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Title: Site Coordinator Consultant
Body: From: NCELA CAL is looking for a Site Coordinator for data collection for the Early Childhood Study of Language and Literacy Development of Spanish-speaking Children in Montgomery County during the school year 2003-2004. This is a longitudinal study that is doing language and literacy assessments in Spanish and English of a group of approximately 100 children in 1st grade who have previously been assessed in pre-K and kindergarten. The classrooms that these children attend will also be observed for quality of reading instruction and teacher interview data will be collected. This position will terminate no later than June 30, 2004. Salary: $25/hour plus reimbursement for travel expenses (a car is a necessity). Qualifications: * experience working with young children. * involved in assessments and/or supervision of assessors or classroom observers. * ability to successfully negotiate with busy school department personnel is a must. * ability to speak Spanish, although not a requirement, would be a definite plus. * facility with databases and access to personal email is necessary for this position. * will work closely with Sylvia Spencer who is a Bilingual Specialist in the Montgomery Public Schools. For more information, visit: http://www.cal.org/front/jobs.html Or contact: Patton Tabors, Principal Investigator, Email: patton_tabors@harvard.edu
Source: Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
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Title: Electronic resource: "The Language of Success"
Body: From: "sm167" With thanks for Donna Christian for the tip.... UK: The Language of Success Despite the talk about how difficult children can find it to learn foreign languages, the fact is that at six they can recognise different scripts and understand how they work. They enjoy learning to read in three languages from the age of five. And they positively benefit from having their existing language skills recognised, and developed, by their schools. Most important of all, the consequent boost to self esteem helps them to work harder and to do better in their school work...
Source: education.independent.co.uk
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Title: Latino Achievement in America
Body: From: "Anselmo Villanueva" The Education Trust has a new Internet page entitled Latino Achievement in America. The page includes a PowerPoint presentation and a two-page summary in English and Spanish that describe the achievement gap between Latino and white students and provides strategies for closing that gap. In particular, the site identifies high performing schools with large Latino populations and describes strategies those States, school districts, and local schools have taken to close the achievement gap. A one-page document entitled "How NCLB Can Help Latino Parents and Advocates" is also vailable in both Spanish and English. Visit the site at http://www2.edtrust.org/edtrust/latino+achievement+in+america
Source: Education Trust
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Title: Rethinking Schools global justice tour to Mexico/US border
Body: From: BBPDX@aol.com This February 13-16th Rethinking Schools and Global Exchange are co-sponsoring an educators tour to the U.S.-Mexico border. The tour will be led by Xiomara Castro of Global Exchange, and Bob Peterson and me from Rethinking Schools. We plan this as the first in a series of Rethinking Globalization tours -- traveling seminars offering teachers direct exposure to the effects of globalization on the lives of people around the world. An important component of the tours will be to generate curriculum ideas that can be shared with other educators through the pages of Rethinking Schools and through the Rethinking Schools website. The border justice reality tour will begin in San Diego on the morning of the 13th of Feb. (a Friday) and travel into Tijuana, where participants will meet with Mexican labor and community activists, women's organization leaders, and recent migrants from southern Mexico. We'll tour a maquiladora (foreign-owned factory), neighborhoods impacted by maquiladoras, and a democratically organized ejido (cooperative) community, and learn about the militarization of the border zone between Mexico and the United States -- from human rights organizers as well as from the US Border Patrol. The tour is open to all K-12 teachers, students in teacher education programs, and teacher educators who work directly with teachers or prospective teachers. Space is limited. The cost is $650 from San Diego, and includes translation, double-occupancy accomodations in Tijuana, all ground transportation, two meals a day, all program activities, and background readings. It would be wonderful to have a number of Portland-area participants along on the trip. For more information, contact me at bbpdx@aol.com. You can also contact Xiomara Castro at xiomara@globalexchange.org, or 800-497-1994, ext. 232. Bill Bigelow This is a mailing of the Rethinking Schools critical teaching and writing listserv. If you would like to subscribe to this listserv send an e-mail message with the word "subscribe" in the subject field to RScriticalteach-request@lists.execpc.com. The list is open to all Rethinking Schools subscribers and focuses on teaching and writing for justice in K-12 classrooms. Check out Rethinking Schools Online at www.rethinkingschools.org.
