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INA Vision and Mission

Our Vision is..."To engage English Language Learners in rigorous learning experience that develop responsible, productive, and contributing citizens in a diverse society".

Our Mission is...” To build A diverse community that engages all in pursuit of excellence”.

Our Values are...

We believe that we have a responsibility to respect students’ rights: to a quality education without discrimination, to have their views and experiences acknowledged, and to learn in a safe and secure environment.

We believe that we have a responsibility to engage students in learning experiences based on the principles of: Academic Rigor, High Expectations and High Support, Quality Interactions, Language Focus, and Quality Curriculum.

We believe that we have a responsibility to foster Community Awareness, Parental Involvement, Volunteerism, and Community Partnerships.

We believe that we have a responsibility to create & maintain a respectful working environment in which we build teacher expertise and leadership capacity through reflective discourse, collaboration, and professional development.

Our Student and House Values Are…

• Leadership
• Courage
• Friendship

• Empowering others
• Integrity
• Achievement

History of The International Newcomer Academy...

In 1983, when the Fort Worth ISD established the Language Center program for middle and high school immigrant students, the planners agreed that the program, district-wide, would be characterized by four features. Those features were as follows:

• The program would provide intensive ESL instruction as well as instruction in content-area and elective classes, through ESL methodology and/or native language support, commensurate with grade-level requirements.
• The program would be staffed with teachers and assistants highly trained in ESL and/or bilingual methodology and hired specifically to teach in the program.
• The program would be structured in such a way that students would be gradually moved over a two-to-three-year period from taking almost all classes in the Center to taking only two, with progression for most students to the Transition ESL program (one ESL class a day taught by a non-Language Center teacher) to occur within three years.
• The program would be housed on a regular middle or high school campus (transportation provided as appropriate) and would function as a modified school-within-a-school design (staff to function as a team and to be led by teacher leaders [team leader]; administration and support staff services to be provided by the host schools.)

Becoming A Reality...

In 1983, when the Fort Worth ISD established the Language Center program for middle and high school immigrant students, the developers considered the stand-alone Newcomer concept but discarded it, believing that isolationism and less-than-equal access to quality education might result.

In 1993, however, when the Fort Worth ISD reviewed the Language Center program to determine the quality of the improvements needed,the planners again discussed the stand-alone Newcomer concept—this time being able to talk specifically about the ten-year implementation of the Language Center and about the patterns that had emerged during the time affecting the program quality. The concern that the 1983 planners had about isolationism and a stand-alone Newcomer was actually becoming a reality by 1993 for Language Centers.

The conclusion drawn was that isolationism was not really a function of location; it could occur even when a program was situated in the heart of a host school. The important issue was what was occurring for students, not where.

Once the conclusion was reached, planners began to consider the stand-alone Newcomer concept as a viable means of gaining control over and improving the beginning level program and, as a result, of improving the program for all Language Center students.

29 years later,The International Newcomer Academy (INA) continues to service and support newcomers students and families around the world!