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The Nuestros Ni\u00f1os program is a federally funded project that provides professional development to teachers and paraprofessional\/assistant teachers in school districts in Massachusetts and Colorado until 2027. It aims at educators meeting high standards in the early education of the youngest English Learners (ELs).\u00a0 In Massachusetts, this professional development is being offered by Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, and in Colorado, it is provided by the University of Colorado, Denver.<\/p>\n
Our Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n The Nuestros Ni\u00f1os program\u2019s goals are\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Professional Development<\/strong><\/p>\n The Nuestros Ni\u00f1os Professional Development (NNPD) program consists of four courses leading to an academic certificate:\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n Participant teachers will obtain an academic certificate <\/span>i<\/span>n Teaching Young Dual Language Learners with tuition paid for by project funds. The program will provide supplemental instructional materials for use in the classrooms and to be sent home for families to use with their young children in conjunction with classroom activities.<\/span><\/p>\n Program Evaluation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Nuestros Ni\u00f1os has a program evaluation of the effectiveness of implementing the professional development program to prepare teachers to work with bilingual children. This evaluation involves volunteer teachers of Spanish-English young bilingual children, students, parents\/caregivers, and coaches. Participating teachers will complete a teacher questionnaire and their classrooms will be observed by a project team member. Some teachers will be invited to participate in an interview about their experience in the program. Spanish-English young bilingual students randomly chosen to participate in the study will have their language and literacy knowledge assessed in both languages. Parents will answer a questionnaire and some will be interviewed. Then coaches will also be interviewed.<\/span><\/p>\n About Us The Nuestros Ni\u00f1os program is a federally funded project that provides professional development to teachers and paraprofessional\/assistant teachers in school districts in Massachusetts and Colorado until 2027. It aims at educators meeting high standards in the early education of the youngest English Learners (ELs).\u00a0 In Massachusetts, this professional development is being offered by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19837,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19837"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":939,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705\/revisions\/939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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