Source: Rethinking Schools
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Title: Cesar Chavez Dissertation Fellowship for U.S. Latina/o Scholars
Body: From: "Anselmo Villanueva" Deadline: 02/13/2004 Dartmouth College invites applications from U.S. citizens of Latina/o descent who plan careers in college or university teaching. The fellowship will support scholars for a year-long residency at Dartmouth College. A stipend of $25,000, office space, library privileges and a $2,500 research assistance fund are available. For more information, contact: Gary Hutchins, Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies Dissertation Fellowship Committee 6062 Wentworth, Room 304 Hanover, NH 03755-3526 U.S.A. Tel: (603) 646-2107 Or visit: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gradstdy/fellows.shtml
Source: Dartmouth College, NH
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Title: OELA Newsline -- November 11, 2003
Body: From: "OELA Newsline" Read this online at: http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/newsline OELA NEWSLINE - November 11, 2003 Items in this issue: I. No Child Left Behind Update - OELA 2003 Summit - Call for Photos of Students/Classrooms - OELA Seeking Parent-Delegates for OELA Summit 2003 - Recent U.S. Department of Education Announcements II. News in the Nation - Bill Promises Hope for Illegal Immigrants Seeking to Attend College - Longtime Educator Says Goodbye - N.C. Schools Meet ESL Challenge - Palm Crest PTA Becomes More Inclusive - State Vows to Help Students Who Don't Speak English III. Research, Publications, and Resources - An Island of English: Teaching ESL in Chinatown - ESL Go.com Offers Teachers and Students Resources and Free Classes <#ESLGocom> - Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education - NCES? Public High School Dropouts and Completers Report <#NCESPublic> - One Classroom, Many Worlds: Teaching and Learning in the Cross-Cultural Classroom - Online Forums from the National Institute for Urban School Improvement - Similarities and Differences Found in What Youth of Color Need to Succeed - State Funding Gaps: Students Who Need the Most Continue to Get the Least - State Policies for Charter Schools Database - Teaching Students with Disabilities for Understanding - The iLoveLanguages Web Site - Webcast to Promote Literacy across the Content Areas IV. Education Opportunities - Cesar Chavez Dissertation Fellowship for U.S. Latina/o Scholars V. Job Opportunities - NH: International Institute of New Hampshire (IINH) - DC: Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) - Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto - NY: Copiague Public Schools - TX: University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Source: OELA NEWSLINE
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Title: Strengthening Cultural Competency Workshop
Body: From: "Anselmo Villanueva" http://www.ode.state.or.us/events/eventDesc.asp?eID=996 This workshop, to be presented at three regional sites in Oregon, is designed to assist and support individuals and their organizations in their efforts to meet the health, social, and educational needs of diverse individuals and communities in Oregon. This workshop is the first in a series of three. Subsequent workshops will address: Working With Immigrant Children, Youth, and their Families (will be offered in late winter, early spring of 2004), and Providing Mental Health and Counseling Services to Clients and Students From Diverse Backgrounds (will be offered in the spring of 2004) Where: NWREL, 5825 NE Ray Circle, Hillsboro, OR 97124-6436 When: 8:45am - Tuesday, November 18, 2003 Contact: Dianna White dianna.white@state.or.us AGENDA 18 November (Tuesday) 8:45am - 4:00pm Strengthening Cultural Competency Workshop Description: 8:45-9:00 Check-In 9:00-12:00 Training 12:00-1:00 Lunch on your own 1:00-4:00 Training
Source: ODE
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Title: Program Advisor: English Language Learners
Body: From: "Anselmo Villanueva" See: http://www.nwrel.org/personnel/ Position Program Advisor-English Language Learners (ELL) - Position # 3 Center for Classroom Teaching and Learning Federal Assistance Program Description The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) improves educational results for children, youth, and adults by providing research and development assistance in delivering equitable, high-quality educational programs. NWREL is a private, nonprofit corporation which has served the Northwest region since 1966 as its Regional Educational Laboratory under contract with the U. S. Department of Education, as well as other federal, state, and local agencies and organizations. The ELL Program Advisor will be part of a team to provide training and technical assistance, particularly in support of state, district, and school efforts to meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. NWREL's Federal Assistance Program works with state departments of