Project Description
This community-based project seeks to deliver immersion program focussing on grade two students in the first year (2018 – 2019) and then to grade three in the second year (2019 – 2020). The project will also focus on curriculum development that is unique to Walpole Island/ Bkejwnaong Territory during the first year of this project; and parents will be encouraged to participate in this project.
2018-2019
Resource 1
- Immersion Program/Language Resources/Classroom Resources
- Language Levels: Beginner
- Target Audience: Children/Students in Immersion Program
Resource 2
- Parent Language Engagement – Resources for Parents to learn and reinforce language in the home.
- Language Levels: Beginner
- Target Audience: Adults/Parents & Guardians of children in the Immersion Program
Participatory
- Immersion Program – Hire a Grade 2 Immersion Teacher
- Language Level: Intermediate
- Number of Participants: approximately 10 – 15 per class.
- Number of Hours: 300 instructional minutes a day (5 hours a day) with 171 instructional days per year. Total number of instructional hours per participant is 855 a year.
- Target Audience: Children
2019-2020
Participatory
- Immersion Program – Grade 2/Immersion Program – Grade 3 – Retain Immersion Teacher and hire another Immersion Teacher for next level learners
- Language Level: Advanced
- Number of Participants: Varies with number of enrolled students, approximately 10 – 15 per class.
- Number of Hours: 300 instructional minutes a day (5 hours a day) with 171 instructional days per year. Total number of instructional hours per participant is 855 a year.