Joseph O’Loughlin K-12 Grant
Background:
Joseph (Joe) O’Loughlin was very supportive of Judith O'Loughlin, a strong supporter and past Board member.
Application Process:
This special grant award focuses on creating a study group for four to five K-12 teachers per year. The goal is to help K-12 teachers to work with their ELL students who have had interrupted education and therefore gaps in their learning. This applies to refugees and also now to distance learning. The study group looks at various techniques to use in the classroom with remote learning applications.
i. Teachers who are interested complete an expression of interest form. Go to: https://forms.gle/RryF3Nyw3yhVyzMS9
ii.The EOI is due by September 15. The responses will be reviewed by October 1.
iii.The selection committee hopes to choose 3-4 teachers to participate each year.
Participants will receive/do:
i.Selected participants sign an agreement for the applicable year.
ii.Participants receive a copy of Students with Interrupted Formal Education by Brenda Custodio and Judith O’Loughlin for reading and study group meetings
iii.Participants receive a copy of Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas Academic Language Accelerator (Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas 2e) 2nd Edition
iv.Format:
v.Grant award covers CATESOL Annual Conference registration fee paid by the Foundation fund.
i.Participants will receive help from Judith with writing their proposal for the annual CATESOL conference and help with preparing their panel/poster session presentation.
ii.Participants pesent on how they used the book in instruction in their settings. They could compromise a panel – one presentation – featured, depends on the conference program chairs, but CEF can recommend.
vi.Travel money to attend the annual CATESOL Conference
Total Grant Award of $500 per participant per year
Background:
Joseph (Joe) O’Loughlin was very supportive of Judith O'Loughlin, a strong supporter and past Board member.
Application Process:
This special grant award focuses on creating a study group for four to five K-12 teachers per year. The goal is to help K-12 teachers to work with their ELL students who have had interrupted education and therefore gaps in their learning. This applies to refugees and also now to distance learning. The study group looks at various techniques to use in the classroom with remote learning applications.
i. Teachers who are interested complete an expression of interest form. Go to: https://forms.gle/RryF3Nyw3yhVyzMS9
ii.The EOI is due by September 15. The responses will be reviewed by October 1.
iii.The selection committee hopes to choose 3-4 teachers to participate each year.
Participants will receive/do:
i.Selected participants sign an agreement for the applicable year.
ii.Participants receive a copy of Students with Interrupted Formal Education by Brenda Custodio and Judith O’Loughlin for reading and study group meetings
iii.Participants receive a copy of Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas Academic Language Accelerator (Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas 2e) 2nd Edition
iv.Format:
- Four online meetings per year for reading and discussion in a collaborative mentoring study group format with author Judith O’Loughlin
- Study group participants read from the texts and prepare for discussion;
- Each participant creates an application project to implement in their own educational setting (using Google Meet)
v.Grant award covers CATESOL Annual Conference registration fee paid by the Foundation fund.
i.Participants will receive help from Judith with writing their proposal for the annual CATESOL conference and help with preparing their panel/poster session presentation.
ii.Participants pesent on how they used the book in instruction in their settings. They could compromise a panel – one presentation – featured, depends on the conference program chairs, but CEF can recommend.
vi.Travel money to attend the annual CATESOL Conference
Total Grant Award of $500 per participant per year