Bilingual Education

The Bilingual Education Certificate (BEC) is a three component instructional series of professional development courses for teachers seeking Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) endorsement for bilingual education.聽

The bilingual education courses share in common a unifying view of equity and justice that recognizes intersections between race and language. Instructors work with participants to view themselves and their instruction through a critical lens that sees how these intersections can be recognized and used for enhancing instruction.
C. Patrick Proctor, Ed.D., Professor of Literacy & Bilingualism

Our Program

Courses

The first two courses are focused on the history and politics of bilingual education, and on theory and research in bilingualism and second language acquisition. The third course covers instructional applications, specifically highlighting critical literacy and language arts teaching in bilingual education settings.

Foundations of Bilingual and Dual Language Education

Students will be able to walk into any school that offers a bilingual program and/or serves bilingual pupils and identify the type of program in place depending on the specifics of different contexts.聽The specific aim is for educators to explore the characteristics of language education programs in the U.S, focused specifically on history,聽 attributes of language program models, political contexts, and legal foundations. These characteristics of language education programs are interrogated through a contemporary lens of equity and power. In service of this aim, educators will explore dual language models, program designs, and implementation, with an introductory focus on the competencies, knowledge, and skills for instruction and assessment in multilingual classrooms and programs.聽

Format

Online, asynchronous

Dates

Summer 2024

15 PDPs

Professional Development Points

Cost

$400

Bilingualism, Second Language, and Literacy Acquisition聽

This course is designed to provide practitioners with exposure to contemporary theory and research in bilingualism and literacy, with an eye toward instructional applications. The content covered in this course applies across any instructional context in which multilingual learners are present. Such settings include: Transitional and dual language bilingual education, ESL, SEI, and 鈥渕ainstream鈥 classrooms. The course is a hybrid course model, with a majority of coursework taking place online, with periodic face-to-face meetings, and assignments that are meant to interface with your day-to-day responsibilities as a teacher, interventionist, specialist, or administrator.

Format

Online, synchronous & asynchronous

Dates

September 30 -
December 6, 2024

45 PDPs

Professional Development Points

Cost

$1,200

Bilingual Literacy and Literature

Bilingual Literacy and Literature is one of two courses devoted to praxis, which is the application of theory to practice to promote change and evolution in teaching. As Freire (1972) put it, "For apart from inquiry, apart from the praxis, individuals cannot be truly human" (p. 72). Applied to our work in the Bilingual Education Certificate, the history and theory we covered in the Foundations and Bilingualism courses are centered in thinking about how they apply to teaching. Also centered is remote/hybrid learning in a pandemic, which cannot be ignored. It is important to note here that praxis 鈥渃annot occur through antidialogical professional development. Instead, bilingual teachers must be positioned as knowledgeable beings whose lived cultural and linguistic realities drive generative learning in professional development鈥 (Stacy et al., 2020). That is the orientation of this course as well. You, the bilingual educators who are participating in it, are the ones who bring knowledge to bear on the work we do.

Format

Online, synchronous & asynchronous

Dates

January 22 - April 12, 2024

45 PDPs

Professional Development Points

Cost

$1,200

Program Faculty

Patrick Proctor

Patrick Proctor

Department Chair, Teaching, Curriculum, and Society
Professor


617-552-6466
Campion Hall Room 121

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Patrick Proctor

Patrick Proctor

Department Chair, Teaching, Curriculum, and Society

Professor

| 617-552-6466 | Campion Hall Room 121

Patrick Proctor聽is a Professor at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development聽and an educational researcher focusing on bilingualism, bilingual education, language, and literacy. Theoretically, his work attempts to merge critical and developmental perspectives on language, literacy, and bilingualism in education. In terms of praxis, he works directly with teachers and administrators on issues of bilingual education and language-based literacy instruction, particularly in schools and districts characterized by student (and ideally teacher) multilingualism.聽

