Professor to work with public school teachers in Brazil
Paula J. Mellom, interim director of the College’s Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education, has been selected by the U.S. Department of State for a two-month, virtual English Language Specialist project.
The project focuses on TESOL Professional Development of public school teachers in Brazil in collaboration with BRAZ-TESOL. Mellom is part of a select group, as her project is one of 130 that the English Language Specialist Program supports each year.
For the English Language Specialist Program, Mellom will offer the keynote speech at the BRAZ-TESOL Virtual Conference to be held on Saturday, Oct. 17. Additionally, Mellom and her team will collaborate with the BRAZ-TESOL team, as well as the Regional English Language Office in the U.S. Embassy in Brazil, to develop a five-part workshop series providing Brazilian public school TESOL teachers with an introduction to the Instructional Conversation pedagogy.