Southeastern Louisiana University spends $1.2M on Project Teach

North Shore schools want more teachers to start speaking students' language.

Tangipahoa, Livingston, East Baton Rouge and Lafayette parish school districts have agreed to participate in a second year of Southeastern Louisiana University's Project Teach. The project is a five-year program

Project Teach, said director Rossana Boyd, provides tuition, materials and technology stipends for up to 33 in-service teachers to take four online courses through Southeastern. Those who complete the program are certified to teach English as a Second Language. Southeastern is the only Louisiana university, and one of only a handful nationwide, to offer add-on ESL certification entirely through the Internet.