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Dear Reader,
Happy September! We have a lot to share with you and we invite you
to share with us. If you have information about your organization
that you would like to see in our newsletter or have any questions,
suggestions, or feedback, please email the editor, Aysha Haq, at
intledwa@gmail.com.
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SPOTLIGHT: Around -n- Over
President of Around-n-Over, Erden Eruç spent 312 days on the Pacific
Ocean between July 2007 and May 2008, in an attempt to row from the
shores of California to Australia. Stronger than normal winds around
the Equator due to La Nina this season did not allow him passage
into the southern hemisphere, and he reached the waters of Papua New
Guinea instead.
Those 312 days became the longest time spent at sea by a solo ocean
rower, making Erden a Guinness World Record holder. This journey was
the first leg of his human-powered circumnavigation which he will
continue after the typhoon season.
Around-n-Over was established to create educational value from
human-powered journeys.
You can learn more by reading Erden's latest dispatch, dated August
12, and listen to his KUOW interview on their Sound Focus program,
at:
www.around-n-over.org/.
If you are interested in scheduling a school presentation in Fall
2008 please email:
info@around-n-over.org.
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Save the Date!
World Languages Summit Nov 6
World Languages Summit: Pathways to PK-20 Language Learning
November 6, 2008
8:00 pm - 5:30 pm
University of Washington HUB, Seattle
(additional details coming soon)
Featured keynote speaker will be Paul Sandrock, World Languages
Consultant with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and
former President of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages. Paul is also co-author with Janis Jensen and John
Franklin of The Essentials Of World Languages K-12: Effective
Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (Priorities in Practice)
(Paperback).
The mapping and enhancing language learning project (MELL) will
present several policy briefs from the 2007 survey of languages
taught in Washington high schools. Other sessions will address the
gap between high school to college language classes, teacher
preparation, and early language learning.
The late afternoon will highlight Models of Success---a resource
fair and panels of schools and organizations sharing successful
practices for early language learning, expansion into middle school,
high school, successful IB/AP, study abroad, before and after school
programs, service learning, and project-based learning. If your
organization has something to share at this resource fair, please
contact
intledwa@gmail.com with your ideas.
There will also be a special workshop on World Language Standards
and Assessment on November 5.
For details, visit
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Bilingual/Bicultural Family Network
After the birth of her first child in 2001, Corey Heller,
an American married to a German, started her search for resources
for families like hers raising children bilingually and biculturally.
Unable to find the support she felt she needed, Corey started the
Bilingual/Bicultural Family Network with a handful of other
families.
"Multilingual Living Magazine and the Bilingual/Bicultural
Family Network are the kinds of resources I wish were out there when
I first started my search for information and support back in 2001,"
says Corey Heller. "Our aim is to not only provide stepping stones
to bilingualism. We strive to provide families and others the
inspiration, joy, and self-confidence needed to make language and
culture an integral part of their lives."
What started as a group of parents coming together twice a month to
discuss the joys, frustrations, and concerns raising
multilingual/multicultural children has evolved into an extensive
network of international families. By sharing stories and
information worldwide, the group hopes to not only learn from one
another how best to raise children in more than one language and
culture but to teach the world by example what it truly means to be
global citizens. As the group is known to say: Global communication
begins at home.
In addition to their digital publication, Multilingual Living
Magazine, the group provides support and resources in the form
of a website, as well as Seattle-based seminars.
If you live in the Puget Sound area, you might be interested in the
following events:
Raising Bilingual Children
Free talk
September 25; 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm; Lynnwood Library
For more information visit:
Sno-Isle Libraries.
Raising Bilingual Children
Seminar, $29
October 11; 9:30 am - 12:30 pm; Bellevue Community College
For more information visit:
Bellevue Community College.
To learn more about the Bilingual/Bicultural Family Network
and
Multilingual Living Magazine, go to:
www.biculturalfamily.org.
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Calendar & Announcements
For full details, visit the
Calendar and
Announcements pages on our website.
