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Profile: Our Community Partner: Barnes Elementary School
PSU students serve as tutors/classroom aides in a bilingual Spanish/English dual immersion program. The partnership provides PSU students with a vehicle for using their language skills in a real-world setting while filling a critical need for Spanish-speaking volunteers.
 Site Address: 13730 SW Walker Road
Site Contact: Sue Braithwaite, Principal
Faculty Contact: DeLys Ostlund, Associate Professor, Department of Foreign LanguagesPhone: 503-725-3522 Email: ostlundd@pdx.edu Project Description: PSU students serve as tutors/classroom aides in a bilingual Spanish/English dual immersion program assisting with work in Spanish. The partnership provides PSU students with a much-needed vehicle for using their language skills in a real-world setting while at the same time serving a critical need for Spanish-speaking volunteers in the bilingual program at Barnes. The goals of the partnership include providing PSU students a meaningful discipline-specific community engagement, and providing the children at Barnes with positive role models, thus increasing the likelihood they will attend college. Type of Partnership: Community-based Learning Academic Course Partnership Frequency: On-going, multi-year, multi-term partnership Student Commitment: 15 students, 5 hours per week Partnership Began: 9/25/1997 Partnership Ended: On-going |
