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| Title | Workshop: Reducing the Achievement Gap for English Language Learner and Migrant Students |
| Body | The Lane County Title III Consortium and Migrant Education Program invite you to attend: Reducing the Achievement Gap for English Language Learner and Migrant Students: Effective School-wide Programs for Language Proficiency and Academic Content Instruction Who Should Attend: Superintendents and Administrators When: Tuesday, November 16 8:30 a.m. - noon Where: Lane ESD, 1200 Highway 99 N., Eugene This workshop is designed to help superintendents and administrators examine effective, research-based, school-wide programs, activities and strategies relating to language proficiency and academic content instruction, with the goal of improving services for English Language Learner and migrant students. Presenter: Dr. Charles R. Martinez, Jr. is a clinical psychologist and research scientist at the Oregon Social Learning Center in Eugene and directs the Oregon Prevention Research Centers Latino Research Team. He is the principal investigator on the National Institutes of Health-funded Latino Youth and Family Empowerment (LYFE) Project, which is designed to develop and test the effects of >culturally specific interventions for Latino families with youngsters at risk. He sits on the Governors Ethnic and Racial Task Force and the Governors Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs, and is a member of the Eugene District 4J School Board. He also teaches graduate courses in multicultural education at the University of Oregon. He has published many scientific papers related to cross-cultural research, and is a nationally known consultant on organizational diversity issues, cross-cultural research, and community engagement. He has received numerous national, state, and, local awards for his work including, most recently, the 2003 Community, Culture, and Prevention Science Award from the Society for Prevention Research for his work in advancing the field. There is no cost to attend the workshop. Register by calling the Lane ESD Registration Line: (541) 461-8231. Villanueva, A. Reducing the Achievement Gap for English Language Learner and Migrant Students. (7 Oct. 2004). |
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