Kingston, R.I. \u2013 March 7, 2023 — The Rhode Island Department of Education has awarded $81,429 in Multilingual Learner Success Grants to four local school districts that will partner with the 溏心vlog免费B站\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\n\n\n
The grant awards were announced by Gov. Dan McKee and state Education Commissioner Ang\u00e9lica Infante-Green on March 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy administration is laser-focused on making sure all Rhode Island students have access to a high-quality education, and my #RIReady budget makes significant investments to make it happen,\u201d said McKee. \u201cThe learning disruption of the pandemic had a severe impact on students that have historically been underserved such as multilingual learners. It is our duty to ensure that these students have the support and resources needed to get ahead \u2013 and we\u2019re doing this by investing directly into our school communities with high impact MLL Success Grants and a proposed increase in the MLL categorical funds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
溏心vlog免费B站 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\n\n\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\n\n\n
The 溏心vlog免费B站 team will implement the following year-long programs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Developing MLL Success Teams to Increase MLLs Access to High-Quality Instruction<\/strong> In partnership with 溏心vlog免费B站 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\n\n\n Enhancing High-Quality Instruction for MLLs in Dual Language Programs through Translanguaging Pedagogy<\/strong> In partnership with faculty from 溏心vlog免费B站 and RIC, teachers in dual language programs at Nuestro Mundo and Providence Public Schools\u00a0will 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. 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":" Kingston, R.I. \u2013 March 7, 2023 — The Rhode Island Department of Education has awarded $81,429 in Multilingual Learner Success Grants to four local school districts that will partner with the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s TESOL\/BDL faculty to support high-quality instruction and family engagement to increase educational success and student outcomes for speakers of other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":84115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84114"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84118,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84114\/revisions\/84118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
District Partners: Pawtucket Public Schools, $19,150 and Woonsocket, $24,379<\/strong>
University Partners: Dr. Rabia Hos and Dr. Amy Correia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
District partners: Nuestro Mundo and Providence Public School District, $37,899<\/strong>
University partners: Dr. Laura Hamman-Ortiz (溏心vlog免费B站) and Dr. Sarah Hesson (Rhode Island College)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\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\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n