The Coral Way Dual Language Experiment Maria R. Coady, Ph.D. Bess - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The Coral Way Dual Language ‘Experiment’ Maria R. Coady, Ph.D. Bess de Farber, & Brittany Kester

Origin of the Experiment  1959-1963 Cuban Refugee Crisis  Dr. Pauline Rojas’s solution for Dade County  Rojas and the Ford Foundation funding ($278,000) for two things: • Teacher education (ESL/Cuban aides) • ESL materials and curriculum  September 3, 1963

The University of Arizona Maria “Tita” Piñeiro Coral Way Cuban Aid Coral Way Digital Collection  12 oral histories conducted by Dr. Richard Ruiz and Bess de Farber in 2008  Plan for Development and Ford Foundation Progress Report  Photographs Oral History  Material artifacts such as reports, lists, Cuban aide and teacher schedules, memos to parents, report cards, scrapbook

Golden Nuggets from the Archives  Audio of teachers, Cuban aides, students, especially those have passed away, and Dr. Richard Ruiz  The dedication, work, commitment, and perseverance of the “Marines”  The experimental “model” and strict separation of language  Essential daily co-planning between English– and Spanish-medium teachers  Similar challenges today with upscale neighborhoods and the 50-50 balance  Most loved it, a few did not

The University of Florida Digital Collection New Additions  7 oral histories (2 by Bess de Farber, 5 by Maria Coady)  Material artifacts  One dissertation with student achievement data by Dr. Mabel Richardson, UM, dated 1968  ~200 archival pages from the Ford Foundation

Questions and Ideas • Forthcoming book by Maria Coady. (2019). The Coral Way Dual Language Experiment . Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters. In Fall, 2019 • See the The Coral Way Digital Collection Archives at the University of Florida • http://ufdc.ufl.edu/coralway • Florida Association for Bilingual Education (revised) https://fabefl.org • Bilingual Education Repository at UF • https://bilingualeducationfl.org