Global Leadership Summer Institute

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Create a Democratic K12 Classroom and Global Leaders: Increase youth engagement, responsibility, and achievement August 15-19, 2016 Designed by teachers for teachers 30 Clock Hours and/or 3 Credits available from Seattle University College of Education 15 hours of professional coaching throughout the school year for teacher teams (included) What are the key benefits? The Summer Institute for K12 teachers (high school preferred; all welcome) provides teachers of all disciplines with highly effective, best practices pedagogical approaches for creating a climate of mutual respect and shared ownership in…

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Russian Dual Language in Bellevue

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April 27, 2016 Dear Sir/Madam, I am reaching out to you about our initiative which will support cultural and linguistic diversity in Bellevue School District through introduction of another dual language immersion program - with English and Russian languages. As you may know, Bellevue schools have 2 dual immersion programs (in Mandarin Chinese and Spanish), which demonstrate terrific academic success and allow many kids to feel recognized in the community. Unfortunately, many kids still do…

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International Schools Symposium

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On Saturday, May 21st you are invited to the International Schools Symposium at John Stanford International School (4057 5th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105). Please come spend the morning with colleagues from schools across the district and beyond and earn FREE CLOCK HOURS. This event is co-sponsored by the World Affairs Council Global Classroom Program and the Confucius Institute of the State of Washington. “Symposium" is a fancy word, but ours promises to be comfortable and…

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Seattle International Schools Community Meetings

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“Our vision is to prepare students, in partnership with family and community, for global citizenship in an increasingly interdependent world.” SPS International Education Brochure (PDF) Seattle Public Schools has initiated a process for studying the impacts, risks, and benefits of sustaining and expanding Seattle’s International Schools and Dual Language Immersion programs through the establishment of an International Schools / Dual Language Immersion Task Force. The role of the task force is to gather, analyze,…

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Heritage Language Research Institute 2016

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Ninth Heritage Language Research Institute From bilingual children to adult heritage speakers The University of Washington has the honor of hosting this year's Heritage Language Research Institute, organized by the National Heritage Language Research Center at UCLA. JUNE 15- 18, 2016 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE Director: Maria Polinsky (University of Maryland, College Park) Workshop Director: Maria Luisa Parra (Harvard University) Heritage languages are learned early in life, either simultaneously with the dominant language…

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