UW Partnership Summary for Global Outlook
We submitted an article for the upcoming Global Outlook (To view
current and past issues, see
Hamilton International Middle School > International Education.)
About the UW Partnership
The University of
Washington has designated the John Stanford International School and
Hamilton International Middle School as Partnership/Lab Schools. Among
other things, the UW provides curriculum development support, language
and cultural assistance, student interns, tutors, and advice. The
international schools in turn serve as lab schools for academic
research and teacher preparation.
plus reports about Linguistics and Education projects with the schools.
Grants for Proficiency Assessment
The John Stanford International School Grants Committee is working on
several possible proposals to fund projects at the school, including
language proficiency assessment. Michele is planning to meet with Manka
and Julia on April 7 to look at the criteria for the Spencer Foundation to see if the UW
might be interested in submitting a proposal for a longer term study.
Meeting on Communication Pieces on Immersion
Brent, Maria, Karen, and Michele met March 2 to review the resources
from the visit to Key Elementary in January, 2000. Brent and Maria will
decide this spring which pieces they'd like to adapt for Stanford. (See
Update
2/12/2004 for the list of documents reviewed.)
Resource Development Day
Paloma Borreguero and Marcos Garcia came to JSIS on March 19 to meet
with Spanish immersion teachers to look at how to use web lesson plans
from the Ministry of Spain and Mexico. Many thanks to Paloma and Marcos
for spending this time at John Stanford. The teachers found it very
valuable.
WAFLT Conference - Immersion Strand
March 20, 2004 9:00 am - 4:00 pm at PLU in Tacoma
A number of teachers from John Stanford and Hamilton attended the
Immersion Strand classes at the WAFLT (Washington Association For Language
Teaching) Conference on March 20 at PLU. Thanks to an immersion grant at
PLU, all immersion teachers and IAs who wanted to come were able to
receive scholarships to cover the registration fee. Maria Buceta Miller
and Brent Hester from John Stanford hosted sessions 1 and 2, while Angela
Davila of Bellevue School District hosted session 3.
The sessions were a great opportunity for networking since teachers
(and some principals) came from:
- Seattle (John Stanford and Hamilton)
- Bellevue (Sunset Elementary and Tillicum Middle)
- Tacoma (Sheridan Elementary and Stewart Middle)
- Portland (Richmond Elementary
We focused on topics that the teachers had identified as of interest to
them via an immersion survey we collected before the conference. For more
information, see:
One suggestion at the conference was to set up a listserv for the
immersion teachers to exchange ideas, questions, and suggestions. It is
immersion@internationaledwa.org. If you'd like to subscribe to it, let
me know, and I'll add your email
michele@anciauxinternational.com.
Upcoming Conference - Anyone interested in attending?
Manka sent me this notice about an upcoming conference with some
big-name presenters. Is anyone from this group interested in attending it?
Pathways to Bilingualism:
Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education
October 21-23, 2004
Radisson-Metrodome Hotel
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Featured Speakers: Fred Genesee, Kathryn Lindholm-Leary, Roy Lyster,
Myriam Met, Merrill Swain
The Immersion Projects at the Center for Advanced Research on Language
Acquisition at the University of Minnesota and conference planning
committee members are seeking proposals for papers, discussion sessions,
and symposia on all aspects of immersion education for Pathways to
Bilingualism. This second international conference on immersion education
will be held October 21-23, 2004 at the University of Minnesota in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. In addition to basic, applied and evaluation
research, conference organizers welcome a range of practitioner
perspectives including immersion teachers, administrators, curriculum
coordinators, and specialists who work in immersion programs. Papers,
discussion sessions, and symposia may report on data-based research,
theoretical and conceptual analyses, or best practices in language
immersion education.
This conference on immersion education aims to bring together immersion
teachers, researchers, and other professionals to initiate and sustain
meaningful dialogue across languages, levels, program models and
sociopolitical contexts. Targeted K-16 contexts include: foreign language
immersion in the more commonly taught and less commonly taught languages,
dual language immersion, and immersion for linguistic and cultural
revitalization involving heritage and indigenous populations. Each of
these educational programs embraces the concept of additive bilingualism—
the acquisition of a second language while continuing to develop the
first. The conference will focus on four broad themes: Program Design and
Development, Assessment and Program Evaluation, Immersion Pedagogy and
Language Development, and Policy and Advocacy.
The extended deadline for submission of proposals for papers and
symposia is March 1, 2004. The online submission form is available on the
CARLA website
at:
http://carla.acad.umn.edu/conferences/immersion/papers.html
For further information, email the conference planning committee at:
immconf@umn.edu.
Site hosted by Anciaux International
Communication.
For questions regarding this website, please contact:
webmaster@anciauxinternational.com |