2000-2001: Teaching Them All: Integrating LEP Students in Elementary and Middle School Classes

1999-2000: Second Language Methodology in the New Standards-Based Proficiency Environment: Professional Development for Preservice and Practicing Teachers at the K-12 Levels

These are Eisenhower Grant projects, funded by grants to the State of Oregon from the federal government.

Welcome to the Eisen-ELI website

Table of Contents

Purpose of the project
Project activities
Pre-school year Corvallis workshops
District workshops: Topics and timing
University-based workshops
OSU credit
Study groups and classroom-based research
Materials grants
Contact information

Discussion area
Handouts
Newsletters
Web resources
Final projects

Background

This website is part of an Eisenhower grant funded through the State of Oregon. The participating departments and school districts in the 2001-2002 grant are:

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

Purpose of the Project

The purpose of the project is to bring together classroom teachers and ESOL/bilingual professionals in the elementary and middle school levels to develop tools for effective instruction of English language learners. The focus is on math and science instruction in particular. While the grant-funded workshops are designed for the teachers in our four participating districts, we would like to reach out to other interested districts and teachers where possible. Please sign up for the mailing list to find out about current activities.

The school districts in the 2000-2001 grant were Albany, Lebanon, Lincoln County, and Springfield. See more information about the 2000-2001 project.

In the 1999-2000 grant, participating departments at Oregon State University were the English Language Institute, School of Education, and Foreign Languages. The teachers primarily served by the grant were ESL and foreign language teachers in the Corvallis, Albany, and Lincoln County school districts, and pre-service ESL and foreign language teachers at Oregon State University. The purpose of the project was to provide sustained training opportunities for incorporating current second language methodology into the new standards-based proficiency environment. Participants included Oregon State University's School of Education and Foreign Language Professional Teachers Education Program (PTEP) cohort as well as practicing ESOL, Foreign Language, and Bilingual teachers in the Benton, Linn, and Lincoln County school districts. See more information about the 1999-2000 project.
 

Major components of the 2001-2002 project

Pre-School Year Corvallis Workshops

District Workshops

University Workshops

OSU Credit

Teacher Study Groups and Classroom-Based Research

Materials Grants

Inquiries

It is our hope that this project will provide opportunities for networking and collaboration among professional teachers that will enhance instructional programs in all four districts. We look forward to your participation.

Eisen-ELI Project Directors and Faculty

• Maria Dantas-Whitney, maria.dantas@orst.edu, English Language Institute, OSU
• Ken Winograd, winogradk@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 will be posted at http://www.nicenet.org in the Eisen-ELI area. A notice will go out on the mailing list when the discussion area has a topic being discussed.

Handouts from the Workshops

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

Newsletters

2000-2001:  Winter 2001, Spring 2001, and Summer2001.
1999-2000: December 1999, Winter 2000, and Spring 2000. 

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.

Final Projects

Students in ED571 participating in the 1999-2000 workshops have put together final projects to share. 

• Building a Culturally Aware Classroom through Literature by Jeanette Scotti and Erika Anderson
• Scavenger Hunt Lesson Plan by Mark Swartzfager
• Scaling the Distance by Amy Baumgartner
• ESOL Strategies For Teachers With Little Or No Resources by Deborah Bunker

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.