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Baltimore International Academy West (BIA West) is a replication school of the original BIA (now identified as BIA East), which was Baltimore City’s first international language immersion school. In contrast to most other existing international schools, BIA West is a public school that is available to all students in the district. Beyond the international emphasis, the philosophy of BIA West is to use innovative (in Baltimore) yet proven teaching and learning methods to improve student learning and to expand school choice for students in the City of Baltimore.<\/p>\n
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Starting from Kindergarten and grade 1, students are fully immersed in a target language and are taught all their academic subjects through that target language, with English Language Arts (ELA) taught by specialized teachers beginning in grade 2. BIA West plans to offer a total of five different immersion options as the school grows, to enhance cultural diversity and the school\u2019s international context. The school began its first year with French and Spanish Immersion, and its second and third years with Spanish, Chinese, and French Immersion programs.<\/p>\n
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The founders of BIA East and West firmly believe, based on existing research, that enriching our curriculum with an emphasis on teaching students through world language improves the academic performance of our students. A full professional treatise on the benefits of early second language learning and the benefits of being bilingual is available on the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) web site, in Kathleen M. Marcos\u2019s report \u201cSecond Language Learning: Everyone Can Benefit\u201d at http:\/\/www.cal.org\/earlylang\/benefits\/marcos.html.<\/p>\n
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International
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Baltimore International Academy West (BIA West) is an authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) World School for the Middle Years Programme and a candidate for the Primary Years Programmes.<\/p>\n
IB World Schools share a common philosophy\u2014a commitment to improve the teaching and learning of a diverse and inclusive community of students by delivering challenging, high quality programmes of international education that share a powerful vision.**<\/p>\n
We believe that all students can succeed in learning, and that Baltimore\u2019s children deserve a learning experience that is the equal of the best schools, nationally and internationally; hence, our pursuit of the IB World School authorization.<\/p>\n
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Classroom assessments may include standards-based unit tests, quizzes, demonstrations, portfolios, work products, essays, and oral language proficiency.<\/p>\n
BIA West encourages all of its students to participate in various independent local and national language tests and contests, such as the American Association of Teachers of French national French contest \u201cLe Grand Concours.\u201d The performance of BIA West students as a group is compared to those of other state and national schools\u2019 students who participated in the same tests.<\/p>\n
Report Cards are issued four times each year. Opportunities for parent conferences are scheduled for each quarter, and may be arranged at other times should the need arise. As a part of these conferences, standardized test results are released to parents and discussed.<\/p>\n
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The curriculum in language immersion programs is the same as the state and district curriculum. As such, Baltimore International Academy West follows the same curriculum as other Baltimore City Schools, which in turn is aligned to the Maryland State Curriculum. The difference, however, is in the delivery of the curriculum. At BIA West, students study mathematics, science, social studies, reading and language arts through the medium of Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin) or French. As they acquire skills in the score subjects, students learn to understand, read, speak, and write the foreign language as well as English. In Kindergarten and First Grade, students learn all their core subjects entirely in their target language. Formal English Language Arts Instruction begins in the second grade.
Full Immersion (all core subjects taught through immersion) programs are most effective when they start at school entry (in pre-school, Kindergarten or grade 1). Beyond the early grades, the gap in knowledge of the immersion language makes it more difficult for students to be able to integrate into the program if they have no comparable knowledge of the language. Thus, only students in the Elementary levels are in full immersion classes. Middle School Grades are currently in Partial Immersion, having only 2 subjects taught through Spanish Immersion, and the rest are taught in English. This will continue until the current elementary students reach middle school; at that point, they will continue to be fully immersed in their target languages in all subjects, except resources (art, music, PE, computer science)<\/p>\n
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Assessment is the heart of teaching and learning. Our assessments are used to inform students, teachers, parents and guardians about where a student is succeeding and about what needs strengthening. On-going assessments serve as a feedback system to guide teachers in planning lessons and in individualizing instruction. In our classrooms, assessments are (a) timely (given while learning is in progress), (b) focused on the current learning tasks, and (c) specific about improvement needs.<\/p>\n
We administer the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) in grades 3-8, as required. The MCAP results from the first year are used as our baselines from which to judge the performance and progress of the school. We compare the current year\u2019s scores with scores from preceding years to show the academic progress of the school, including information regarding each of the required subgroups. We also conduct a longitudinal examination of academic achievement for students individually, so that we can establish rates of academic improvement for each student while attending BIA West. We compare the rates of academic improvement of students in BIA West against results for students in both the City of Baltimore and in the State of Maryland.<\/p>\n
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International
