“By reframing education as a ‘holisitic, integrated human experience,’ we’re giving our students the tools to change their world.”

-Dean of SEHS at Miami University, Carine M. Feyten

ESOL Miami:

English for Speakers of Other Language

Mentoring Initiative for Academics and Methods Infusion

Project Goal: To significantly enhance the preparation of higher education faculty and K-12 school personnel who work with English language learners in mainstream school.

Project Objectives:

                 1. To develop, field-test, and evaluate the effectiveness of an ESOL infusion framework aimed at supporting higher education and K-12 school personnel in addressing the needs of English Language Learners in mainstream school settings.

                 2. To establish ESOL-infusion content and process guidelines as well as standards for the preparation of school personnel who work with English language learners in regular school settings.

Project Partners: Miami University’s School of Education, Health & Society (SEHS), The Ohio Department of Education (ODE), five local school districts, the University of Central Florida, and the Florida Center for Instructional Technology at the University of South Florida.

Project Team:

            Dr. Kouider Mokhtari, Project Director

            Dr. Joyce Nutta, Associate Director

            Dr. Paul Lyddon, Co-Director

            Dr, Carine Feyten, Dean of SEHS

            Dr. Martha Castañeda, ESOL Infusion Faculty Mentor

            Dr. Roland Sintos Coloma, ESOL Infusion Faculty Mentor

            Dr. Bruce Perry, Project Evaluator

Funding Agency: U.S. DOE, Office of English Language Acquisition

Funding Period: July 1, 2007- June 30, 2012

For Information: Kouider Mokhtari at (513) 529-6469 or mokhtak@Muohio.edu

The College of Education at the University of Central Florida as well as the School of Education and Allied Professions at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio has created a new online journal dedicated to the education of English Language Learners. The first issue will be published in November of 2009.  Its purpose is to integrate research and best practices in a variety of fields as they relate specifically to English language learners. The journal is divided into three sections: 1) Research and Theory; 2) Effective Practices from the Field; and 3) Commentaries

http://tapestry.usf.edu/

• This website is part of a three year project funded by the US DOE Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (OBEMLA). The site is being updated and augmented as part of a five-year project. The purpose of this series of video lectures by experts in the field is to support the infusion of ESOL into teacher education programs

http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/

• This website collects, and analyzes information about language instruction educational programs for English language learners and related programs. Its main goal is to identify the main issues affecting the education of ELL students, and to assist in reform programs.