Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg State University will work with 25 teachers from Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas who are either Hispanic or serve in school districts with at least a 15 percent Hispanic student population. These teachers will earn a Master of Science degree with a Library Media emphasis. The curriculum will begin with a cultural immersion program that provides meaningful context to future course work and leadership activities. The curriculum will incorporate culturally responsive teaching methodologies and specialized professional development in English for Speakers of Other Languages methodologies and assessments. The program also includes field mentoring to support the school librarians and leadership mentoring activities. The goal of the project is to better train Hispanic and Hispanic-serving school librarians to address the information needs of the Hispanic students in the four state area.