What is PETALLs?
Preparing Excellent Teachers of All Language Learners (PETALLs) is a project to prepare all educators to improve the education of English Language Learners (ELLs). The PETALLs project is a collaboration between the College of Education (CED) at UMass Lowell and the Lawrence Massachusetts Public Schools and is funded by the US Department of Education. PETALLs provides ongoing professional development to CED faculty, PK-12 teachers (pre-service and in-service), paraprofessionals and school administrators.
In the CED, PETALLs
In the Lawrence Public Schools, PETALLs
Nationally, PETALLs disseminates findings about effective PD for educators
PETALLs is a National Professional Development (PD) project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education (T365Z120232).
If you are interested in the PETALLs project, please visit our website www.uml.edu/petalls for more information.
In the CED, PETALLs
- Supports CED faculty as they infuse Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) pedagogy into instructional methods courses
- Prepares all pre-service teachers with SEI pedagogy
- Provides a 12-credit graduate certificate in ESL
In the Lawrence Public Schools, PETALLs
- Provides a 12-credit certificate program to district teachers
- Supports SEI preparedness for all teachers
- Facilitates administrator planning and implementation of SEI and ESL programs for ELLs
- Prepares paraprofessionals to support instruction for ELLs
Nationally, PETALLs disseminates findings about effective PD for educators
- Through presentations at national conferences
- Through national and international publications
PETALLs is a National Professional Development (PD) project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education (T365Z120232).
If you are interested in the PETALLs project, please visit our website www.uml.edu/petalls for more information.