The Rhode Island Department of Education awarded $81,429 in Multilingual Learner Success Grants to four local school districts partnering with the University of Rhode Island\u2019s TESOL\/BDL faculty to support high-quality instruction and family engagement to increase educational success and student outcomes for speakers of other languages.<\/p>\n
The grant awards were announced by Gov. Dan McKee and state Education Commissioner Ang\u00e9lica Infante-Green on March 1.<\/p>\n
URI TESOL\/BDL faculty members Amy Correia, Laura Hamman-Ortiz, and Rabia Hos will oversee the implementation of two yearlong projects to support the academic success of multilingual learners and educational outcomes. (TESOL\/BDL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages and\/or Bilingual Dual Language Immersion.)<\/p>\n
\u201cMultilingual learners, or students learning English as a new language at school, are the fastest growing student subpopulation in Rhode Island and across the country, yet multilingual learners continue to be underserved by our school system. These grants will provide funding to support the implementation of a range of projects aimed at bolstering the success of multilingual learners in Rhode Island schools,\u201d said Hamman-Ortiz.<\/p>\n
The URI team will implement the following year-long programs:<\/p>\n
Developing MLL Success Teams to Increase MLLs Access to High-Quality Instruction<\/strong> Enhancing High-Quality Instruction for MLLs in Dual Language Programs through Translanguaging Pedagogy<\/strong> \u201cForging a year-long partnership with a district is critical to the success of a professional learning experience,\u201d said Correia. \u201cWhen a group of educators can discuss research and best practice in a systematic way, we are much more likely to make sustained improvements to local education that can serve as a resource for the rest of the state.\u201d<\/p>\n Eligibility for the grants included local education agencies urging families of multilingual learners to serve on school and district improvement teams or help develop a classroom walk-through system that includes a professional learning and collaborative instruction plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Rhode Island Department of Education has awarded $81,429 to four local school districts that will partner with the URI’s TESOL\/BDL faculty to increase educational success and student outcomes for speakers of other languages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":8442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8441"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15169,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8441\/revisions\/15169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDistrict Partners: Pawtucket Public Schools, $19,150 and Woonsocket, $24,379
\nUniversity Partners: Dr. Rabia Hos and Dr. Amy Correia
\nIn partnership with URI faculty, Pawtucket and Woonsocket public schools will incorporate MLL \u201clook-fors,\u201d which are specific indicators of effective teaching and learning that can be observed during a classroom visit, into its classroom walkthrough protocols, conducting observations and leverage data to provide targeted coaching and professional learning on effective instructional practices for multilingual learners.<\/p>\n
\nDistrict partners: Nuestro Mundo and Providence Public School District, $37,899
\nUniversity partners: Dr. Laura Hamman-Ortiz (URI) and Dr. Sarah Hesson (Rhode Island College)
\nIn partnership with faculty from URI and RIC, teachers in dual language programs at Nuestro Mundo and Providence Public Schools will receive professional learning on translanguaging pedagogy across the 2023-24 school year and will be supported as they engage in structured opportunities for collaborative instructional planning \u2014 all designed to enhance students\u2019 biliteracy development.<\/p>\n