GRADUATE PROGRAM POSITIONS

Exclusively for Fort Worth ISD secondary math, science, social studies and ELA teachers who teach English Language Learners (ELLs)!

Free tuition and fees, free textbooks, $500 classroom materials grant per teacher, stipend of $1,500 upon completion of program (with evidence of training teachers on your campus)! A Collaboration of FWISD and Texas Woman’s University.

Purpose of Project ACCELERATE:

• To prepare secondary teachers to work with ELLs in the mainstream content area classroom.

Highlights of Project ACCELERATE:

• All courses either online or on site in Fort Worth
• Courses taught by faculty from the TWU College of Professional Education
• Nine credit hours taken during 3 consecutive semesters
• Includes Teaching in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Environments, Second Language Acquisition Theory and Practice, and Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language

Candidates of Project ACCELERATE must:

• Already be certified teachers
• Apply and be admitted to TWU’s Graduate School
• Meet ACCELERATE admission requirements (letter of recommendation from principal)

Attend an Information Session!
Choose and attend one of the Fall Information Sessions for enrollment in the Spring Cohort II Group:

• Monday, September 14, 2009 from 5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m., Location: PDC
• Monday, September 28, 2009 from 5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m., Location PDC
• Tuesday, October 13, 2009 from 5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m., Location PDC
• Tuesday, October 20, 2009 from 5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m., Location PDC

>> Download a flier for more information.