SOE Presentations at National Association of Bilingual Education Conference

Martha Adler, Associate Professor in Literacy and Coordinator of the ESL Endorsement Program, in the School of Education is presenting two papers this week at the annual conference of the National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE) in New Orleans. Both papers are based on work undertaken in Adler’s grant from the U.S. Department of Education National Professional Development Initiative for secondary mainstream teachers working with English Language Learning (ELL) students, and both are co-authored by Youssef Mossalam and Maura Sedgeman from the Dearborn Public Schools. Youssef Mosallam is Principal of Fordson High School and an alumnus of the SOE; he has extensive elementary and high school experience working with ELL students and their families. Maura Sedgeman is Resource Teacher Leader for the ELL and Compensatory Education Department, and she currently provides professional development for K-12 teachers, paraprofessionals and administration.