September 14:
Washington State CLTN Fall Meeting and Workshop, Tacoma, WA
September 25: Bilingual/Bicultural Network program, Lynnwood, WA
October 4 & 5: 5th Annual CroatiaFest 2008, Seattle, WA
October 10-11: Washington Association for Language Teaching (WAFLT)
Conference, Vancouver, WA
October 11: Washington State Council for the Social Studies (WSCSS)
Fall Conference, Edmonds, WA
October 11: Raising Bilingual Children seminar, Bellevue,
WA
October 18: Capitol Forum Fall Introductory Workshop, Tacoma, WA
October 20-21: International Economic Summit (IES), Spokane, WA
November 5: Making Sense of World Language Standards and Options
for Assessing Language Proficiency, Seattle, WA
November 6: World Languages Summit: PK-20 Pathways to Language
Learning, Seattle, WA
January 7-8: International Economic Summit (IES), Renton, WA
January 10: Capitol Forum Winter Pre-Forum Planning Meeting,
Tacoma, WA
March 26: Capitol Forum on America's Future, Olympia, WA
Additional Announcements
-Free Interactive Lesson Plans Available From Choices: The U.S. in
Iraq: Confronting Policy Alternatives - Free From Teaching With the
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The Washington State Coalition for International Education was
formed in 2003 out of a focus group on international education.
Today we are a volunteer run, grassroots affiliation of over 300
individuals and organizations committed to preparing all students
for today's interconnected world.
Contact us. |
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Chinese Language Teachers Network
New Website and Fall Meeting,
led by Lanting Xu
Sunday, September 14, 2008
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA 98416
Wyatt Hall, Room 109
The day's events include Chinese Language Teachers Network (CLTN)
news update and reports from subcommittees, morning and afternoon
workshops, and a question and
answer session.
The workshops will be led Lanting Xu, the author of the new
secondary school Chinese language textbook series "Huanying."
You can read more about Ms. Xu at:
San Jose Magazine.
The CLTN has a new website! It contains information on upcoming
events and
workshops as well as news in the Chinese language teaching field in
Washington state.
Soon, the website will also include
information about Washington state teacher certification
requirements, including endorsements in Chinese.
Please visit CLTN's new website:
www.cltn-wa.org for more
information about this workshop and to register.
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Capitol Forum on America's Future
It's time to register teams for the 2009 Capitol Forum.
This is our state's fifth year of running Capitol Forum Washington.
The program, developed by Brown University in Rhode Island and
currently offered in ten states, engages high school social studies
students and teachers in deliberation about our nation's future in the
changing international environment. The program involves students both
within their social studies classroom and beyond the classroom at
their state capitol.
Through this program, students study classroom materials focusing on
global issues, such as the environment, trade, terrorism, immigration,
and proliferation. Student teams from each class are then chosen to
represent their schools in the statewide Capitol Forum in Olympia on
March 26, 2009, where they deliberate on U.S. foreign policy and
ultimately discuss their conclusions with policymakers and participate
in a nationwide online ballot.
The 2009 Washington State Capitol Forum is co-sponsored by: Office of
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Secretary of State, Social
Studies Education Program, College of Education, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington State Coalition for International
Education, and the World Affairs Council Global Classroom Program.
For more information about Capitol Forum, visit Brown University
Choices website.
For registration information, please visit:
Capitol Forum. |
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News from OSPI
In her new role as World Languages Program Supervisor at the Office of
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Michele Anciaux Aoki has
identified several areas to focus on in the next few months:
Early Language Learning
The Legislature funded 200 schools to offer Full-Day K. One of the
requirements is that they include a "world language experience" for
their students. Michele is working with the Early Learning Department
to present at their Full-Day K conferences and to develop an online
"Guide to Kindergarten World Language Experience" to help districts
that are struggling to figure out what it means and how to do it.
College Readiness
This summer, the State Board of Education voted to expand high school
graduation requirements to "Core 24" credits, while making the
recommended graduation requirements include two years of world
language. Michele says, "My intention is to work with districts to
identify effective ways to expand world language opportunities for
more students in high school and middle school."
Teacher Prep
She also said that teacher prep is going to be very active. The
Professional Educator Standards Board last January voted on new World
Language Endorsement Requirements. Now the PESB has contracted with
Pearson to develop the new WEST-E exam for future world language
teachers.
MOU with China
The Legislature had great interest in having OSPI expand opportunities
to bring in visiting teachers, especially from China. So, OSPI is
looking to develop a MOU (memorandum of understanding) with China and
other countries to make that possible.
If any of these topics are things you'd like to work on or if you have
ideas or opinions to share, please email Michele at:
michele.aoki@k12.wa.us. |
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