalition Biliteracy Pathway Awards 

      An award program overseen by the Massachusetts Language Opportunity Coalition (LOC) that can be awarded in addition to the official MA State Seal of Biliteracy.

      The LOC created a Seal of Biliteracy (SoBL) Workgroup, a strong, enduring collaboration of world language (MaFLA), dual language (MABE), and English language learning (MATSOL) professional teacher organizations and conducted a pilot over three years (2015-2018) before passing legislation to develop a multi-tiered award structure for the SoBL and parameters for implementation in districts in the state.  The pilot involved the cooperation and input of leaders and teachers of all language learning program types and levels; world language, dual language education, transitional bilingual education, immersion, English language education, elementary, middle, high school, and university.

        The LOC Biliteracy Pathway Awards are designed for students and schools who do not meet the state criteria such as:

        • School districts that want to award FUNCTIONAL biliteracy at the Intermediate–Mid level of proficiency
        • School districts that want to award emerging bilingualism and biliteracy for students at the Novice level of proficiency in elementary school OR for students with disabilities 
        • Independent schools whose students do not take MCAS

        Seal of Biliteracy Pilot 

        The chapter - A Collaborative Model for Seal of Biliteracy Implementation: The Massachusetts Pilot Project, written by the LOC Co-Leaders Nicole L Sherf, Phyllis R. Hardy, and Helen Solorzano can be found in the text The Seal of Biliteracy, Case Studies and Considerations for Policy Implementation, Edited by: Amy J. Heineke, Loyola University Chicago and Kristin J. Davin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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