1.   The University of Manchester is embarking upon an initial course which will qualify bilingual teachers for the primary phase.

2.   And how will bilingual teachers be retrained for immersion?

3.   And in New York, education officials are planning to train more bilingual teachers and allow some students to take college-preparatory examinations in their native languages.

4.   And in the world of bilingual education, where the number of limited English-speakers exceeds the number of bilingual teachers, jobs are like apples at harvest.

5.   Another goal, at least to some bilingual teachers, is to produce biliterate and bicultural adults.

6.   Bilingual teachers predicted trauma for their students.

7.   Board of Education member David Tokofsky agrees that there is a conflict of interest in having bilingual teachers and officials evaluate their own programs.

8.   A third-grade, bilingual teacher at Osceola Elementary School in Sylmar, Adams took advantage of his off-track status, coming to ski on a Friday morning.

9.   But the most important problem is the chronic shortage of bilingual teachers, too many of whom are uncertified.

10.   Districts are so desperate for bilingual teachers and competition is so fierce that many use incentives such as stipends, scholarships and extra help toward getting credentials.