Made Possible By

Partners

Colorín Colorado would not exist without the contributions of the following:

• The American Federation of Teachers and AFT's ELL Educator Cadre
• The National Institute for Literacy
• Colorín Colorado's honor roll

The American Federation of Teachers

Colorín Colorado is especially grateful to the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) for being our main collaborator on this project and supporting the development of the "For Educators" section of Colorin Colorado, which offers content about teaching English language learners.

This effort would not have been possible without the commitment and dedication of AFT's Toni Cortese, Joan Baratz-Snowden, Rob Weil, John Mitchell, and Giselle Lundy-Ponce. Other contributing AFT staff include Michele McLaughlin, Margarita Escarfullet, Beth Antunez, Jaime Zapata, Rachel Garcia, and Kathleen McGuigan.

ELL Educator Cadre

The AFT’s ELL Educator Cadre is comprised of a number of veteran practitioners who are experts in the instruction of ELLs. The ELL Educator Cadre includes teachers, professional development specialists, paraprofessionals, union leaders, and higher education faculty from AFT affiliates. Their role includes helping to develop materials on professional development for educators who work with ELLs in various educational settings, and advise the AFT on special projects such as Colorín Colorado.

• Janet Davis (CA)
• Catalina Fortino (NY)
• Linda Guthrie (CA)
• Rita Haecker (TX)
• Hobie Hukill (TX)
• Susan Lafond (NY)
• Cassandra Lawrence (NJ)
• Elaine LeBoeuf (CA)
• Cynthia Lundgren (MN)
• Miriam Martínez (NM)
• Claudia Navarro (FL)
• Rebecca Palacios (TX)
• Amber Prentice (MN)
• Kristina Robertson (MN)
• Christine Rowland (NY)
• Janet Montoya Schoeppner (NM)
• Terri Siguenza (MN)
• Miriam Soto-Pressley (IN)
• Virginia Thomas (TX)
• Xiao-Lin Yin-Croft (CA)

The National Institute for Literacy

Our thanks goes out to the National Institutes for Literacy (NIFL), which has been a strong supporter of making Colorín Colorado's material on reading available in Spanish. This Spanish language content includes the Boletín informativo ¡Colorín Colorado!, a bi-monthly e-newsletter for parents of English language learners.

The Honor Roll

We are very grateful to the following individuals for their information, advice, and support:

• Dr. Diane August, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Applied Linguistics
• Dr. Margarita Calderón, Principal Research Scientist, Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education (CDDRE), Johns Hopkins University
• Maria Hernandez Ferrier, Ed.D., former Director, U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA)
• Kathleen Leos, Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Department of Education, OELA
• Dr. Liliana Minaya-Rowe, Professor Emeritus, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut
• Pat Mora, children's author, poet, and literacy advocate
• Delia Pompa, V.P. Education, National Council of la Raza
• Dr. Kathleen Ross-Kidder, former Director, LD OnLine
• Dr. Isabel Schon, Director, Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
• Jacqueline Vialpando, Language and Literacy Coordinator, National Council of La Raza

Also many thanks to Mariela Aguilar, Rose Bornstein, Maria Dyson, Nancy Flores, Mia French, Maria Gómez, Oralia Garza de Cortes, Tracy Gray, Cynthia Hunnicut, Diane Lyon, Anita Merina, Jayme Ribeiro Neto, Emma Resfuerzo, Rosana Rodríguez, Malcom Tronic, and Abelardo Villarreal.

We can't forget to extend a special thank you to Pam McKeta, Susan Petroff and David Meissner for the original concept development and creation of Colorin Colorado. Last but not least, we thank Caldecott Award-winning illustrator David Diaz for his beautiful illustrations!