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Crawford Woods unveils ESL Ambassador program using translation iPads, leadership retreats and community trips
Summary
Crawford Woods Elementary presented an ESL Ambassador program that pairs newcomer students with peer leaders, uses translation-enabled iPads to support classroom participation and funds field trips and leadership retreats; district staff said the approach is designed to accelerate English acquisition and student belonging.
Crawford Woods Elementary Principal Aaron Hopkins presented the school's ESL Ambassador program to the Hamilton City School District board, describing a student-centered model that combines translation technology, weekly lessons, leadership retreats and community experiences.
Hopkins said the ambassador program supports newcomers and emergent bilingual students by assigning trained peers as "ambassadors," using iPads in a conversation-translation mode so English and Spanish speakers can participate together, and running leadership retreats that focus on communication, service, confidence and teamwork. He…
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