Oak Park, Illinois is a unique village where many cultures, races, and ethnicities support the integration of cultural diversity in educational activities. The World Language Advisory Committee (WLAC) is charged with advocating for and advising District 97 policy related to elementary language programs. Comprised of teachers, administrators, board members, and parents, the WLAC provides a forum for discussions and language related work at the district level.
In keeping with the release of the CD-ROM "Language Communities in Oak Park" released to the District 97 Board and further released to the citizens of Oak Park, the WLAC is reconstituting its activities around the goals and objectives on the CD-ROM. Currently these goals are aligned with the emerging strategic plan.
A key goal of the WLAC is to actively present accurate information to the different stakeholder groups of Oak Park in general and to language communities in particular. This blog is a place to increase community understanding of the role of language by sharing activities, trends, ideas and solicit feedback on key issues that face language communities.
To preview the Language Communities in Oak Park presentation, please go to this link (adobe acrobat file 3.3mb)
Please download a convenient FAQ about the WLAC (adobe acrobat file) WLAC_FAQ_2_11.pdf (71.8K).
For more information, please contact:
Kathleen Priceman
Senior Faculty of the Lincoln School Partial Spanish Immersion Program
kpriceman@op97.org
Dawn Fogle Deaton
Teacher Leader of the FLES
ddeaton@op97.org
