Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

TESOL, TEFL & GEO

U.S. Department of Education, UW-Eau Claire English Language Acquisition: National Professional Development Program Grant Project

ATTENTION: All teachers of a content area (English/Language Arts, History/Social Studies, Science(s), Mathematics, Foreign Languages, etc).

FROM: Dr. Kate Mastruserio Reynolds, Director of TESOL and Campus Coordinator of ESL Programming, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Email: reynolkm@uwec.edu or danielen@uwec.edu

RE: FREE Continuing Education Coursework in TESOL!!!

Three students The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Program has recently been awarded a Federal Title III Grant that will allow teachers who currently hold instructional positions in the Eau Claire Area School District to become trained and to receive a TESOL add-on license. This grant program will allow twenty in-service teachers to obtain a TESOL add-on license, which consist of 32 credit hours of university-level coursework. Grant funding covers all TESOL add-on license expenses for tuition, university fees, and book costs for the duration of the program.

TESOL Add-on License Cycle of Courses:

Anth 315/515 - Language in Culture and Society (3 credits)
Engl 125 - English Grammar and Usage (3 credits)
Engl 221 - The English Language (3 credits)
Cdis 262 - Phonetics: Theory and Application (2 credits)
CJ 301/501 - Intercultural Communications (3 credits)
Psyc 378/578 - The Psychology of Language (3 credits)
Flg 378/778 - Second Language Acquisition (3 credits)
CI 405/605 - TESOL Methods (3 credits)
CI 408/608 - Content-based ESL Methods (3 credits)
Flg 400/600 - Assessment of English Language Learners (2 credits)
CI 406/606 or CI 407/607 - Elementary or Secondary Student Teaching Practicum (1-7 credits)

Title III Grant Course Schedule:

FALL 2002 - Cohort Alpha (10 in-service teachers)
SPRING 2003 - Flg 378, Engl 125, CJ 301
SUMMER 2003 - Cdis 262, CI 408

FALL 2003 - Cohort Alpha (10 in-service teachers)
SPRING 2004 - CI 405, Engl 221, Psyc 378
SUMMER 2004 - Flg 400, CI 406/607, Anth 315/351

One student Teachers will be scheduled to take the 32-credits of coursework part-time over a two year period. The first cohort will begin in Spring 2003; the second in Fall 2003. We are currently recruiting 10 teachers to begin taking coursework in the grant-funded TESOL program in the spring of 2003. Teachers pursuing their add-on license will learn strategies, techniques, and methods to make their classroom content comprehensible to English Language Learners in their classrooms. We would like to invite the teachers at your school to read more about the program in the attached brochure. For more information about this grant program, please contact Erica Daniels, who is the Title III Grant Program Assistant. She will send you an application and additional information about the problem. She can also answer any questions that you may have. You can contact her at danielen@uwec.edu or (715) 836-4287 and leave a message.

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