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Ending Achievement Gaps for At-Risk Children

Ending Achievement Gaps for At-Risk Children

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Charter Teacher Pipeline Grant

Educational Solutions for Children, Inc. partnered with Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School, Urban Teachers, and Center for Applied Linguistics to submit a successful Charter Teacher Pipeline Grant. Through this project, partners effectively trained new and novice teachers through a Bilingual Teacher Fellowship (Instituto Mundo Verde). The Mundo Verde Bilingual Teacher Fellowship developed a homegrown teaching corps to advance the next generation of outstanding bilingual educators in the Washington Metro Area.
  • This two year collaborative learning experience prepared 66 new and novice teachers to take on the bilingual classroom and better serve language learners with a toolkit of best practices, the support of a learning community, and a polished portfolio showcasing proven skills and equity-rooted mindset.
  • Teachers progressed through a series of four live interactive learning modules including: 1) Hands-On and Inquiry Based Learning, 2) TESOL and Dual Language Principles, 3) Differentiation for Language Learners, 4) Dual Language and Special Education.
Educational Solutions for Children, Inc. developed both the TESOL and Dual Language Principles and Differentiation for Language Learners modules, supported with training and mentoring, and provided detailed feedback on performance tasks as teachers progressed through the collaborative learning process.

National Dissemination Grant: Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program

Educational Solutions for Children, Inc. partnered with Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School on their submission of a successful National Dissemination Grant to expand the impact and reach of their successful Bilingual Teacher Fellowship (Instituto Mundo Verde). The National Dissemination grant provided the opportunity for Mundo Verde and Educational Solutions for Children, Inc. to work together to serve over 450 bilingual educators across the United States through the expansion of Instituto Mundo Verde.  This project allowed an expansion of the program to include:

·        The creation of a learning management system where participants can access interactive content for four modules.

·        Access to graduate credits or CEUs for teachers completing module content and meeting performance task requirements.

·        The creation of four new English and Spanish cohorts in 2023-2024, expected to serve up to 224 teachers seeking to expand their knowledge of evidence-based practices in bilingual education.

·        The expected creation of four new English and Spanish cohorts in 2024-2025, expected to serve up to 230 teachers seeking to expand their knowledge of evidence-based practices in bilingual education.

Educational Solutions for Children, Inc. supports this project with anything from content development to live teacher training, participant mentoring and feedback, and participation in project events. 

Early Literacy Grant

Educational Solutions for Children, Inc. wrote a successfully funded Early Literacy grant with Bridges Public Charter School in Washington, D.C.  The focus of this grant is to use evidence-based literacy practices aligned with the Science of Reading to support the literacy growth and development of the youngest readers in Washington, D.C.  The goal of the grant is to equip at-risk, struggling young readers with the foundational literacy skills needed to succeed in school and on high stakes testing in the region.  This two-year project started in February 2024 and is expected to run through the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years.  Funding for this grant provides the following:

  • Three reading interventionists with Science of Reading training to support at-risk students in the pre-kindergarten to third grade range at Bridges Public Charter School.
  • One literacy coach to support teachers with evidence-based small group differentiated literacy instruction in the classroom.
  • The creation of a literacy portal for teachers that includes information on nine evidence based practices, materials for differentiated instruction, access to videos about evidence-based literacy practices, and Science of Reading learning modules.
  • Materials to support implementation of high quality literacy practices within classrooms, aligned with each of the literacy skills outlined by the National Reading Panel.

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