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PROJECT LEAP UP

Learning, Encouraging and Planning to Uplift Performance

Mission and Goal

The grant objective is to increase the number of highly qualified English as a Second Language and Dual Language/Bilingual Education teachers in West Texas schools.

LEAP UP will seek to recruit in-service teachers to pursue a Bilingual Education/Dual Language or ESL 成人头条 Certificates and, ultimately, gain the skills and knowledge necessary to teach more effectively in dual language, bilingual education, and English as a Second Language (ESL) K-12 classroom settings.

The LEAP UP grant is a collaboration between multiple partners, including the Texas State Education Agency, the Texas Association for Bilingual Education, the Center for Applied Linguistics, Head Start and Early Head Start El Paso, Education Service Center Region 19, as well as the Canutillo, El Paso, Socorro, and Ysleta Independent School Districts.

PROJECT STAFF

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Josefina V. Tinajero, Ed. D.

Project LEAP UP PI & Professor of Teacher Education

Office Building: Education Building
Office Room: ED 903
Phone: (915) 747-5552
Email: tinajero@utep.edu

 

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Reynaldo Reyes, PhD

Project LEAP UP Co-PI & Professor of Teacher Education

Office Building: Education Building
Office Room: 807
Phone: (915) 747-8817
Email: rreyes9@utep.edu

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Carla Jaquez, M.Ed.

Project LEAP UP Manager
Department of Teacher Education

Office Building: Education Building
Office Room: 306
Phone: (915) 694-9610
Email: cjaquez7@utep.edu

 

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Pilar Gonzalez, M.A.Ed

Project LEAP UP PhD Research Asst.
Department of Teacher Education

Office Building: Education Building
Office Room: 306
Phone: (915) 747-6019
Email: pgonzalez27@utep.edu

Interested?

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CONTACT INFORMATION

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Project LEAP UP

Office Building: Education Building
Office Room: ED 306
Phone: (915) 747-6019
Email: ProjectLeapUp@utep.edu