ENL Hernandez Fellows

• Learn from exceptional faculty and in a community that is enriched by diversity in experience, ethnicity, and age.
• Engage in a rich community of educators from across the country, while completing coursework from the comfort of your own classroom and home.
• Examine cultural influences in the lives of children and create culturally sustaining classrooms and schools.
• Develop a deep understanding of the process of second language acquisition in order to foster language growth.
• Employ research-based instructional strategies in order to optimize learning outcomes and ensure mastery of both language and content.
• Implement literacy practices rooted in culturally relevant materials and literacy development in the content areas.
• Practice project-based learning through home visits, case studies, language assessments, and professional development delivery.
• Engage with course assignments that directly apply to daily classroom practice.
• Acquire graduate level credits at an affordable price from a prestigious university.
• Earn ENL credits that can lead to ENL/ESL/ESOL/ELL endorsements in most states or help towards initial teachers licenses or continuing education credits.
• Tailored curriculum to meet the specific needs of teachers in Catholic schools.
   

• Transform school communities by embracing Christ’s call to welcome the stranger.
• Apply social justice teachings and equity models for English learners.
• Implement school-wide approaches to meeting the holistic needs of English learners: language, culture, academic, emotional, spiritual, and social.
• Support for English learners through research-based teaching strategies, ensuring that students master content and language.
• Conduct regular home visits and strengthen home and school connections.
• Administer of language assessments.
• Foster connections with local agencies that can provide services to families.
• Provide leadership in creating policies, programs, and supports for English learners.
• Facilitate personalized professional development for the school and/or (arch)diocese.

Your students and your schools need you. Applications are open!

Contact Sarah Butch (sbutch@nd.edu) with any questions.