Date TBD

The Goals:
To engage and mobilize communities in a critical dialogue on Global Citizenship, the role of languages, international awareness and cultural competence in preparing students to participate in their global future.

The purposes:

1. To preserve students’ first cultural identity and language.
2. To develop multilingual and multicultural capacities for all students and communities.
3. To prepare students for success in a global economy through the development of cognitive, linguistic, and cultural competencies.

Target audiences:

• Educators (principals, teachers, school personnel, P-20)
• Parents of all students who are learning and/or wish to learn additional languages (English Language Learners (ELL), Immersion, Foreign Language in the Elementary School (FLES), etc.)
• Students in Teacher Education Programs
• Business leaders in diverse communities
• Community-based Organizations who support diverse communities.

Keynote Address:

Dr. Walter Parker, Professor in the UW School of Education: Benefits of educating for global citizenry.

Sponsors:

• Seattle Public Schools
• Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
• University of Washington Alumni Association MAP
• Center for Career Alternatives
• Helping Links
• Campana Quetzal
• iEARN (International Education and Resource Network)
• Washington State Coalition for International Education

Register in Advance:  online registration coming soon...
or call Seattle Public Schools Bilingual Office (206) 252-0070.