School of Education
Southern Oregon Teachers for
English Language Development
(SOTELD) Grant
The SOTELD Project was funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) as part of a National Professional Development Program. The program provides professional development activities intended to improve instruction for students who are English Language Learners (ELL) and assists education personnel working with such children to meet high professional standards.
OBJECTIVES
The SOTELD Project is designed to:
- Increase the pool of highly qualified bilingual and secondary teachers prepared to serve ELL students.
- Increase the skills of secondary teachers already serving ELL students in the high-need areas of Special Education, Mathematics, Science, English Language Arts, and English Language Development.
BENEFITS
-- For pre-service teachers, the SOTELD Grant will fund a portion of tuition and fees for the MAT (1 or 2-year) or Special Education Program, and will fund complete tuition for the ESOL-Bilingual Endorsement Program.
--For inservice secondary teachers, bilingual teachers, and Master of Arts or Science in Education (MA or MS) candidates holding a valid Oregon secondary teaching license, the SOTELD Grant will fund complete tuition for the ESOL-Bilingual Endorsement Program.
--All grant recipients will receive textbook stipends.
ELIGIBILITY
--All applicants must demonstrate a high level of motivation and commitment to serve English Language Learners in the southern Oregon tri-county area.
--Applicants who are bilingual, are planning to teach or are teaching in high-need secondary content areas, including those who already have been admitted to the SOU ESOL-Bilingual Endorsement Program, are strongly encouraged to apply.
INSTRUCTIONS - Applications will be available on February 14, 2009
Please download and print the appropriate application. Mail completed application packets, on or before April 15, 2009 to:
Southern Oregon University-School of Education
1250 Siskiyou Blvd
Ashland, OR 97520
ATTEN: Bobbie Pulver
For more information, please contact Jo-Anne Lau-Smith, Grant Coordinator at 552.6925 or lausmitj@sou.edu
