Chad Austin Leith
Professional Details
| Title: | Visiting Assistant Professor |
| Office: | None |
| Phone: | None |
| Email: | chad.leith@salemstate.edu |
Spring Courses
| Cat. # | Term | Course # | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2431 | S1 | ENG860 | Sheltering Content for English Language Learners |
| 2894 | 02 | EDU260A | Reading and Writing Strategies in Secondary Education |
| 2899 | 02 | EDU308 | Teaching Strategies in the Multicultural Classroom |
| 3958 | S2 | EDS860 | Sheltering Content for English Language Learners |
| 4210 | P2 | EDU796N | The Graduate Practicum in Teaching English as a Second Language |
Professional Biography
Chad Leith began his career in education as a Harvard senior, when he took a work-study position as an after-school tutor for 1st graders living in Roxbury, MA. After graduating from college in 1992, he earned his master’s degree in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) from Boston University and joined the Peace Corps, serving for two years as an English teacher and teacher trainer in Cape Verde, West Africa. In 1996, Chad entered the Boston Public Schools (BPS), where he taught English as a second language (ESL) at the Jeremiah Burke High School in Dorchester for six years before assuming district roles as Bilingual Assessment Specialist and Language Acquisition Coach with the BPS Office of English Language Learners. Most recently, Chad served as ELL Director/Teach Plus T3 Coach at the Henry Dearborn Middle School in Roxbury. In 2011, Chad earned his Ed.D. in Culture, Communities, and Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he continues to teach as an adjunct lecturer.
Professional Interests
Chad’s professional and academic interests involve understanding and addressing the factors that shape the learning outcomes of English language learners (ELLs) in urban public schools. In 2008, he was awarded a Sheldon Traveling Fellowship to study the effects of parental migration and migratory separation on the schooling behaviors of adolescents residing in Cape Verde. Chad speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and Cape Verdean Creole and is interested in learning more about the diverse cultural and linguistic communities served by the Salem Public Schools and surrounding districts.
Areas of Interest: English Language Learners (ELLs), Sheltered English Instruction (SEI), English as a Second Language (ESL), Immigration, Urban Education, Literacy, Multicultural Education, International Education
Responsibilities
Coordinator of the M.Ed. in Reading program (2012-2013)