DLTL Alumni Advocate for Bilinguals in CPS

Two DLTL alumni were featured in WBEZ articles; advocating for Bilinguals in Chicago Public Schools. Check them out below and advocate by sharing:

Josue Contreras (’19) featured

WBEZ. Tues Oct 13

CPS Is Dramatically Expanding Gold Standard Bilingual Program. But Is It Putting The Funding — And Schools — In The Right Place?

https://www.wbez.org/stories/as-cps-expands-gold-standard-bilingual-program-questions-are-raised-about-who-benefits/e6c10006-fba9-4617-9ef2-fa7435dd3c09

 

Karen Tellez (’19) featured

WBEZ. Mon Oct 12

More Than 70% Of CPS Bilingual Programs Fall Short

https://www.wbez.org/stories/more-than-70-of-cps-bilingual-programs-fall-short/835b5876-98ea-4a4b-b082-3b92c298f8a6

 

DLTL Honor Ceremony – Summer 2020

Congratulations to the graduating DLTL cohorts of Summer 2020!

The DLTL Honor Ceremony looked a little different this year, but was filled with Corazon!

Click HERE to watch the virtual ceremony!

 

JOB OPENINGS – Dual Language

The Hawthorn School District 73 has two open dual language positions starting in August 2020:

DL Middle School General Science Teacher – Job ID 2259

DL Middle School Social Studies & Spanish Language Arts Teacher – Job ID 2250

For more information please visit the website or contact superintendent Dr. Art Abrego AbregoA@Hawthorn73.org.

 

Dual Language Symposium – March 7, 2020

Register now!   https://rooseveltuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cFOjuc6524nSb5P

Share your expertise!

Submit a proposal! https://rooseveltuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8v7jtQaR3FBPjE1

DLTL Alum – Featured in Roosevelt Review

Jessica Fong, ’18 | Dual Language Leaders

DLTL 2018 Graduate, Jessica Fong is featured in the current issue of the Roosevelt Review.

In it, she talks about the need for dual language teachers and leaders to foster bilingualism in the next generation.   Jessica is a teacher, wife, mother, leader, and is currently pursuing her principal endorsement in the DLTL Principal Pathway – a unique program that offers DLTL graduates the opportunity to build on the DLTL teacher leader standards and qualify for the principal endorsement in only 3 semesters.

As an administrator, Jessica wants to speak her families’ language — not just Spanish, but their culture and their neighborhood. Now more than ever, childhood education needs both innovation and inclusion to meet diverse student needs.

Click here for information about the DLTL program or the DLTL Pathway to Principalship. For more information contact program director, Tammy Oberg De La Garza or program advisor, Alejandro Ramirez.

“I think the biggest piece was creating that dual language community among ourselves. At the end, we were like a family.”  —Jessica Fong (MA DLTL, ’18)