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Standards Revision Process

When it began the standards revision process in 2018, the Office of Bilingual 秘密研究所 and World Languages established the World Language Content Advisory Panel, consisting of leaders and experts in the fields of language acquisition and world language teacher preparation, to advise NYSED on the standards revision process.听

The Department developed the proposed revisions to the NYS LOTE Standards in partnership with numerous stakeholders, including the World Language Content Advisory Panel and ten Standards Review Committees made up of seven regional committees and three Language-Specific Committees (American Sign Language, Classical Languages, and Indigenous Languages) with over 200 members.听 Care was taken to ensure participation by representatives of all regions of New York State, as well as key stakeholder groups, including teachers and administrators, experts in the field, parents and students, higher education faculty, BOCES and Regional Bilingual 秘密研究所 Resource Network (RBERN) staff, Big 5 school districts, and members of various professional organizations, including the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers (NYSAFLT), the New York State Association of World Language Administrators (NYSAWLA), and the New York State Association for Bilingual 秘密研究所 (NYSABE).

The Department released the proposed standards revisions to the public in February 2020, along with a survey that gathered feedback from more than 1,100 individual stakeholders across New York State.听 The vast majority of respondents expressed strong support for all proposed revisions. Of the responses received, 94% indicated that they either moderately or strongly supported the revised standards overall, with 93% specifically supporting the name change from Languages Other Than English to World Languages.

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Name Change from LOTE to World Languages

The regulation changes regarding the name change from LOTE to World Languages adopted by the NYS Board of Regents at their July 2021 meeting include:

• Renaming the standards to 鈥淣ew York State Standards for World Languages,鈥� which amends Commissioner鈥檚 regulations to replace the term 鈥渓anguages other than English鈥� with 鈥渨orld languages鈥� in reference to the learning standards, pathway assessment, and course credit;听
• Renaming teaching certificate titles, as well as certification and teacher preparation program coursework requirements from 鈥渓anguage(s) other than English鈥� to 鈥渨orld language(s) other than English,鈥� and the tenure title of 鈥淔oreign Languages鈥� to 鈥淲orld Languages鈥�;听
• Amending references to the term 鈥渇oreign languages鈥� throughout Commissioner鈥檚 regulations to read 鈥渨orld languages鈥� or 鈥渨orld languages other than English,鈥� as applicable; and
• Clarifying that teachers currently in the foreign languages tenure area would now be in the world languages tenure area, and any prior service in the foreign languages tenure area is included toward service in the renamed world languages tenure area.