Project SUCCESS

Project SUCCESS in Language and Literacy Instruction is a Title III National Professional Development Program at the University of North Texas funded by the U. S. Department of Education. The project is directed by the Bilingual Teacher Education Program of the University of North Texas. UNT works in partnership with Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, Region 10 ESC, the Latino Family Literacy Project, and the Intercultural Development Research Association for this project. The goals of the project are to prepare bilingual and ESL pre-service teachers, to provide professional development for in service teachers to improve their instruction for English Learners (ELs) and to engage teachers with families and communities.

$2.7 million-dollar national competitive award
2017-2018 through the 2021- 2022 academic years
Teacher Impact: 290
Latino Families Impact: 375

Our Goals and Objectives

Prepare bilingual and English as a second language teachers to meet the needs of English learners in grades EC-6.
- 15 pre-service teachers will be prepared at the University of North Texas as EC-6 bilingual or English as a second language teachers with the knowledge, skills and dispositions to serve English learners.
Improve literacy instruction and family engagement skills of in-service teachers serving English learners in grades PK to 6th in Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District.
- Each year of the project, 15 in-service teachers of English learners in grades PK to 2^nd will participate in professional development on how to engage Latino families in literacy activities with their children. The Latino families participate in a ten-week program designed to help establish literacy routines at home.
- In the second through fifth years of the project, 20 3^rdgrade in-service teachers will participate in a quasi-experimental research study focused on small group interventions. Ten teachers participate as part of the treatment group and ten teachers as part of the comparison group.
- Each year of the project, 10 dual language in-service teachers of ELs will participate in professional development on how to help students transfer content from one language to another.
- Each year of the project, 10 math, science, or social studies in-service teachers of ELs will participate in professional development on how to use the ELPS and sheltered content instruction in planning and assessment.

Directorio Communitario de Carrollton-Farmers Branch

Rossana Boyd
Principal Lecturer

Rossana Boyd

Principal Lecturer

Teacher Education and Administration

Matthews Hall 206-D

940-565-4395

Rossana.Boyd@unt.edu

Project SUCCESS

Faculty Profile

Dr. Rossana Boyd holds a B. A. in Educational Administration from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, a M.Ed. in Educational Supervision from Southeastern Louisiana University, and a Ph D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Louisiana State University. Her experience as an educator spans more than 30 years. In Honduras, she worked as an elementary school teacher and as principal of a bilingual school. She also worked as coordinator of a master’s degree in curriculum for the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán and as a consultant for the Provost’s Office of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras.

In the United States she worked in Louisiana as a high school Spanish teacher for Tangipahoa Parish Public Schools, as the Louisiana Department of Education’s Title VII Director for ESL/Bilingual Education. At Southeastern Louisiana University she worked as coordinator of FIE and FIPSE federal grants for the preparation of alternative certification teachers, as director of two Title III National Professional Development federal grants for the preparation of English as a Second Language teachers and to provide as professional development for mainstream teachers with emergent bilinguals in Lafayette, Tangipahoa, Livingston, St. Tammany, and Jefferson school districts.

She worked for the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) of Austin, Texas, as a program specialist in the field office of SECAC in New Orleans. In that role she provided technical assistance and professional development for language and mainstream teachers with emergent bilinguals and migrant students in AL, AR, LA, GA, and MS public schools. She is a lifetime member of the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) and has served on the executive board during several terms adding up to 12 years. She is a long-time member of the Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), the Texas Association for Bilingual Education (TABE), and the Bilingual Education Association of the Metroplex (BEAM).

Currently, Dr. Boyd is in her 16^th year at UNT as Principal Lecturer in the Department of Teacher Education and Administration. She teaches courses for teacher preparation in English as a Second Language and Bilingual Education, and she is the director of the Title III National Professional Development Project SUCCESS in Language and Literacy Instruction. She has awarded scholarships to numerous students with high financial need. Such aid has helped students complete their certifications and become gainfully employed in Texas classrooms and beyond.

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Alexandra Cosmann
Family and Community Liaison
Ricardo González-Carriedo
Associate Professor

Ricardo González-Carriedo

Associate Professor

Teacher Education and Administration

Matthews Hall 218-T

940-565-2514

Ricardo.Gonzalez@unt.edu

Faculty Profile

Ricardo González-Carriedo’s research interests include bilingual teacher preparation, the internationalization of teacher education programs, literacy development among second language learners, and the representation of Latino students in the media. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of León in Spain and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Arizona State University. Prior to his service at UNT, he worked at the University of Paris, France, for two years and was a secondary teacher in North Carolina and Arizona for 11 years.

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Darrell M. Hull
Professor

Darrell M. Hull

Professor

Educational Psychology

Matthews Hall 304-C

940-369-8565

darrell.hull@unt.edu

Faculty Profile

Darrell Hull received his PhD in Educational Psychology from Baylor University. He has been involved in STEM and STEM education for more than 20 years, as principal investigator for several NSF and U.S. Department of Education programs. During the last 10 years he has conducted research on positive youth development in the Caribbean, working in the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and Belize were he has directed randomized trial studies and quasi-experimental trials focused on adolescents. Based on his work with Item Response Theory and Generalizability Theory, Dr. Hull teaches measurement in the Educational Research PhD program and is a frequent psychometric consultant to assessment organizations in the DFW area.

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Naidia Garcia Prieto
Project SUCCESS Specialist
Princy Sebastian
Graduate Research Assistant