Project RELEVANCE

APPLICATIONS FOR THE PROGRAM HAVE NOW DEFINITELY CLOSED. WE WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY MORE STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM.

Project RELEVANCE: Reaching English Language Education Via Advanced Networked Collegiate Education provides K-12 in-service teachers from Iowa with a high quality program in the diverse cultural and linguistic needs of K-12 ELL students through an innovative, online distance education program, culminating in an ESL endorsement.

Our Program

According to the 2005 Iowa School Needs Survey, Iowa superintendents listed the following issues as two of the top five priorities to enhance the education of Iowa students :

• Provide more professional development opportunities
• Support for early intervention programs, “at risk” students, and English Language Learners

Program RELEVANCE (Reaching English Language Educators Via Advanced Networked Collegiate Education) is expressly designed to result in significant improvement in the academic achievement of English Language Learners (ELL) by systematically changing the way ELL students are taught and the way teachers in content area classrooms are prepared to address the unique needs of this at-risk population in Iowa.

Project RELEVANCE provides K-12 in-service teachers from Iowa with a high quality program in the diverse cultural and linguistic needs of K-12 ELL students through an innovative, online distance education program, culminating in an ESL endorsement.