Enjoy this powerpoint highlighting activities performed in Year 3 of our ESL STEM Success Grant at National Louis University, a national professional development grant of the Office of English Language Acquisition, U.S. Dept. of Education. Professors Kristin Lems and Jason Stegemoller co-direct the grant.

1. Highlights from Year Three
2013-2014
National Louis University, Chicago

2. Grant funding
$1,764,075
5 year training grant
From Office of English
Language Acquisition,
U.S. Dept. of Education
2011-2016

3. Design of the Grant
parapros
ELL Student
Admini-strators
STEM
teachers
Parents
and
families
University
ESL teachers
Elementary
teacher ed
faculty

4. Design of the Grant
parapros
ELL Student
Admini-strators
STEM
teachers
Parents
and
families
University
ESL
teachers
Elementary
teacher ed
faculty
Find potential
paraprofessionals
from STEM and less
common language
backgrounds
Work with parapros
and administrators
to find successful
models for academic
assistance to ELLs

5. Design of the Grant
parapros
ELL Student
Admini-strators
STEM
teachers
Parents
and
families
University
ESL
teachers
Elementary
teacher ed
faculty
Find potential
paraprofessionals
from STEM and less
common language
backgrounds
Work with parapros
and administrators
to find successful
models for academic
assistance to ELLs
Give administrators
of multilingual
districts chances to
network and problem
solve together and
provide topics of
mutual interest

6. Design of the Grant
parapros
ELL Student
Admini-strators
STEM
teachers
Parents
and
families
University
ESL
teachers
Elementary
teacher ed
faculty
Find potential
paraprofessionals
from STEM and less
common language
backgrounds
Provide a grant for
18 s.h. of ESL
endorsement
coursework with a
STEM focus
Work with parapros
and administrators
to find successful
models for academic
assistance to ELLs
Give administrators
of multilingual
districts chances to
network and problem
solve together and
provide topics of
mutual interest

7. Design of the Grant
parapros
ELL Student
Admini-strators
STEM
teachers
Parents
and
families
University
ESL
teachers
Elementary
teacher ed
faculty
Find potential
paraprofessionals
from STEM and less
common language
backgrounds
Provide a grant for
18 s.h. of ESL
endorsement
coursework with a
STEM focus
Work with parapros
and administrators
to find successful
models for academic
assistance to ELLs
Give administrators
of multilingual
districts chances to
network and problem
solve together and
provide topics of
mutual interest
Provide opportunities for families to interact
meaningfully with the school in bidirectional
relationships (all learn from each other)

8. Design of the Grant
parapros
ELL Student
Admini-strators
STEM
teachers
Parents
and
families
University
ESL
teachers
Elementary
teacher ed
faculty
Find potential
paraprofessionals
from STEM and less
common language
backgrounds
Provide a grant for
18 s.h. of ESL
endorsement
coursework with a
STEM focus
Work with parapros
and administrators
to find successful
models for academic
assistance to ELLs
Give administrators
of multilingual
districts chances to
network and problem
solve together and
provide topics of
mutual interest
Provide opportunities for families to interact
meaningfully with the school in bidirectional
relationships (all learn from each other)
Provide workshops
in aspects of second
language acquisition
and instruction of
English language
learners

9. Design of the Grant
parapros
ELL Student
Admini-strators
STEM
teachers
Parents
and
families
University
ESL
teachers
Elementary
teacher ed
faculty
Find potential
paraprofessionals
from STEM and less
common language
backgrounds
Provide a grant for
18 s.h. of ESL
endorsement
coursework with a
STEM focus
Work with parapros
and administrators
to find successful
models for academic
assistance to ELLs
Give administrators
of multilingual
districts chances to
network and problem
solve together and
provide topics of
mutual interest
Provide focus on
language of
STEM and how
to teach it to
ELLs
Provide opportunities for families to interact
meaningfully with the school in bidirectional
relationships (all learn from each other)
Provide workshops
in aspects of second
language acquisition
and instruction of
English language
learners

10. The Grant Team
Jason Stegemoller and Kristin Lems,
Co-directors

11. Annie Noorts, Grant Coordinator

12. Dr. Margie Bouchard, Lead Organizer
of Parents as Educational Partners and
Paraprofessional training

13. Leah D. Miller, Lead Trainer

14. Corrie Wallace
Partnership Liaison, chair of
Administrator Task Force

15. Paul Gross, Lead Data Analyst

16. Dr. Ann Mullis,
Florida State University
External Evaluator

17. Nov. 2013 site visit
with external evaluator

18. Administrators from several districts
share thoughts about engineering
curriculum for h.s. ELLs

19. Cohort B member with background in
Assyrian and Arabic describes
numeracy issues for ELLs at spring
Administrator Task Force meeting

