Bethlehem Area School District Strategy Team Projects
The Strategy Team process was a key component of the ProjecTELL Grant. It provided an opportunity for teachers and teacher assistants to apply the learning from their 15 credits of course work focused on English Language Learners to the classroom, home school and local community. Over 15 teams were able to implement Strategy Team projects during the grant despite the fact that they faced rigorous demands of concurrently taking 15 credits over an 18 month period, with all the corresponding research, homework, outside reading, preparation of reports and projects, in addition to family and personal responsibilities.

I offer the following brief descriptions of their work and invite visitors to contact the Strategy Team project’s coordinator as a resource for additional information, or as the first step in considering a replication or adaptation of the project presented. As Strategy Team Coordinator for ProjecTELL, it has been a privilege and continued learning experience to work with the dedicated and committed group of education professionals in the Bethlehem Area School District. I encourage you to consider contacting the specific team coordinators for additional information, or to consider sharing your own projects, lesson plans, strategies and techniques, etc. on this site to the ultimate benefit of all students and colleagues and especially the English Language Learners ProjecTELL is dedicated to serving.

Respectfully submitted,
Stanley J. Nowak Jr., Ph.D., ProjectTELL Strategy Team Coordinator
The projects included here were completed by ProjecTELL Strategy Teams.
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Freemansburg Elementary School Strategy Team - Fall 2005

Title: “Peer Teaching between English Proficient and English Language Learner Students at Freemansburg Elementary School to Reinforce and Improve Reading Skills”

Strategy Team Coordinator/One-person Team: Kristine Maurer, <kmaurer@bethsd.org>

Freemansburg Elementary - Fall 2005 Project Description (html format)
Freemansburg Elementary - Fall 2005 Project Description (pdf format)

Freemansburg Elementary School Strategy Team - Summer 2005

Title: “A Science Based Experientially Oriented Transitional Summer Program to Continue to Enhance Learning for those at Risk in Reading and Math”

Strategy Team Coordinator: Anne Korves, <akorves@bethsd.org>

Freemansburg Elementary - Summer 2005 Project Description (html format)
Freemansburg Elementary - Summer 2005 Project Description (pdf format)
Calypso Elementary School Strategy Team - Spring 2005

Title: “A Series of English as a Second Language (ESL) Parent Workshops to Build Home Support for Elementary School English Language Learners (ELLs)”

Strategy Team Coordinator: Michelle Carlstrom, <mcarlstrom@bethsd.org>

Calypso Elementary - Spring 2005 Project Description (html format)
Calypso Elementary - Spring 2005 Project Description (pdf format)
Marvine Elementary School Strategy Team - Spring 2005

Title: “Rise and Shine: A Guidance Intervention to Address Excessive Absenteeism, Tardiness and Frequent Visits to the Nurse’s Office”

Strategy Team Coordinators: Alyssa Barasch, <abarasch@bethsd.org>
Irma Velázquez, <ivelazquez@bethsd.org>

Marvine Elementary - Spring 2005 Project Description (html format)
Marvine Elementary - Spring 2005 Project Description (pdf format)

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Donegan Elementary School Strategy Team - Spring 2005

Title: “Reciprocal Peer Tutoring between English Proficient and English Language Learner Students in First Grade to Reinforce and Improve Reading Skills”

Strategy Team Coordinator/One-person Team: Kristine Maurer, <kmaurer@bethsd.org>

Donegan Elementary - Spring 2005 Project Description (html format)
Donegan Elementary - Spring 2005 Project Description (pdf format)
Lincoln Elementary School Strategy Team - Spring 2005

Title: “Pause for Kids II: A Series of Four Workshops to Help ESOL Parents to Increase their Third Grade Children’s Mastery of Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Fractions”

Strategy Team Coordinator: Reana Anderko, <randerko@bethsd.org>

Lincoln Elementary - Spring 2005 Project Description (html format)
Lincoln Elementary - Spring 2005 Project Description (pdf format)

Freemansburg Elementary School Strategy Team - Spring 2004, Fall 2004 and Spring 2005

Title: “Developing Phonemic Awareness as an Intervention to Enhance Reading Ability Using the Computer Based FastForWord® After School Program at Freemansburg Elementary School”

Strategy Team Coordinator: Anne Korves, <akorves@bethsd.org>

Freemansburg Elementary - Spring, Fall 2004, Spring 2005 Project Description (html format)
Freemansburg Elementary - Spring, Fall 2004, Spring 2005 Project Description (pdf format)

Broughal Middle School Strategy Team - Fall 2004 and Spring 2005

Title: “Improving Academic Skills of Middle School ESOL Students through an Experientially Based After School Program Focused on Cooking and Heathy Connections at Broughal Middle School”

Strategy Team Membership: David Miller, <dmiller@bethsd.org>

Broughal Middle School Spring - Fall 2004, Spring 2005 Project Description (html format)
Broughal Middle School Spring - Fall 2004, Spring 2005 Project Description (pdf format)

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Northeast Middle School Strategy Team - Spring 2004

Title: “An After School Reading Intervention to Improve Reading Scores for Intermediate and Advanced ESOL Students in Sixth and Seventh Grades at Northeast Middle School ”

Strategy Team Coordinator: Milagros Ramos, <mramos@bethsd.org>

Northeast Middle School Spring - Spring 2004 Project Description (html format)
Northeast Middle School Spring - Spring 2004 Project Description (pdf format)

William Penn Elementary School Strategy Team - Spring 2004

Title: “Computer Assisted Learning: ELLIS (English Language Learning Instruction System) Software Pilot Study with ESOL Beginner and Low Intermediate Elementary Grade Students”

Strategy Team Coordinator: Mary Sharp Ross, <msross@bethsd.org>

William Penn Spring - 2004 Project Description (html format)
William Penn Spring - 2004 Project Description (pdf format)

Lincoln Elementary School Strategy Team - Spring 2004

Title: “Pause for Kids: A Series of Four Workshops to Help ESOL Parents to Increase their Third Grade Children’s Mastery of Addition and Subtraction”

Reana Anderko, Grade Three Teacher, Lincoln Strategy Team Coordinator, <randerko@bethsd.org>

Lincoln Elementary - Spring 2004 Project Description (html format)
Lincoln Elementary - Spring 2004 Project Description (pdf format)

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