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Baltimore International Academy West welcomes its families and community into the school and supports families in their efforts to be involved in their children\u2019s education. There are unlimited opportunities for parents to serve as volunteers in classrooms, with clubs or sports teams, in the PTO, as classroom representatives\/parent coordinators, on committees, or other activities. In May of each year, BIA West conducts a family satisfaction survey, the data from which will be used to modify, enhance or support programs.<\/p>\n
Students at the BIA West wear uniforms. This is for not only the usual reasons that school uniforms are supported but also to identify the different language strands within the school and to promote a sense of school pride and community. BIA West\u2019s uniform policy is in accordance with Baltimore City Public School System\u2019s policy on the student dress code.<\/p>\n
BIA West has high expectations for student behavior and participation in the life of the school community.\u00a0 Service learning is incorporated into the educational program at every grade level in order to help students develop skills needed to become caring, involved citizens. BIA West has a discipline policy that is compatible with the policies of the Baltimore City Public School System. This policy is in writing and is distributed to all families and students to sign and return, to affirm that they were informed of the policies. All disciplinary actions are compatible with IEP requirements. The discipline policy is part of a complete parent handbook.<\/p>\n
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Expectations will be written and agreed upon by signature. Language immersion requires a long-term commitment to a school, and families need to be fully aware of that commitment when they first enroll a child in the school.<\/p>\n
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Baltimore International Academy West welcomes its families and community into the school and supports families in their efforts to be involved in their children\u2019s education. There are unlimited opportunities for parents to serve as volunteers in classrooms, with clubs or sports teams, in the PTO, as classroom representatives\/parent coordinators, on committees, or other activities. In May of each year, BIA West conducts a family satisfaction survey, the data from which will be used to modify, enhance or support programs.<\/p>\n
Students at the BIA West wear uniforms. This is for not only the usual reasons that school uniforms are supported but also to identify the different language strands within the school and to promote a sense of school pride and community. BIA West\u2019s uniform policy is in accordance with Baltimore City Public School System\u2019s policy on the student dress code.<\/p>\n
BIA West has high expectations for student behavior and participation in the life of the school community. Service learning is incorporated into the educational program at every grade level in order to help students develop skills needed to become caring, involved citizens. BIA West has a discipline policy that is compatible with the policies of the Baltimore City Public School System. This policy is in writing and is distributed to all families and students to sign and return, to affirm that they were informed of the policies. All disciplinary actions are compatible with IEP requirements. The discipline policy is part of a complete parent handbook.<\/p>\n
The BIA West creates a culture of high expectations of our students\u2019 families and similarly, we want them to hold the school\u2019s professional staff to the highest expectations. Expectations will be written and agreed upon by signature. Language immersion requires a long-term commitment to a school, and families need to be fully aware of that commitment when they first enroll a child in the school. BIA also expects its parents to provide a minimum commitment of their time in support of their children\u2019s and the school\u2019s activities each year.<\/p>\n
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The Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) and Common Core standards define what students would know and be able to perform at each grade level in reading\/language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. Baltimore International Academy West conforms to and is working hard to exceed all requirements of the Common Core Standards.<\/p>\n
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Expectations will be written and agreed upon by signature. Language immersion requires a long-term commitment to a school, and families need to be fully aware of that commitment when they first enroll a child in the school.<\/p>\n
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BIA West has high expectations for student behavior and participation in the life of the school community.\u00a0 Service learning is incorporated into the educational program at every grade level in order to help students develop skills needed to become caring, involved citizens. BIA West has a discipline policy that is compatible with the policies of the Baltimore City Public School System. This policy is in writing and is distributed to all families and students to sign and return, to affirm that they were informed of the policies. All disciplinary actions are compatible with IEP requirements. The discipline policy is part of a complete parent handbook.<\/p>\n
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Theoretically, the curriculum in language immersion programs is the same as the state and district curriculum. As such, Baltimore International Academy follows the same curriculum as other Baltimore City Schools which in turn is aligned to the Maryland State Curriculum. The difference, however, is in the delivery of the curriculum. At BIA West, students study mathematics, science, social studies ,<\/p>\n
Full Immersion (all core subjects taught through immersion) programs are most effective when they start at school entry (in pre-school, kindergarten or grade 1). Beyond the early grades, the gap in knowledge of the immersion language is too great for students to be able to integrate into the program if they have no comparable knowledge of the language. Thus, only students in the Elementary levels are in full immersion classes. Middle School Grades are currently in Partial Immersion, having only 2 subjects taught through Spanish Immersion, and the rest are taught in English.<\/p>\n
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