20. 2013-2014 ~ The Year in Review
• Goal: help in-service teachers complete the ESL
endorsement through STEM-focused cohorts
– 20 students in Cohort B finished the grant coursework in
June 2014
– 20 students in Cohort C are starting their 4th course in
Fall, 2014
– 21 students in Cohort D started in Jan. 2014, and will
take their 3rd and 4th courses in Fall, 2014
TOTAL ENDORSED BY JUNE 30, 2014: 41
(5 YEAR GOAL: 45)

21. Grant Cohorts
Cohort A – finished last course June 12, 2013
20 completers
Cohort B – finished last course June 11, 2014
20 completers
Grant goal: 45 completers with ESL
endorsement
Cohort C – started Fall, 2013
Cohort D – started Winter 2014

22. Students from Cohort B presenting in a
literature circle about the book
Omnivore’s Dilemma, June 2014

23. Finnish student in Cohort D begun
Winter 2014, in Crosscultural class

24. Cohort B science teacher leading class
on tour of edible plants behind
Niles West high school

25. 2013-2014 ~ The Year in Review
• Goal: provide professional
development for in-service teachers
– 24 inservice teachers, aids and
administrators completed 2 day Parents as
Educational Partners (PEP) training

26. Catherine Porter and Betsy Kubota from
IRC presenting this year’s PEP

27. PEP 2014, held at the IRC HQ

28. The Year in Review, cont.
• Goal: provide training for paraprofessionals
and potential paraprofessionals
– 12 community members became paraprofessionals
or substitute teachers by the end of Year 3 (GPRA
goal: 9)
– 3 training sessions for in-service paraprofessionals
took place in Niles West, reaching 17
paraprofessionals

29. The Year in Review, cont.
• Goal: Provide professional development
for ESL university faculty about STEM
subjects
– Quarterly meetings on STEM related topics

30. Spring 14 - adjunct faculty training
focused on STEM for ELLs in early
childhood with Golden Apple winner
Karen Wylie

31. Karen Wylie taught kindergarten at a
school in our partner district, 73.5

32. The Year in Review, cont.
• Goal: provide professional development
for education school faculty about ESL
– All National College of Education faculty
(~86) took part in a research presentation
about boosting family involvement by Jason
and Kristin at NCE Meeting, April, 2014

33. Family Involvement?….Oh yeah,
That! Raising Awareness of
Family and Community
Engagement among Teacher
Education Faculty
Research Presentation for NCE
April 9, 2014
 Jason Stegemoller and Kristin Lems

34. The Year in Review
• Goal: provide coursework leading to ESL
endorsement for pre-service students
– 2 had obtained ESL endorsement by Summer
2014
– 8 had begun taking coursework by Summer
2014
GRANT GOAL: 15

35. The Year in Review
• Goal: provide bidirectional support for parents,
community members, teachers, and students to
enrich role of community for STEM success for
ELLs
– Two large public presentations by a nationally known
children’s author (Linda Sue Park), held at a partner
school

36. Linda Sue Park event
at Niles North High School

37. Linda Sue Park
Signing autographs after the
talk…cosponsored with
Center for Teaching through
Children’s Books.

38. We read her science-centered young adult
novel, Project Mulberry, as a literature
circle. Here, students ask her about it

39. The Year in Review
• Goal: develop an evaluation plan for the
ELL Parent Center
– Survey developed for students beginning and
ending classes at the Center, administered

40. Evaluation Plan and data collection
• Post-cohort interview with each completer from
Cohorts A and B
– A already transcribed, B recorded and will be soon
• Survey and interview were designed for course
takers at ELL Parent Center
– Was given 8 times before end of Year 3
• Design of evaluation asking about “value added”
for ELL students taught by cohort members…Paul
Gross, Data Analyst

41. Meeting at ELL Parent Center about
evaluation plan, Aug. 2014

42. Conference
Presentations
during 2013-
2014

43. STEMtech 2013 – Atlanta GA

45. Illinois TESOL/BE – Feb. 28, 2014

46. Kristin with Yilin Sun (TESOL President-elect),
Carolyn Graham, and John
Fanselow at ITBE 2014

47. American Educational Research
Association 2014

48. Jason with co-presenters at AERA

49. NPD Directors Grant meeting
Only one director is allowed each
year; Jason attended in 2014
U.S. Department of
----Education

50. Looking forward to another great year!
Kristin Lems
klems@nl.edu
Jason Stegemoller
Jason.stegemoller@nl.edu