The Department of Literacy Education at Northern Illinois University offers Project Success, a project focused on increasing the number and improving the quality of mainstream teachers in Northern Illinois who have English language learners in their classrooms. The grant supports teachers with tuition and classes at Northern Illinois University.
General information sessions for candidates interested in 2009 cohorts will be held in October. Contact the Project Success offices for dates and locations.
 Enable mainstream teachers who have English language learners in their classrooms to complete the 18 hours of graduate-level course work leading to either the ESL or bilingual approval from ISBE. Project Success is currently recruiting mainstream teachers (who have English language learners in their classroom) for a cohort that will begin in spring 2009. Teachers will complete the six courses leading to the State of Illinois' ESL and/or bilingual approval/endorsement in the 2009 calendar year. Courses will be offered in the Elgin area (exact location to be announced later). To apply, download an application and reference form. |
 Serve the more rural districts of northern Illinois by offering a second cohort of classes similar to objective 1 that will run concurrently in an online/hybrid format. The primary target audience for this cohort will be mainstream teachers working in primarily more rural school districts in the following counties of Northern Illinois: Carroll/JoDaviess/Stephenson (ROE 8), Bureau/Henry/Stark (ROE 28), LaSalle (ROE 35), Lee/Ogle (ROE 47), Marshall/Putnam/Woodford (ROE 43), Rock Island (ROE 49), and Whiteside (ROE 55). |
 Provide training for administrators in school districts serving increasing numbers of English language learners. This training will be provided through administrator academies; those administrators needing the ESL and/or bilingual approval may be eligible to enter one of the cohorts. |
 Increase the effectiveness of teacher training programs by extending the NIU teacher educator academy to other institutions with certification programs but without the resources to provide training for to teacher candidates working with language diverse communities. These academies provide training to faculty, field supervisors, and cooperating teachers on how to incorporate effective practices for teaching English language learners into the teacher training program and their preservice teacher mentoring program. |
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