4th Annual Dual Language Symposium – REGISTER TODAY

Schools all over the Midwest (and Nation) are in high need of dual language teachers – both Chicago and suburbs. The following is a free (and virtual) opportunity for you to learn more about Dual Language teaching as a career:

Roosevelt’s 4th annual Dual Language Symposium is March 5, 2022. It’s a free event geared toward educators. The theme is “Radical Strategies for Radical Times.”  Psychologist Ferney Ramirez Hernandez will be the keynote speaker. The symposium will be virtual and follow the typical agenda of breakout sessions and conversation. Attendees are encouraged to register by 2/18/22, see attached flyer.

Dual Language Symposium.pdf

Welcome the New DLTL Cohort

Welcome and Bienvenidos to the newest group of educators in our Dual Language Teacher Leadership (DLTL) family! Enjoying the morning sunshine on the Schaumburg campus; this cohort is our largest to date.

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 Student wins ISBE Award

Join us in Congratulating Heidi Nelson, one of our current DLTL students in the Schaumburg cohort!

Heidi was honored last weekend at the ISBE Those Who Excel Awards in Bloomington-Normal as one of six Awards of Excellence in the Outstanding Early Career Educator Category.

Heidi says “It was a great event full of amazing and inspiring educators, and she even thanked Dr. Ayala, IL Superintendent of Education in Spanish for all of her work for language learning students.”

Way to go Heidi!!

ANNOUNCING Travel Abroad 2020 – 10 days in CUBA

Registration begins early November for this 10-day, DLTL Travel Abroad 2020 experience to Cuba from July 30-August 8, 2020.

Click on Travel Abroad Cuba to learn more about this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

To register for this trip email Alejandro Ramirez – ARamirez53@Roosevelt.edu

Not a current Roosevelt Student? Apply as a Student-at-Large at https://www.roosevelt.edu/admission/apply

Spanish for Music Teachers: A New Book Co-Authored by DLTL Candidate

DLTL Student / Author

One of our very own DLTL candidates, Heidi Nelson, recently co-authored a new resource for music teachers that serve DLL and Spanish-speaking students Spanish for Music Teachers.
In Spanish for Music Teachers, authors Jacob Prosek, an elementary general music teacher, and Heidi Nelson, a fourth grade Spanish dual language teacher, bring you:
-Ready to Implement ELL strategies to incorporate in your music classroom tomorrow
-Photocopy-ready bilingual labels for your music classroom
-Practical Spanish words and phrases for your music class (with English translations)
-Customizable, bilingual communications for concert invites, concert reminders, and more
-15 authentic songs in Spanish across the Spanish speaking world with teaching suggestions and English translations
-15 English songs accessible for your language learning students
-Tips for selecting culturally relevant repertoire
Spanish for Music Teachers is a needed resource so that our language learning students can receive ELL supports, Spanish supports, and culturally relevant Latinx folk songs in their music classes now too! Language learning extends in ALL parts of the school day, INCLUDING the fine arts.
Spanish for Music Teachers is for you if:
  1. You are a music teacher, learning coach, administrator, pre-service music teacher, or music education college professor
  2. You serve Spanish speaking ELL students in your music space
  3. You speak English and have any Spanish background from the world “Hola” to being a native Spanish speaker
For more information on Spanish for Music Teachers and to order your copy today, please go to: https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/spanish-for-music-teachers-book-g9932

My Reason: A Poem that Reveals Why We Do This

At the 2019 Chicago DLTL Award Ceremony, Judith Arroyo shared an original poem that provided an intimate look into the reasons behind her decision to pursue a graduate degree and become an advocate for bilingualism, biculturalism and biliteracy. Judith presented her work in both Spanish and English, and is a graduate of the 2019 Chicago Cohort.

My reason

by Judith Arroyo

I do it to honor the effort my parents made in coming to a new country.

For all the times I heard it was too difficult, sometimes in my own mind.

My education is not only my success.

This is for every pair of  little eyes that see me and say – if she could do it, I can too.

This is for everyone who follows my footsteps.

I want to pave the way for success for my family members and to have them learn from my mistakes.

I do it to represent every Latino who has been discriminated against for speaking broken English because some don’t understand the value of knowing more than one language.

I do it to declare “de aqui somos y de aquí no nos vamos”. We belong here.

We are the educators that this country needs.

To teach these bright minds to choose love instead of hate, intelligence instead of ignorance and compassion instead of hatred.

That their minds are so bright that they can think, speak, read in two languages.

I want to give my students the best version of me.

That when I stand in front of them, I can appreciate their culture and differences.

I want to empower them, that  one day they understand that they have a voice.

That they understand the power of knowing who they are and where they come from.

