This project is funded by a grant from Longview Foundation.

Purpose: Grow network of grassroots support for campaign and provide vivid examples of schools that are successfully integrating global perspectives, international learning experiences, and world languages.

Timeframe: Ongoing through 2005

Description:

• Enhance the Coalition website http://internationaledwa.org by adding a section with links to specific schools, documenting global studies and world language offerings
   
• Provide an interface so that schools can update their information from the 2004 World Languages Survey (See: World Language Survey Report (PDF) and
  World Language Survey PowerPoint (PPT).)
   
• Link to the OSPI website and highlight connections to the new Social Studies Classroom-Based Assessments
   
• Continue to communicate with the Coalition via regular Email Newsletters, summarizing news and events in International Ed, and Advocacy Emails with action items
   

Key Personnel:

• Michele Anciaux Aoki, Ph.D., 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 State Team Member and Project Director for 2003 P-20 International Education Summit and 2005 State Innovations Grant
   

Status as of:  11/25/2005 | 9/25/2005 | 8/5/2005 | 7/21/2005 | 6/6/2005

Status as of  11/25/2005

1. Newsletter editor, Rebecca Hodges, sent out News Email 11/14/2005, 10/26/2005, 10/08/2005.
2. Current Levels of Subscriptions to the email lists:
    

   Date	News	Coalition	Advocacy
   11/25/2005	321	242	98
   9/23/2005	303	221	96
   1/13/2005	305	214	91

Status as of  9/25/2005

1. Sent out News Email 09/20/2005 and Advocacy Email.
2. Current Levels of Subscriptions to the email lists:
   [Note: We had normal level of drops from the News email list as teachers move.]

We have also added specialized email lists for these new Interest Groups:

• Earlylang - Early Language Learning
• WLProfile - World Language Profiles
• WLStds - World Language Standards

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Status as of  8/5/2005

• Updated World Language State Profile * draft *  to include more languages for high schools and some language reports for elementary and middle schools.
• Have been working with John Keeler at UW on proposal for Title VI grant to support collecting longitudinal data on what languages are taught where in the state.

Status as of  7/21/2005

• Met with representatives from UW on 6/15/2005 to discuss possible future for World Language Survey data to become part of a longitudinal study of what languages are taught where in the state. Set up new group web page for World Language Profile Group.
• Set up new web page with draft reports from the World Language Survey:
  World Language State Profile * draft *  These reports are created out of Access.

Status as of  6/6/2005

1. General site updates made, including addition of 2005 Project pages.

2. Current Levels of Subscriptions to the email lists:

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