Call for Applicants – M2-Si Educator Researcher Team

NCDPI and the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) are calling for applications from both DL/I and Non-DL/I educators, instructional coaches, and administrators who have taught 3rd-5th grade science in North Carolina public schools within the past five years to serve as paid consultants on a grant-funded research and development project. The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has been awarded a federal grant to develop an assessment system – the Multilingual Multimodal Science Inventory (M2-Si) – to support multilingual learners (MLs)* in science in third through fifth grades.

Eligibility Criteria

Grade 3, 4, and 5 educators who teach/have taught science to multilingual learners and who are willing to commit to the following activities:

  • Attend the NCSTA 2024 Conference November 7-8, 2024, in Winston-Salem.

  • Attend a professional development meeting and research workshop Friday, November 8, 4-6pm and Saturday November 9, 2024, 8am-5pm, in Winston-Salem. In this workshop, educators will receive training and provide us with feedback on using a rubric to evaluate 3rd-5th grade student work samples in the science content area.

Participants will receive:

  • Registration to attend the 2024 North Carolina Science Teachers Association (NCSTA) Professional Development Institute (PDI) November 7-8.

  • A stipend of $1500 for attendance and participation in conference and workshop activities November 7-9.

  • Travel costs for attendance. Hotel costs will be paid up front; all other travel costs will be reimbursed according to NCDPI travel reimbursement policies.

Please note that funding does not cover substitute teachers.

We encourage educators, instructional coaches, and administrators from all stages of their career to apply. Final selection of consultants will be made according to the research needs of the grant. If you're eligible, interested, and available, please apply by September 1, 2024.

* As of March 21, 2022, NCDPI shifted to using "English Learner" for policy and legislation purposes and "Multilingual Learner" for all other purposes.

**Note that educators who are compensated by their district to attend the conference will waive the stipend.


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Section 1: Educator Background

The following questions are to gather information about your experience teaching science to 3rd-5th grade Multilingual Learners (MLs). Please respond to all questions completely. Do not leave any questions blank.


Name *
Current Job Title *
Phone Number *
Current School Name *
Current School District *
Grade Level/s Teaching in 2024-25 SY Check all that apply *
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If you answered "other" above, please explain.
Grade level/s taught between 2019-2024 Check all that apply *
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How many Multilingual Learners do/did you have in your 3rd-5th grade classroom? Mark only one. *
How many years have you taught in K-12? Mark only one oval. *
Please list any teaching licensures or certifications you currently hold. *
If you have attended any NCDPI trainings on instruction for multilingual learners, please list and summarize those trainings below:
Did you participate in a focus group with the Center for Applied Linguistics in 2023? *
Do/Did you teach in a DL/I school within the last five (5) years? Mark only one. 
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If 'yes' do you teach in a DL/I classroom? 

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If you answered "sometimes" above, please explain.
If you teach/taught in a DL/I Classroom within the past five years, what language is/was your partner language? Mark only one. 

Within the past five years, do/did you teach science in English, the partner language, or both? Mark only one. 


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What languages do/did you use in your classroom within the past five years?
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Our project aims to support students' full linguistic repertoire  (i.e. all their language features)  in the classroom . Tell us about your language story. What languages and dialects do you have in your repertoire?
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