Dual Language Teacher Training Scholarships available through

Project

Enroll in a 3 credit graduate level course entitled:

Bilingual Methods and Materials: Focus on Dual Language Education

Where:

Center for Applied Linguistics ( CAL)
4646 40 th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20016 – 1859

When:

February 16,17 and 18, 2006 and May 11, 12 and 13, 2006

Funded through Project Dual U: A National Professional Development Project sponsored by National-Louis University and the Illinois Resource Center (IRC)

This is an award from the US Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA), Title III of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, National Professional Development Project

Dual Language Professional Development Project

Scholarships are available for teams of teachers and administrators who work in dual language programs or who are interested in starting or teaching in a dual language program. Dual language programs provide instruction in two languages and aim for all students to develop bilingualism, biliteracy and biculturalism. Three types of programs qualify as dual language: two-way immersion (TWI), developmental bilingual education, and foreign language immersion. For this project, priority will be given to TWI and developmental programs. Transitional bilingual education, English as a second language and English submersion programs are not dual language programs.

Teacher scholars selected for this project will complete a three-graduate credit course entitled Bilingual Methods and Materials: Focus on Dual language Education that can be applied towards some states’ requirements for bilingual/ESL accreditation. Graduate credit will be awarded through National Louis University, Evanston, Illinois. The participants will receive a $425 scholarship through this federal grant. Each teacher scholar is responsible for paying an additional $100 to cover tuition as well as books and course materials (approximately $50).

The class will meet on February 16, 17 and 18, 2006 and on May 11, 12 and 13, 2006 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Administrators will receive training on best practices for implementing dual language programs on February 16, 17, and 18, 2006 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Teacher classes and administrator sessions will take place at The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL), 4646 40th St. NW, Washington, D.C., 20016-1059.

Interested teams from across the country are invited to complete the application package. Application packages are available for downloading at www.thecenterweb.org/irc. Teams must be composed, at a minimum, of 1 teacher and 1 administrator. Teaching assistants are not eligible for participation in this program.

This intensive, graduate level course is designed with 36 hours of contact time. Two sessions of 18 hours bookend a three-month stretch of time where participants have to be self-motivated and disciplined to complete a number of assignments electronically. Teacher/Student and Student/Student feedback, during this three-month period, will occur primarily through electronic communications.

Important dates to remember:

Deadline for submission for consideration for Spring 2006 participation is November 10, 2005 . Applications must be postmarked by that date.

Scholarship recipients will be notified by December 2, 2005.

For additional information please contact:

John Hilliard Nora Sandoval Project Coordinator Project Assistant: jhilliard@thecenterweb.orgnsandoval@thecenterweb.org at the Illinois Resource Center, 847 803-3112.