Course Facilitators

Amanda Campbell

Amanda Campbell

Assistant Director, English Learner Education
Lynn Public Schools



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Amanda Campbell

Amanda Campbell

Assistant Director, English Learner Education

Lynn Public Schools

Amanda Campbell聽is the Assistant Director for English Learner Education in the Lynn Public Schools聽where聽she oversees the Compa帽eros Dual Language program, and a school committee member in Salem, Massachusetts. Prior to her current role, she was an ESL teacher, a kindergarten and first grade teacher of newcomers, and a literacy specialist for multilingual learners.聽

Marta Garcia

Marta Garcia

Elementary ELD Teacher



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Marta Garcia

Marta Garcia

Elementary ELD Teacher

Marta Garc铆a is an elementary ELD teacher serving multilingual students in Salem, Massachusetts. She came with the program "Visiting Teachers from Spain" and she has worked in Salem for 17 years as a teacher and advocate for the immigrant and multilingual community, and before that in California and Spain. In 2022, she was awarded as the Massachusetts Teacher of the Year, a platform that allowed Marta to amplify her body of work as a teacher working with multilingual students with an emphasis on ABAR (anti-bias, anti-racist) practices. This experience has provided new opportunities to continue her advocacy work in different educational institutions as she continues to serve immigrant students and their families in the elementary grades.

Rachel Gately

Rachel Gately

Dual Language Teacher



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Rachel Gately

Rachel Gately

Dual Language Teacher

Rachel Gately is a 6th grade dual language teacher in Worcester, MA. She has over 10 years of experience teaching in dual language programs in both Texas and Massachusetts, and has taught grades 3-6 in both one-way and two-way programs. She is passionate about bilingual education and seeks to advocate for equity of access and opportunity for multilingual learners. She holds a B.A. in Latin American History and Spanish from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master鈥檚 Degree in Bilingual and ESL Education from Southern Methodist University. She is also currently pursuing an Education Specialist degree at Worcester State in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on dual language education. She is fluent in both Spanish and English.

Mariam Gorbea Ramy

Mariam Gorbea Ramy

Director of Curriculum and Programs
Eureka Enrichment Services (NPO)



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Mariam Gorbea Ramy

Mariam Gorbea Ramy

Director of Curriculum and Programs

Eureka Enrichment Services (NPO)

Mariam Gorbea Ramy has a Bachelor's in Applied Psychology and a Master's in Elementary Education, with a Urban and Bilingual focus, from md传媒国产剧 College. She worked in BPS as a Spanish teacher in Dual Language schools. She now creates curriculum that integrates Puerto Rican experiences with STEM skills as Director of Curriculum and Programs in an NPO in Puerto Rico. Ms. Gorbea Ramy is a native speaker of English and Spanish, is proficient in French, and continues to learn Lebanese Arabic.

Alisha Nguyen

Alisha Nguyen

Teacher Educator



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Alisha Nguyen

Alisha Nguyen

Teacher Educator

Alisha聽Nguyen聽is a teacher educator and scholar activist. Her Ph.D. is in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Critical Perspectives on Schooling: Race, Class, Gender, & Disability from the Lynch School of Education & Human Development at md传媒国产剧 College. She is also a 2020 Rennebohm Fellow affiliated with the Center of Human Rights & International Justice at md传媒国产剧 College.聽

Nguyen's areas of expertise include anti-bias/anti-racist education, bilingual education, language & literacy development, and family engagement. Her scholarship mostly focuses on the intersectionality of language, power, race, class, and gender across educational settings and aims to foster racial, gender, and linguistic justice.

She is particularly interested in conducting participatory action research with diverse families and communities. She has been working closely with immigrant families, grassroots and community-based organizations, and school districts to advocate for anti-racist education, bilingual education, and equitable family engagement.

Questions?

For questions about the content and delivery of the courses,
contact Patrick Proctor at charles.proctor.1@bc.edu.

If you are interested in the Bilingual Education Endorsement, the Bilingual Education Certificate program, or individual coursework for your school or school district, contact Ashana Hurd at 617-552-4213,聽or email lynchschoolpce@bc.edu