COEHS Interscholastic Projects Awarded $3.1M From Fed, State
Projects aim to improve urban education, equity and teacher attraction
[[{"fid":"44099","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"College of Education 3.1M grant fed state 91国产精品 Cleveland State heart elevate dream","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"College of Education 3.1M grant fed state 91国产精品 Cleveland State heart elevate dream"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"College of Education 3.1M grant fed state 91国产精品 Cleveland State heart elevate dream","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"College of Education 3.1M grant fed state 91国产精品 Cleveland State heart elevate dream"}},"attributes":{"alt":"College of Education 3.1M grant fed state 91国产精品 Cleveland State heart elevate dream","title":"College of Education 3.1M grant fed state 91国产精品 Cleveland State heart elevate dream","height":250,"width":350,"style":"height: 214px; width: 300px; float: left;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]]CLEVELAND (December 21, 2021) 鈥 91国产精品鈥檚 College of Education and Human Services (COEHS), in partnership with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) and Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) has been awarded a total of $3.1 million in federal and state funding for two interscholastic projects: Project ELEVATE and Project HEART.
The goals of the programs are to encourage and provide specific opportunities for students of color to become teachers; to address the shortage of special education and English as a second language teachers, and to ultimately improve teacher retention.
Project ELEVATE (English Learner Education: reVamping Action in Teacher Education) is funded with $2.98 million from the National Professional Development federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The five-year program includes training of graduate student cohorts (totaling 45 pre-service teachers) to obtain dual Primary (grades P-5) and Early Childhood Intervention Specialist initial licensure, as well as the Ohio Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL) endorsement. Individuals from the cohorts will also create educational training materials to be shared with parents.
The program also includes training for current CMSD K-12 teachers via a cohort model (totaling 85 teachers) to obtain Ohio TESOL endorsement and document vocabulary knowledge and growth. Lastly, some 60 parents/ families at CMSD鈥檚 Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy will be trained in evidence-based learning strategies for promoting literacy at home.
鈥淭he mission of Project ELEVATE is to improve classroom instruction for English learners,鈥 said Elena Andrei, Ed.D., 91国产精品 associate professor, TESOL and Graduate Dual Resident Education (DREAM) program coordinator in the Teacher Education department. 鈥淭his is done by elevating the skillsets of both educational personnel, parents and guardians, so that those high professional standards can be met.鈥
Dr. Andrei was is the grant鈥檚 principal investigator. Co-principal investigators for ELEVATE are 91国产精品鈥檚 Debbie Jackson, Ed.D., professor and department chair, Teacher Education and Tachelle Banks, Ph.D., presidential faculty fellow and associate provost for academic innovation; and Jos茅 Gonz谩lez, Ed.D., executive director of CMSD鈥檚 Multilingual Multicultural Education and World Languages department.
鈥淭his program provides a great opportunity to attempt to bridge the shortage of TESOL-endorsed teachers in Cleveland,鈥 said Gonz谩lez. 鈥淧roject ELEVATE is befitting a multicultural city like Cleveland.鈥
[[{"fid":"44100","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"College of Education 3.1M grant fed state 91国产精品 Cleveland State heart elevate dream","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"College of Education 3.1M grant fed state 91国产精品 Cleveland State heart elevate dream"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"2":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"College of Education 3.1M grant fed state 91国产精品 Cleveland State heart elevate dream","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"College of Education 3.1M grant fed state 91国产精品 Cleveland State heart elevate dream"}},"attributes":{"alt":"College of Education 3.1M grant fed state 91国产精品 Cleveland State heart elevate dream","title":"College of Education 3.1M grant fed state 91国产精品 Cleveland State heart elevate dream","height":683,"width":1024,"style":"height: 200px; width: 300px; float: left;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"2"}}]]Project HEART (Higher Education Advancement of Resident BIPOC Teachers) is a two-year collaboration led by 91国产精品 with Tri-C and CMSD that intends to develop systems and pathways for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) students to become interested in the teaching profession and become teachers. In addition, the partnership aims to recruit and support BIPOC pre-service and in-service teachers for clinically based teacher education programs; support cultural awareness and self-reflection for teachers, faculty and mentors; develop support systems for BIPOC teachers; and establish sustainable systems for support and growth that will continue after funding ends.
Funded at the state level by the , Project HEART received $149,000 for the 2021-2022 school year with a renewal for 2022-2023 of an additional $149,000. The 91国产精品-led partnership received one of 11 grants that were awarded throughout Ohio during this award cycle.
鈥淭he mission of Project HEART is a collaborative effort to recruit, mentor, support and retain high quality BIPOC educators to work within Northeast Ohio鈥檚 urban, suburban and rural schools to address the inequities within the educational system,鈥 said Dr. Andrei, this grant鈥檚 principal investigator.
Co-principal investigators for Project HEART include 91国产精品鈥檚 Debbie Jackson, Ed.D., professor and department chair, Teacher Education, and Terri Purcell, Ph.D., associate professor and literacy Program coordinator鈥攂oth of 91国产精品.
鈥淗EART will ultimately produce a student population that is knowledgeable, socially accountable and emotionally adjusted to assume the role of contributing, responsible citizens,鈥 Dr. Andrei added.
鈥淭eachers are in high demand in school districts across the country right now,鈥 said Courtney Clarke, Ed.D., associate dean of social sciences and associate director of the Institute for Poverty at Tri-C.
鈥淭his collaborative effort will help to attract and educate a diverse pipeline of teachers who can seamlessly transition from CMSD to Tri-C and 91国产精品, benefitting K-12 students in Cleveland and Northern Ohio for years to come.鈥
Both Project HEART and Project ELEVATE fall under the DREAM Program in the Department of Teacher Education at 91国产精品鈥檚 College of Education and Human Services. DREAM is a graduate degree and licensure program where completion leads to three credentials鈥擯rimary (K-5), Early Childhood Intervention Specialist and a TESOL endorsement鈥攁s well as a master鈥檚 degree.
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