World Languages
The Academy will serve the Greater Lawrence region, which has a substantial bilingual population. Many of our students are likely to be at various levels of fluency in their first and second languages, and language education, in one form or another. For students whose first language is Spanish we'd like to offer innovative native speaker Spanish courses.
Spanish 1, Spanish 2.
(Source: Summit Public Schools, CA: Students will use Summit Public School’s Spanish curriculum. https://www.summitlearning.org/guest/courses/1233 )
Spanish 3 for the Entrepreneurial Mind: Within the context of a third year high school Spanish class, students will explore how their interests and talents fit into the marketing, sales and service sector, come to understand, develop and implement workplace norms that meet safety and comportment standards, decide upon a product or service to sell, develop that product or service in a simulated market environment, create a marketing campaign to vend the product or service, hire a staff, and present their product or service for sale. Students will use situationally appropriate and culturally sensitive Spanish as the means of communication and instruction as they learn the concepts and principles of sales and marketing inherent in completing these tasks and in demonstrating their ability to apply them appropriately.
(Source: University of California Curriculum Integration Center: http://ucci.ucop.edu/integrated-courses/spanish-3-for-the-entrepreneurial%20mind.html)
Spanish 4 for Patient Care: ¡Soccoro!: Medical caregivers must be able to communicate with the Spanish-speaking patient on a medically and linguistically appropriate level. Students will build a framework for practice with management of health-related situations such as an infectious disease outbreak, treatment of injuries, cardiopulmonary complications, and diabetes. From this established foundation of common scenarios encountered in medical settings, students will incorporate standard medical terminology, knowledge of anatomy and physiology, and patient assessment with clear, accurate Spanish communication in an effort to fuse the medical responder with the medical communicator. This hybrid Spanish-Healthcare provider responder represents the future of accurate, responsible healthcare, paving a road to uncompromised medical services for the Spanish-speaking patient.
(Source: University of California Curriculum Integration Center: http://ucci.ucop.edu/integrated-courses/spanish-4-for-patient-care.html)
Native Speaker Spanish for Health Careers: This course meets the standards of a Native Speaker Spanish course while incorporating Health Science and Medical Technology (HSMT) themes, with a focus on the Public and Community Health Pathway. Taught exclusively in the target language, this course begins with a focus on personal health, then broadens the context and scope to include family, community and public health, and health careers. Students acquire knowledge of a range of public health issues including physical, mental and social. They apply their understanding of public policies to promote health-positive behaviors among individuals, families and the community. Through a range of real-world situations, students demonstrate understanding of culturally appropriate Spanish and the nuances of language across the Spanish-speaking world, as they engage in advanced listening, speaking, reading and writing activities. Students use a full range of academic Spanish vocabulary, with emphasis on health terminology, in present, past, future, subjunctive and perfect tenses.
(Source: University of California Curriculum Integration Center: http://ucci.ucop.edu/integrated-courses/native-speaker-spanish-for-health-careers.html)
Spanish 1, Spanish 2.
(Source: Summit Public Schools, CA: Students will use Summit Public School’s Spanish curriculum. https://www.summitlearning.org/guest/courses/1233 )
Spanish 3 for the Entrepreneurial Mind: Within the context of a third year high school Spanish class, students will explore how their interests and talents fit into the marketing, sales and service sector, come to understand, develop and implement workplace norms that meet safety and comportment standards, decide upon a product or service to sell, develop that product or service in a simulated market environment, create a marketing campaign to vend the product or service, hire a staff, and present their product or service for sale. Students will use situationally appropriate and culturally sensitive Spanish as the means of communication and instruction as they learn the concepts and principles of sales and marketing inherent in completing these tasks and in demonstrating their ability to apply them appropriately.
(Source: University of California Curriculum Integration Center: http://ucci.ucop.edu/integrated-courses/spanish-3-for-the-entrepreneurial%20mind.html)
Spanish 4 for Patient Care: ¡Soccoro!: Medical caregivers must be able to communicate with the Spanish-speaking patient on a medically and linguistically appropriate level. Students will build a framework for practice with management of health-related situations such as an infectious disease outbreak, treatment of injuries, cardiopulmonary complications, and diabetes. From this established foundation of common scenarios encountered in medical settings, students will incorporate standard medical terminology, knowledge of anatomy and physiology, and patient assessment with clear, accurate Spanish communication in an effort to fuse the medical responder with the medical communicator. This hybrid Spanish-Healthcare provider responder represents the future of accurate, responsible healthcare, paving a road to uncompromised medical services for the Spanish-speaking patient.
(Source: University of California Curriculum Integration Center: http://ucci.ucop.edu/integrated-courses/spanish-4-for-patient-care.html)
Native Speaker Spanish for Health Careers: This course meets the standards of a Native Speaker Spanish course while incorporating Health Science and Medical Technology (HSMT) themes, with a focus on the Public and Community Health Pathway. Taught exclusively in the target language, this course begins with a focus on personal health, then broadens the context and scope to include family, community and public health, and health careers. Students acquire knowledge of a range of public health issues including physical, mental and social. They apply their understanding of public policies to promote health-positive behaviors among individuals, families and the community. Through a range of real-world situations, students demonstrate understanding of culturally appropriate Spanish and the nuances of language across the Spanish-speaking world, as they engage in advanced listening, speaking, reading and writing activities. Students use a full range of academic Spanish vocabulary, with emphasis on health terminology, in present, past, future, subjunctive and perfect tenses.
(Source: University of California Curriculum Integration Center: http://ucci.ucop.edu/integrated-courses/native-speaker-spanish-for-health-careers.html)
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