What is Project Maestra?

• Mentoring Administrators and Educators through Sheltered Training: increasing Rural student Achievement.
• Kansas State University (KSU) along with the Southwest Plans Regional Service Center (SPRSC) have collaborated to develop a project designed to provide rural educators with long-term, professional development concerning the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students.

Main Goal & Objectives

• The overall goal of Project MAESTRA is to increase the number and enhance the quality of ESL teachers needed to serve the growing number of LEP students in ten high-need rural Kansas school districts.



Objective 1: Refine and prepare implementation of the proposed personnel training and curriculum with emphasis on preparedness to implement sheltered English instruction through SIOP model.

Objective 2: Recruit, enroll, and orientate participants who have been accepted to the project.

Objective 3: Implement the CLASSIC© Program model according to the Project Cycles Table.

Objective 4: Coordinate with the target districts, KSU, and the SPESC on program refinement.

Objective 5: Evaluate program activities.