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Of those, 40% are being served by local district schools.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, statistics from the Florida Education Association show that the state is dealing with 5,294 teacher vacancies and 4,631 noninstructional vacancies.<\/p>\n<p>The Project ELITE team is comprised of researchers from 麻豆原创\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ccie.ucf.edu\/\">College of Community Innovation and Education<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/college\/arts-humanities\/\">College of Arts and Humanities<\/a>. The team will take a multifaceted approach to provide educators across three school districts \u2014 Orange, Pinellas and St. Lucie \u2014 with professional learning and individualized coaching to address key instructional practices that promote school readiness, literacy and achievement in English learners from volunteer prekindergarten (VPK) to third grade.<\/p>\n<p>It will also equip the educators with the tools to advance family and community involvement in a linguistically responsive manner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe impetus for the project was the need to support teachers as they\u2019re working with English learners academically, but we also need to support them as they are working with English learners\u2019 parents, families and the community,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/ccie.ucf.edu\/person\/marjorie-ceballos\/\"><strong>Marjorie Ceballos<\/strong><\/a><strong> \u201900 \u201906MPA \u201916EdD<\/strong>, principal investigator and assistant professor in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ccie.ucf.edu\/elhe\/\">Department of Educational Leadership and Higher Education<\/a>. \u201cOur focus is to help provide teachers with tools and research-based practices that they can use in the classroom to advance English learners\u2019 literacy and academic achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Florin Mihai, co-principal investigator and professor in the <a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/languages\">Department of Modern Languages and Literatures<\/a>, says there is an academic achievement gap between English learners and non-English learners since the former face the challenge of simultaneously learning language and academic content.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we equip English-learner teachers in VPK through third grade with research-based tools that will accelerate English learners\u2019 language acquisition, enhance their language proficiency and develop their literacy, their academic learning will significantly improve because they will concentrate on academic content acquisition unhindered by limited English-language proficiency,\u201d Mihai says. \u201cWe want to focus on language and literacy development in the earliest years possible to ensure a successful school experience for our English learners all the way to their high school graduation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The project has a three-pronged approach to achieve its goals. The first is to prepare 220 highly qualified teachers, paraprofessionals and educational leaders who work with English learners in the Central Florida area through a 72-hour ELITE Professional Learning program.<\/p>\n<p>The initial cohort of roughly 30 scholars will begin the program in Summer 2023, with four additional cohorts \u2014 each comprising between 40 to 50 scholars \u2014 to follow through 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The second involves increasing parent, family and community engagement through developing and implementing Bilingual Village and Parent Ambassadors programs at 10 schools in the partner districts.<\/p>\n<p>The Bilingual Village partners with local businesses that employ bilingual staff, giving English learners and their families an opportunity to practice both their home and second languages in a supportive environment. Meanwhile, parent ambassadors actively support their English learners in school and help promote school or district programs, services, events and activities to other English learners\u2019 families and community members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen families and communities are involved in education, students benefit tremendously,\u201d Mihai says. \u201cWe want to make sure that the learning continues at home and in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The third approach focuses on sustainability and maintaining the pipeline of transitioning project materials and resources to the partner school districts.<\/p>\n<p>This will be accomplished by training 40 of the project alumni who will continue the program within their school districts via a 36-hour Train-the-Trainer program. Doing so will equip each school district with the knowledge and resources needed to maintain the professional learning program beyond the lifespan of the grant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of these different components are major contributors to increasing English learners\u2019 achievement,\u201d Ceballos says. \u201cThe Professional Learning, the Bilingual Village and the Parent Ambassadors (programs) all are inputs to help support English learners in our schools and communities. Each one helps strengthen those bridges between the school, families and the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Educators in partner districts interested in participating in the program should contact Ceballos at <a href=\"mailto:Marjorie.Ceballos@ucf.edu\">Marjorie.Ceballos@ucf.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Team Credentials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ceballos joined 麻豆原创 in 2018 as an assistant professor of educational leadership in the Department of Educational Leadership and Higher Education. She earned her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/secondary-education-bs\/social-science-ed-education-track\/\">bachelor\u2019s in social science education<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/public-administration-mpa\/\">master\u2019s in public administration<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/educational-leadership-edd\/\">doctorate in educational leadership<\/a> from 麻豆原创. She has received over $2 million in training grants.<\/p>\n<p>Mihai is co-principal investigator and professor of teaching English as a foreign language in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, which he joined in 2006. He earned his doctorate in multilingual education from Florida State University.<\/p>\n<p>Joyce Nutta is co-principal investigator and professor of English for speakers of other languages education in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ccie.ucf.edu\/teachered\/\">School of Teacher Education<\/a>. She\u00a0earned her doctorate in second language acquisition from the University of South Florida. Nutta joined 麻豆原创 in 2007 and has received more than $7 million in research and training grants.<\/p>\n<p>Vassiliki Zygouris-Coe is co-principal investigator and professor of reading education in the School of Teacher Education. She\u00a0received her doctorate in curriculum and instruction from the University of Florida and has been a faculty member since 1999. 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