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Meeting the Needs of Multilingual Learners

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Over 350 students K-12

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K-6 Teachers

As we continue to work on ensuring

compliance and high levels of learning for

all students in our district, including the

more than 350 multilingual learners who enrich our classrooms, we are excited to share a great opportunity for K-6 teachers who may be interested in advancing their professional learning to better serve not only multilingual learners, but all students in their classrooms.

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In FHPS, we believe that teachers are our most valuable resource when it comes to having the biggest impact on student learning.

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Posible FHPS-Aquinas Partnership

We have an exciting opportunity from the ESL Program in the School of Education at Aquinas College— one that will allow for more teachers from FHPS to add an ESL endorsement to their teaching certificate.

We are exploring the opportunity to partner with Aquinas College (AQ) School of Education (SOE) to provide you with the coursework needed to help you secure an ESL endorsement, but we would like to gauge interest first.

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Total cost to teachers is less than $250

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1.5 years

The benefit lasts for the rest of your career in FHPS

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Aquinas SOE and FHPS ESL Professional Development Partnership

Cohort B Tentative Timeline

Course Date Range

Course Title

Meeting Times

Meeting Place

August-October 2022

EN 557 Teaching ESL

  • One Day per week for 8 weeks
  • 5 face-to-face meetings 4:30-8:30
  • 3 online sessions

Aquinas College and Online

October-December 2022

EN 543 Literature for Diverse Learners

  • One Day per week for 8 weeks
  • 5 face-to-face meetings 4:30-8:30
  • 3 online sessions

Aquinas College and Online

January-March 2023

EN 558 Advanced Methods of Teaching ESL

  • One Day per week for 8 weeks
  • 5 face-to-face meetings 4:30-8:30
  • 3 online sessions

Aquinas College and Online

March-May 2023

EN 576 Second Language Acquisition

  • One Day per week for 8 weeks
  • 5 face-to-face meetings 4:30-8:30
  • 3 online sessions

Aquinas College and Online

May–June 2023

EN 559 Assessment and Evaluation in ESL

  • One Day per week for 8 weeks
  • 5 face-to-face meetings 4:30-8:30
  • 3 online sessions

Aquinas College and Online

August–October 2023

EN 596 School and Society

  • One Day per week for 8 weeks
  • 5 face-to-face meetings 4:30-8:30
  • 3 online sessions

Aquinas College and Online

October–December 2023

EN 771 Theories of Bilingual Education

  • One Day per week for 8 weeks
  • 5 face-to-face meetings 4:30-8:30
  • 3 online sessions

Aquinas College and Online

January–March 2024

EN 794 Practicum: ESL Education

  • One Day per week for 8 weeks
  • 5 face-to-face meetings 4:30-8:30
  • 3 online sessions

Aquinas College and Online

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Competitor Matrix

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Competitor Matrix

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Competitor Matrix

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Only 4 classes away from masters after completing the program.

Scholarship for master students that pays for 20%

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Let’s review some concepts

Yellow

Is the color of gold, butter and ripe lemons. In the spectrum of visible light, yellow is found between green and orange.

Blue

Is the colour of the clear sky and the deep sea. It is located between violet and green on the optical spectrum.

Red

Is the color of blood, and because of this it has historically been associated with sacrifice, danger and courage.

Yellow

Is the color of gold, butter and ripe lemons. In the spectrum of visible light, yellow is found between green and orange.

Blue

Is the colour of the clear sky and the deep sea. It is located between violet and green on the optical spectrum.

Red

Is the color of blood, and because of this it has historically been associated with sacrifice, danger and courage.

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Total cost to teachers is less than $250

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Interested?