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Blue Skies and Yellow Fields

Project SEMBRAR: 
Sustaining Equity through Mentorship for 
Bilingual Teacher Recruitment and Retention

A five-year project to strengthen and expand Grow-Your-Own Teacher Pipelines for Dual Language Bilingual Educators in Northern New Mexico and New England.

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Supported by a National Professional Development Grant from the Office of English Language Acquisition, Project SEMBRAR is led by a consortium consisting of Dual Language Education of New Mexico (DLeNM), and Multistate Association for Bilingual Education (MABE), with support from Educators for a Multilingual Multicultural America (EMMA)​​​

Information on Project SEMBRAR

Article:  
Academic Success for Success in the DLBE Classroom: Project SEMBRAR Provides a Grow-Your-Own Bilingual Educator Pathway
NM - Overview & Organizing Meetings - 1.18.25
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NE - Mentor Leaders Kick-Off
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Project Team
Michael Rodríguez - Project Director - Dual Language Education of New Mexico - michael@dlenm.org
Phyllis Hardy - Project Coordinator (New England) - Multistate Association for Bilingual Ed - PhyllisHardy@mabene.org
Joan Lachance - Project Coordinator (New Mexico) - Educators for Multilingual Multicultural America - EMMAInfo@dlenm.org
Margaret "Meg" Burns - NDLC Faculty Coordinator - Multistate Association for Bilingual Ed - megburns@mabene.org 
Marialuisa DiStefano - NDLC Faculty - University of Massachusetts, Amherst - marialuisadi@umass.edu 
Laura Hamman-Ortiz - NDLC Faculty - University of Rhode Island - laura.hammanortiz@uri.edu 
Elena Schmidt - NDLC Faculty - Southern Connecticut State University - schmitte1@southernct.edu 
Seonsook Park - NDLC Faculty - New Mexico Highlands University - parks@nmhu.edu
Elisabeth Valenzuela - NDLC Faculty - New Mexico Highlands University - evalenz@nmhu.edu 
Rachel McCormick - Project Evaluator - MC2 Education LLC - rachel@mc2educationllc.com
Cassandra Cartmill - MC2 Education LLC - cassandra@mc2educationllc.com 
Paula Oxoby-Hayett - MC2 Education LLC - paula@mc2educationllc.com
Yvonne Williams - EMMA Advisory - Wisconsin Center for Education Products & Services - yvonne.williams@wceps.org

Project Measures (GPRA)

GPRA Measure 1:  Project Specific Measures:  

-  1A  Teacher Recruitment - 50% of accepted SEMBRAR teacher-bilingual PST (Track 2) participants will be first generation college students and/or from low-income backgrounds

-  1B  Targeted DLBE Professional Learning - 50% or more of Mentor Leaders, Pre-Service Teachers and Faculty indicate that they see potential and/or actual pedagogical

-  1C1  Teacher Collaboration and Retention - 75% of Mentor Leaders effectively organize and facilitate a planned Community of Practice during the school year

-  1C2  Teacher Collaboration and Retention -75% of responding teachers/pre-service teacher participants agree or strongly agree that the Community of Practice improved their practice in the select project year

-  1C3  Sustainability - 75% of districts will have a plan to support a Community of Practice beyond project year

GPRA Measure 2: The number of bilingual or multilingual pre-service program participants enrolled annually. 

GPRA Measure 3: Under measure 2, the number of bilingual or multilingual participants who are making progress toward becoming State certified, licensed, or endorsed in EL instruction.

GPRA Measure 4: Under measure 2, the number of bilingual or multilingual participants who have become fully State certified, licensed, or endorsed annually.

Partnering School Districts (LEAs) 

Connecticut

  • New Haven Public Schools

  • Stratford Public Schools

Rhode Island

  • Providence Public Schools

  • International Charter School

Massachusetts

  • Boston Public Schools

  • Worcester Public Schools

  • Somerville Public Schools

  • New Bedford Public Schools

  • Lynn Public Schools

New Mexico

  • Bernalillo PS

  • Santa Fe PS

  • West Las Vegas Schools

  • Chama Valley Schools

  • Las Vegas City Schools​

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  • Amherst Public Schools

  • Holyoke Public Schools

  • Springfield Public Schools

  • Chicopee Public Schools ​

For more info on becoming a reviewer, joining the EMMA advisory or learning more about NDLETPS - email: EMMAinfo@dlenm.org

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Educators for a Multilingual Multicultural America (EMMA)
PO Box 91508
Albuquerque, NM 87199 

(704) 609-3138 

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