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This project aims to strengthen educators’ abilities to work and provide resources and opportunities for multilingual learners in K-12 school systems in Alabama.
The five-year IPPSE grant will address the critical personnel shortage in education by graduating participants early, making a difference in the lives of P-12 students with disabilities in the Birmingham metro area.
Chambless and Spezzini’s efforts guided the course of action for Alabama’s Seal of Biliteracy, which recognizes students’ proficiency in two or more languages by high school graduation.
John Chen will graduate with his master’s degree from the School of Education and thanks all the faculty and students at UAB for helping him succeed.
Chelsea Walker-Griner, a 2011 Gates Millennium scholarship recipient, will graduate with an educational specialist degree in teaching English to speakers of other languages from the School of Education on Dec. 11.
Five coaches and 37 teachers attended a virtual summer learning program through the IMPACT-PD grant to learn how to best teach dual-language students.
UAB School of Education professor hopes to grow a national mentor program for literacy and language scholars of color.
The School of Education’s English as a Second Language teacher education program received national recognition from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation, assuring that future graduates from the program will be successful when teaching.
This free online resource connects children with strategies and interventions to further their reading during the COVID-19 pandemic.

An article highlighting the importance of play in a child’s education and development selected as the 2019 Most Outstanding Article by journal.

English language learners in the Greater Birmingham area are invited to take free classes to enhance their conversational skills at UAB.   

Teach children about hygiene and germs in the classroom and at home.
Identify reading difficulties and connecting them with strategies and interventions is the goal of a free online tool from UAB.
Students can advance their knowledge in their desired field through four new graduate certificates in health coaching, teaching multilingual learners, clinical mental health counseling and supporting individuals with exceptionalities.
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