Grant Program for Teaching English Language Learners
The Teachers Educating All Multilingual Students (TEAMS) project is improving educational opportunities and outcomes in five Oregon districts by engaging teachers in transformative learning experiences to develop skills to effectively educate multilingual students and to build expertise in partnering with multilingual families.
Overview:
- TEAMS is a $2.5 million, five-year federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition
- Oregon State University is partnering with five school districts to support teachers in obtaining their ESOL endorsement or Dual Language Specialization
- Tuition costs will be covered by grant funds
- Teachers will work in district-based groups to complete OSU course work to earn their ESOL endorsement or Dual Language Specialization
Additional Benefits for participants:
- Take six online courses to earn 18 graduate-level credits from Oregon State University to earn your ESOL Endorsement or
- Take seven online courses to earn 21 graduate-level credits from Oregon State University to earn your Dual Language Specialization
- Courses are developed and taught by faculty members in OSU’s College of Education
- The online courses are delivered by OSU Ecampus, a national leader in online education
- Meet personal professional development goals
- Network with like-minded peers
- Completing the courses may help with district salary scales
- ESOL and DL credits may be transferred to meet option requirements within OSU’s Ed.M. program in K-12 Education