Dolly Hathaway implementing the "A-Z Vocabulary Strategy".

Kristie Barnhill, a LEAP student, presenting at the TALGS (TESOL/Applied Linguistic Graduate Students) Conference at East Carolina University, 2008. Organized by Linguistics and TESOL students and faculty, TALGS is aimed at providing a serious yet relaxed environment for professionals and graduate students working in TESL/TEFL and a variety of applied linguistics fields to present their work and receive feedback.

Project ECU LEAP participants Mary Cordova and Charetta Walls, from the Pitt County Cohort, presenting at the TALGS Conference, 2008.

Project ECU LEAP participant Kelly Jones' work in creating a vocabulary quilt with student notes and illustrations.

Duplin County Cohort Opening Session at the Duplin County Board of Education, Kenansville, NC on August 31st, 2010.

Dolly Hathaway, Patty Burke, and Amanda Amante (Pitt County Teachers and Project ECU LEAP Participants). And Maria Delgado and Wendy Piro from Lenoir County. NABE 2011 (National Association for Bilingual Education - Feb. 16-18, 2011, New Orleans Convention Center).

Multi-State University Collaboration: Responding to the Professional Development Needs of Teachers of English Language Learners. This symposium presents the preliminary outcomes of a 5-year innovative collaboration among five universities in multiple states of concept knowledge and strategies needed to address the differentiated needs of cultural and linguistically diverse (CLD) students through coherent and sustained professional development.

Project ECU LEAP participate with (from left to right):

Dr. Jane Manner (East Carolina University - Project ECU LEAP), Dr. Joan Nielson (Morningside College- Iowa), Dr. Janet Penner-Williams (U. of Arkansas), Dr. Socorro Herrera (Kansas State University - Center for Intercultural and Multilingual Advocacy)

Dr. Socorro Herrera, Shabina Kavimandan, and Dr. Jane Manner at the Project ECU LEAP Summer Institute in May 2011.