A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Initiative 8:
Bilingual Education Professional Development

The purpose of the Bilingual Education Professional Development initiative is to help meet the critical need in school districts across the country for teachers who are skilled in educating limited English-proficient (LEP) children. Funds are used to help foster effective instructional and assessment methodologies for educational personnel; support preservice and inservice professional development; upgrade the qualifications and skills of existing education personnel to meet high professional standards; and provide graduate fellowship awards for study and research related to the instruction of LEP children and youth.

The U.S. Department of Education awards three grants under this program on a competitive basis. They are as follows: Teachers and Personnel grants (five years); Career Ladder grants (five years); and Training for All Teachers grants (three years). Institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, local education agencies and state education agencies are eligible to receive funding.

Fact sheets and questions and answers for this initiative are available on the U.S. Department of Education Web site at: http//www.ed.gov/inits/FY00/index.html.

Contacts:
Cindy Ryan
Education Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (OBEMLA)
202-205-8680
Fax: 202-205-8680
e-mail: cindy.ryan@ed.gov or

Frank Reid
OBEMLA
 202-205-8680
e-mail: frank.reid@ed.gov
Web site: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OBEMLA/index.html

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