Growing Teachers: A Washington College Builds a Bilingual Teaching Force.

Fleagle, Matthew

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Publication Date: 1996

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Growing Teachers: A Washington College Builds a Bilingual Teaching Force.

Fleagle, Matthew

Northwest Education, v1 n1 p29-30 Win 1996

Describes the North Central Educational Service District (Washington) Priority Hispanic Certification program for training bilingual teachers. Begun in 1993, the program finds, trains, and certifies bilingual paraprofessionals and foreign-trained teachers to fill the need for bilingual teachers in central Washington schools. Teacher training techniques are briefly explained. (SAS)

Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Hispanic Americans, Nontraditional Students, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Program Descriptions, Rural Schools, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Recruitment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Washington

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