{"id":65913,"date":"2022-12-21T17:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T21:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=65913"},"modified":"2023-09-13T13:25:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T17:25:34","slug":"new-research-studies-ways-to-improve-teaching-for-young-english-learners","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2022\/new-research-studies-ways-to-improve-teaching-for-young-english-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving Teaching for English Learners"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-emphasis-on-text has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-primary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/22-1341-WHEELEARLY-191-scaled.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of Professor Dina Castro\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/22-1341-WHEELEARLY-191-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/22-1341-WHEELEARLY-191-scaled-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/22-1341-WHEELEARLY-191-scaled-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/22-1341-WHEELEARLY-191-scaled-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/22-1341-WHEELEARLY-191-scaled-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/22-1341-WHEELEARLY-191-scaled-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/22-1341-WHEELEARLY-191-scaled-1101x826.jpg 1101w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/22-1341-WHEELEARLY-191-scaled-459x344.jpg 459w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/22-1341-WHEELEARLY-191-scaled-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/22-1341-WHEELEARLY-191-scaled-909x682.jpg 909w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/22-1341-WHEELEARLY-191-scaled-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/22-1341-WHEELEARLY-191-scaled-1761x1321.jpg 1761w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/22-1341-WHEELEARLY-191-scaled-917x688.jpg 917w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/22-1341-WHEELEARLY-191-scaled-1411x1058.jpg 1411w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/22-1341-WHEELEARLY-191-scaled-1819x1364.jpg 1819w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/22-1341-WHEELEARLY-191-scaled-1333x1000.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/22-1341-WHEELEARLY-191-scaled-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Dina Castro, director of the BU Wheelock Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Centers, institutes &amp; labs<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/New%20Research%20Studies%20Ways%20to%20Improve%20Teaching%20for%20Young%20English%20Learners\"> Improving Teaching for English Learners<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">New study provides professional development for prekindergarten educators<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar js-block-editorial-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">December 21, 2022<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/authors\/finn-gardiner\/\">Finn Gardiner<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>A five-year grant will support the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/\">Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being<\/a> at BU Wheelock in studying ways to improve the quality of teaching for young English learners. The Nuestros Ni\u00f1os project will work with Boston Public Schools&#8217; Universal Prekindergarten Program, ABCD Head Start in Massachusetts, and school districts in Colorado to provide professional development to prekindergarten lead teachers, assistant teachers, and paraprofessionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nuestros Ni\u00f1os will be led by <a href=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/dina-c-castro\/\">Dina Castro<\/a>, a BU Wheelock professor of early childhood education and the director of the Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being, alongside Cristina Gillanders of the University of Colorado, Denver. It is funded by the US Department of Education\u2019s Office of English Language Acquisition. Participating teachers will earn an academic certificate in Teaching Young Dual Language Learners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Support for Teachers and Parents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The first goal of Nuestros Ni\u00f1os is to improve the teaching of language and literacy in young English learners in prekindergarten classes by providing teachers with two years of professional development training. The training includes four online courses and place-based coaching sessions. It also provides supplemental instructional materials for use in the classrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project will explore ways to enhance parents\u2019 ability to promote their children\u2019s language and literacy development. It will also support teachers in strengthening home\u2013school partnerships and through grant-funded book giveaways and extra instructional materials to be used at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recruitment for Nuestros Ni\u00f1os will start in spring 2023. After that, the project team will start gathering data about the feasibility of the program in schools that serve young English learners to learn whether schools in other states can replicate the results. School districts in Massachusetts and Colorado will share data with the research team, including early language and literacy assessments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A five-year grant will support the Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being at BU Wheelock in studying ways to improve the quality of teaching for young English learners. 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