Three students from King Immersion Program

Dual Language

Dual Language

  • Dual Language PreK - 12

    The goals of the Dual Language Program in Portland Public Schools are to ensure bilingualism and biliteracy, grade-level academic achievement, and social-cultural competency for every student we serve, particularly for our students of color and Emergent Bilinguals. 

    Dual Language programs prioritize closing the opportunity gap for historically underserved students. To this end, DL provides multiple pathways and entry points for students to become bilingual and biliterate with a variety of programs offered to support the diversity of levels of proficiency in the partner languages. Students who participate in these programs and reach a high level of academic language proficiency qualify for the Seal of Biliteracy awarded by the State of Oregon.

    • Dual language immersion
    • Native language literacy
    • World language

    PPS offers Dual Language Immersion (DLI) programs in five languages:

    • Chinese
    • Japanese
    • Russian
    • Spanish
    • Vietnamese

Contacts

Ruth Tucker
K-12 Dual Language and World Languages Assistant Director
503-916-3825
Lihong Dai
Business Operation Analyst I - DLI
503-916-3612
Jessica Bucknam
TOSA - Instructional Coach - Chinese
503-916-5474
Miki Farrell
TOSA - Instructional Coach - Japanese
503-916-3546
Lila Doni
TOSA - Instructional Coach - Russian
503-916-3846
Adriana Valdes
TOSA - Instructional Coach - Spanish
Henry Cartagena
TOSA - Instructional Coach - Spanish
503-916-5374
Rose Vu
TOSA - Instructional Coach - Vietnamese
503-916-5483