Seven Plymouth teachers started their first Interdisciplinary Collaborative Program (ICP) class in the Plymouth Board Room on Thursday, November 3. The ICP classes are funded by a five-year federal grant entitled Training for All Teachers. The focus of this grant is to train Indiana teachers to work with English as a New Language (ENL) children. Grant money was appropriate for Indiana since it has the 4th largest ENL population in the United States.
The ICP grant coupled with the TACIT grant provides a free certification in ENL through Indiana University, Bloomington. The seven teachers from Plymouth embark on course work through various forms of instruction including in-person instructors, Internet instruction, and distance learning instruction. A large component of this training is Internet collaboration with the other 43 Indiana teachers across Indiana.
Mary Gifford, another Plymouth teacher, and an alumnus of the ICP grant program and will assist with the instruction and collaboration. Plymouth teachers in the program include Dwight Beguin, Dena McLochlin, Tricia Deisch, Jeanne Tanner, Maria Garcia, Carla Lange, and Kelly Arce.
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