This is an Eisenhower Grant projects, funded with $66,000 from the federal government under the Department of Education's Eisenhower Grant program.

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This website is part of an Eisenhower grant funded through the State of Oregon. The participating departments and school districts in the 2000-2001 grant are:

• English Language Institute, Oregon State University 
• School of Education, Oregon State University
• College of Education, University of Oregon
• Albany School District
• Lebanon School District
• Lincoln County School District
• Springfield School District

Purpose of the Project

The purpose of the project was to bring together classroom teachers and ESOL/bilingual professionals in the elementary and middle school levels to develop tools for effective instruction of limited English (LEP) proficient students. The focus was on math and science instruction in particular.

Major components of the 2000-2001 project

District Workshops
Released time and/or funds for substitutes for all interested teachers from Albany, Lebanon, Lincoln County and Springfield schools have been granted by the superintendents of those districts. The project team made site visits to schools in the four districts to meet with classroom teachers with LEP students and ESOL/bilingual teachers in order to conduct a needs analysis prior to the workshop sessions. The content of the workshops was be adjusted based on the findings of the needs analysis.

Fall Session> Making grade-level content accessible to limited English proficient students; helping students build learning strategies; organizing cooperative groups; adapting and developing curricular materials to meet learner needs.

See the Winter newsletter for more information.

Winter/Spring Session> Assessing language proficiency; evaluating subject-matter knowledge of LEP students; conducting assessments to meet specific benchmarks.

See the Spring newsletter for more information.

Dates

Albany	Lebanon	Lincoln County	Springfield
March 16 9am - 4pm	February 20 Green Acres Elem. 9am - 4pm	Lincoln City: March 6 Taft Elementary 4pm - 7pm Newport: Mar 8 Newport Middle 4pm - 7pm	February 2 Centennial Elem. 9am - 4pm

University Workshops
The grant provided substitutes for ten teachers in each district who commited to attending all three university workshops plus their district workshops.

Fall Session at OSU> Integrating technology into existing curricula; project-based learning with an Internet focus. December 8, 9am - 4pm, Education Hall Room 406. See useful sites from the workshop and more information in the Winter newsletter.

Winter Session at U of O> Understanding second language acquisition; teaching language skills as part of the content lesson. February 16, 9am - 4pm. See more information in the Winter newsletter.

Spring Session at OSU> Understanding sociocultural factors in a multilingual classroom; building cultural sensitivity among students. May 18, 9am - 4pm. See more information in the Summer newsletter.

Teacher Study Groups
In addition to the workshops, the project coordinated teacher study groups in Albany, Lebanon, Lincoln County and Springfield. Study groups (composed of ESOL/bilingual professionals and elementary/middle school classroom teachers) met regularly to discuss issues related to effective instruction of LEP students and to share resources. A stipend of $400 was available for the teacher willing to coordinate the study group for his/her district.
See a report from the Springfield study group.

Materials Grants
The project provided small grants to each district to purchase materials designed for effective instruction of LEP students.

Inquiries
For more information regarding any component of this project, please contact Maria Dantas-Whitney at Maria.Dantas@orst.edu

Eisen-ELI Project Directors and Faculty

• Maria Dantas-Whitney, maria.dantas@orst.edu, English Language Institute, OSU
• Eileen Waldschmidt, waldsche@orst.edu, School of Education, OSU
• Deborah Healey, deborah.healey@orst.edu, English Language Institute, OSU
• Pat Rounds, plrounds@oregon.uoregon.edu, College of Education, University of Oregon

Discussion Area

Topics for discussion were posted at http://www.nicenet.org in the Eisen-ELI area.

Handouts from the Workshops

See some of the handouts from the 1999-2000 workshops.

Newsletter

See the web version of the Spring 2001 Newsletter, the Winter 2001 Newsletter, and the Summer 2001 Newsletter.

Web Resources

Take a look at the

• annotated list of sites explored by teachers in the Dec 8, 2000 technology workshop at OSU
• annotated list for ESL, bilingual education, and foreign language teachers from the February 2000 technology workshop participants
• Other suggested lists of links:
  • Teaching about diversity from the April 14th, 2000 workshop
  • Deborah Healey's K-12 links for ESL
  • Foreign language links, also from Deborah 
  • Michael Krauss's ESL Independent Study Lab 
  • Also take a look at the Tech-Niques templates for creating web pages.

If you have found some good websites, please share them! Email deborah.healey@orst.edu to add them to this web page or post your discoveries on the Eisen-ELI mailing list. By sharing, we are all enriched.