CAMINOS

Certifying and Advancing Multilingual Teachers by Increasing Numbers Through Three Grow-Your-Own Strands

About

Welcome to CAMINOS – a $3.1 M grant funded by the Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition National Professional Development program, with anticipated duration from 2024 to 2029. 

In response to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction’s initiative to provide all students in Washington with access to dual language programs, the goals of the CAMINOS project focus on increasing the number of multilingual teachers through three Tri-Cities grow-your-own preservice teacher preparation pathways, namely: 1) Alternative Route, 2) Teaching Bridge, and 3) Dual Language Pathway Certificate. 

Specifically, CAMINOS will fully or partially fund preservice teachers going through these pathways with the aim of gaining K-8 teaching certification with Bilingual and English learner endorsements and/or Special Education with Bilingual Emphasis micro-credentialing prepared to work in dual language classrooms.

 

Our Team

Principal Investigator

Yuliya Ardasheva
Multilingual education
yuliya.ardasheva@wsu.edu

 

Co-Principal Investigators

Research Assistants

• WSU Tri-Cities Campus

  • Tiffani Carrillo, t.carrillo-villegas@wsu.edu
  • Nancy Guerra Ramirez, nancy.guerraramirez@wsu.edu

• WSU Pullman Campus

  • Adam Coldiron, adam.coldiron@wsu.edu
  • Gamze Karaer, gamze.karaer@wsu.edu
  • Genoveva Vega Gastelum (2024-25), g.vegagastelum@wsu.edu
  • Onur Ramazan (2024-25), onur.ramazan@wsu.edu

Advisory Board

• Amy C. Crosson, Ph.D.

  Dr. Crosson is an Associate Professor in the College of Education at the Pennsylvania State University. Her program of intervention research addresses questions about how to optimize vocabulary development and comprehension for emergent multilingual learners. She has led projects focused on these topics funded by the Institute for Education Sciences, Spencer Foundation, and the National Academy of Education. Her research has shown the importance of vocabulary intervention for learners, and potential for cross-linguistic connections and word analysis to accelerate vocabulary growth. Her research is disseminated widely for research (e.g., Scientific Studies of Reading) and practitioner (e.g., Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools) audiences.

• Eric J. Johnson, Ph.D.

  Dr. Johnson is a Professor and Dual Language Pathway Certificate Program Coordinator (DLPC) across WSU campuses. Dr. Johnson is the developer and the academic lead of the DLPC track at WSU designed for preservice teachers seeking BE endorsement. He has consulted with Washington’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) on various trainings involving dual language teacher preparation. His publications span topics involving multilingual education.

• Sara Kangas, Ph.D.

  Dr. Kangas is an Associate Professor in the College of Education at Lehigh University. As an applied linguist, Dr. Kangas researches issues of access in K–12 schools for language learners with disabilities. In her research, she investigates how education policies and instructional practices shape the academic and language development of language learners with disabilities. Dr. Kangas’s research has been published in numerous top-tier journals and has been awarded the prestigious James E. Alatis Prize for Research on Language Planning and Policy in Educational Contexts and the TESOL Award for Distinguished Research.

Explore

CAMINOS Surveys

• Quantitative Opportunities to Learn (OTL) and Practice Survey
• Qualitative Study Survey
• Process-Science and Science Vocabulary Attitudes-Assessments

Pathways Information

• Alternative Route
• Teaching Bridge
• Dual Language Pathway Certificate

Sample Dual Language Materials 

• Grade 2 MAPS & Water Unit Sample Materials
• CAMINOS Strategy Kit
• Click for more CAMINOS materials, resources, and publications

CAMINOS in the News

• WSU Insider
• KUNWTV New (Spanish)
• Language Magazine