1. REL Northwest
2. Partnerships
3. OR Bilingual Teacher Pipeline Collaborative

Oregon Bilingual Teacher Pipeline Collaborative

Oregon school districts are struggling to recruit highly skilled bilingual teachers to meet the demand of dual-language programs. To address this need, Portland Public Schools and Portland State University have created a partnership to recruit, develop, and retain bilingual teachers, with an emphasis on biliterate and bicultural teachers.

Objectives

With REL Northwest's facilitation, the collaborative is working to:

• Build school and district capacity to use data and evidence to better understand their staffing needs and current recruitment, development, and retention practices
• Collect and analyze data on teacher perceptions of the effectiveness of the bilingual pathway program
• Use formative data to plan and support the professional learning of bilingual teachers
• Review and summarize evidence-based practices for recruiting and retaining bilingual teachers of color

Members

• Debbie Amendariz, Senior Director, Department of Dual Language, Portland Public Schools
• Michael Bacon, Assistant Director, Department of Dual Language, Portland Public Schools
• Micki Caskey, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Graduate School of Education, Portland State University
• Alma Morales Galicia, Operations Analyst, Department of Dual Language, Portland Public Schools

Contact

Trevor Soponis

503.275.9491