education, intermediate educational service agencies, local school districts, and other agencies in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming to ensure that every child in the region has equal access to the highest quality education and an opportunity to meet challenging content and performance standards. The Federal Assistance Program is part of NWREL's Center for Classroom Teaching and Learning. Applications Please submit your résumé and letter of application to the NWREL Human Resources Office. Interviews will be conducted after internal screening. In letter of application, please reference Position #3 and how skills match the specific qualifications listed above. Applications may also be submitted by electronic mail to nwrelstaffing@nwrel.org. Submit résumé in text format within the body of the e-mail. Do not submit résumé as an attached word processing file. Attachments will be deleted. Apply to: Human Resources Office Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory 101 S.W. Main Street, Suite 500 Portland, Oregon 97204 FAX: (503) 275-0660 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Minorities and Women Encouraged to Apply
Source: NWREL
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Title: Celebrating Educational Opportunities for Hispanic Students Conference
Body: From: "Anselmo Villanueva" Date: March 19-21, 2004 Place: Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, California Sponsor: California School Boards Association Information: Andrea Johnson 800.266.3382 http://www.csba.org/ce/celebrating/ California School Boards Association 3100 Beacon Blvd. West Sacramento, CA 95691 (800) 266-3382 http://www.csba.org/ The state school boards associations of California, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona are pleased to announce the annual Celebrating Education Opportunities for Hispanic Students conference. This four-state conference will feature programs and strategies that have proven successful in educational opportunities for Hispanic/Latino students, the fastest growing segment of student populations in the Southwest. Explore programs that will increase educational opportunities for ALL students with other school board members, superintendents, district level staff and educators. Attendees will hear from nationally recognized keynote speakers, participate in critical issue sessions and be inspired by successful model program presentations. This year's conference will focus on the following achievement issues: - Resource development - Community/parent involvement - Effective governance - Early childhood development - Second language issues - Student wellness - American Indian issues - Assessment and accountability
Source: California School Boards Association
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Title: STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING THE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF LATINAS
Body: From: "Anselmo Villanueva" http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/digest/dig167.asp Number 167, October 2001 EDO-UD-01-6 ISSN 0889 8049 STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING THE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF LATINAS Wendy Schwartz, Teachers College, Columbia University The educational experiences of Latinas are challenged by the high rate of poverty in their communities, the learning problems caused by a lack of English language proficiency, racism, and sexual harassment (Ginorio & Huston, 2001). Despite such obstacles, many Latinas persist and achieve in school, and the number of Latinas in college has been steadily increasing, although their rate is still much lower than that of their white counterparts. Some Latinas return to school to pursue a higher education in adulthood after their children require less supervision or at their employers' urging (S. Saez, Educational Testing Service, personal communication, September 2001). Others of high school or college age may have great difficulty in reconciling their belief in the necessity of getting an effective education with the tenet in the Hispanic community that they put family obligations first. As a consequence, some Latina adolescents may drop out of school and engage in other self-defeating behaviors, like getting pregnant, that affect their futures even more adversely. However Latinas manage the stresses in their lives, the result is that they lag behind other ethnic groups on most academic and economic measures of success, and suffer disproportionally from emotional disorders (Ginorio & Huston, 2001; The State of Hispanic Girls, 1999). To read the entire article go to: Web site: http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education Institute for Urban and Minority Education Teachers College, Box 40 Columbia University 525 West 120th Street New York, NY 10027 (800)601-4868
Source: Wendy Schwartz, Teachers College, Columbia University
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