That they understand the value of being bilingual, bicultural and biliterate.

This is why I do what I do and I wouldn’t change this experience for anything.

 

Mi Razon

por Judith Arroyo

Lo hago para honrar el esfuerzo que mis padres hicieron en venir a un nuevo país.

Por todas las veces que escuche decir que era muy difícil, a veces en mi propia mente.

Mi educación no solo es mi éxito.

Esto es para todo, par de ojitos que me ven y dicen –si ella lo pudo hacer, yo tambien.

Esto es para todos los que me siguen.

Quiero allanar el camino al éxito para los miembros de mi familia y que aprendan de mis errores.

Lo hago para representar a todo latino que ha sido discriminado por hablar el inglés mocho porque algunos no entiende el valor de saber más de un idioma.

Lo hago para declarar que de aquí somos y de aquí no nos vamos.

Somos los educadores que este país necesita.

Para enseñarles a estas mentes brillosas que hay que escoger el amor en vez del odio, la inteligencia en vez de la ignorancia y la compasión en vez de la antipatía.

Que sus mentes son tan brillantes que pueden pensar, hablar, leer en dos idiomas.

Le quiero dar a mis estudiantes la mejor versión de mi.

Que cuando me pare frente a ellos, pueda apreciar su cultura y diferencias.

Quiero empoderarlos a que un dia entiendan que tienen una voz.

Que entiendan el poder de saber quienes son y de dónde vienen.

Que entiendan el valor de ser bilingües y  biculturales.

Estas son las razones porque hago lo que hago, Y no lo cambiaría por nada del mundo.

“Where I’m From” – an Intimate Look at the 2019-2020 DLTL Cohort in Schaumburg

Led by Dr. Allison Slade, the two newest DLTL cohorts collaborated on a culturally responsive writing activity in their DLTL 443 class – Academic Language Development Across Content Areas. Using mentor text poem “Where I’m From” each class wrote one poem that expressed their identities and culture. Presented here is the poem written by our Schaumburg DLTL Cohort:

 

Where I’m From – Schaumburg DLTL Cohort, Summer 2019

I am from a barren land

          And scorching sun

From mofongo, parranda, bomba

          And coqui, coqui are a voice.

I am from chocolate abuelita con bolillos

          And hearing the “paletero bells” right after Sunday mass.

From large extended family parties

          And cousins as siblings

Soy del olor a café Prieto a las 5 am

          Y del canto del coqui a la hora de dormir.

From where the beaches are beautiful,

          And sunlight fills us with energy.

I am from birthday parties, piñatas

          And pozole

From M + M Mcflurries

          And matzah ball soup

Yo soy de donde las alas de la mariposa monarca vuelan a tu alrededor

          And the windy city airs that blow you away.

I am from the island of eternal summers

          And now the land of snow, snow and more snow!

I am from Nacho el yardero

          And Chabela la limpia casas.

From Cuidad de México, Neza

          And la casa de mi abuelita

I am from my great grandmother’s name

          And my grandma’s niña.

From soft grass between my toes

          And the fft-fft of the sprinkler.

I am from summer days with my dad

          And evenings with my mom.

I am from dirt, construction zones

          And 2x4s.

From motor oil in the asphault

          And graffiti spray cans.

I am from roller skating at the Rainbow Roller Rink while my mother watched,

          And the DJ played the song “Africa” by Toto

Soy de cruzar el Puente

          Y Beall Elementary School

I am from double dutch

          And Red Light, Green Light

I am from jelly shoes

          And barefoot baths in the sink

From moving trucks

          And permanent boxes in the garage

I am from basketball

          And Michael Jordan

Yo soy de libertad al aire, baños en la Lluvia

          Y corridas en el monte

From the land of fire

          And where being naughty is my attire

From menudo on Sunday mornings

          And scaring my brother till the chancla came flying towards me.

I am from buying tamariondo candy from my neightbor

          And riding my bike by the cornfields

Soy de criarme con muchos animals

          Y darle Cristiana sepulture hasta los más pequeñitos.

 

The newest Schaumburg DLTL Cohort completed their 3 intensive courses in June, 2019, and is currently enjoying a well-deserved summer break!

DLTL Practicum Explores the Community

The DLTL 2019 Schaumburg Cohort amped things up in the second week of practicum at Forest View Elementary School in CCSD59.

This week several groups went on field trips across the community – to the fire department, the library, and the village hall to learn about Sonia Sotomayor, how town hall meetings work, and how the leaders of the community make rules.

One group of students explored natural disasters and made volcanoes. In small groups they discussed the effects on the community/people, and were able to appreciate the magnitude of destruction.

Small groups of students create volcano replicas and discuss the effects of natural disasters on communities and people.