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We have many things to share with you this week
and we
think there's much of note.
I. SPANISH TEACHER OF 1999: BARBARA J. RUPERT,
FRANKLIN PIERCE HIGH SCHOOL.
Four highly qualified nominees were brought to
our
attention: Marian Thom of Shorewood High, Rosemary
Leiva of West Valley High, Angelia Nivens of
Edmonds-Woodway High, and, of course, Barbara
Rupert.
THIS WAS A VERY TOUGH DECISION. In many
ways, all
four are teachers not just of the year, but of
the
decade. Marian's creative innovations and
mentoring,
Angelia's leadership on standards, and Rosemary's
long
and inspirational service all stood out and made
us
proud to have them as members.
Barbara, in addition to having won the Christa
McAuliffe Award, started a FLES program in her
district and is author of EN ESPANOL, McDougall
Littell's newest textbook.
We are proud of all of you!
II. FRENCH/SPANISH (majority French) POSITION
AVAILABLE, FRANKLIN PIERCE HIGH SCHOOL.
Contact the
Franklin Pierce School District or Department
Chair
Barbara Rupert, brupert@nwrain.com.
III. WAFLT FALL CONFERENCE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
BOTH
WAFLT AND AATSP. The fall conference (Spokane
October
7-9) has many ways for you to be involved and
to be of
service to the language profession. AATSP
will need
volunteers for 1 hour stints to "man" our table
and
provide information, and WAFLT has a real need
for
registration and other help! Contact Spokane
conference chair Suzanne Jespersen
sjespers@esd101.net, WAFLT President Twila Wood
woodtw@ksd.org, or AATSP Secretary Jay Adams-Feuer
joaquin@wsu.edu for info on volunteering.
IV. CLASS: HOW TO TEACH SUCCESSFULLY USING SPANISH
IMMERSION. Through the Northwest ESD, any
Spanish
teacher in the state can take an excellent three-day
seminar at Skagit Valley College (Mount Vernon)
taught
by Windy Leach on practical, proven techniques
for
teaching Spanish through immersion, August 4,5,
and 6.
The three-day class can get you two credits
through
Seattle Pacific University ($70) OR 20 clock
hours
($45). The class costs $140. Materials
are an
additional $20. Your total cost will be
$160-$230
depending on whether you choose clock hours or
university credit or just the class.
Contact e-mail address: jtaylor@esd189.wednet.edu
V. CAMP BRAVO: SPANISH SUMMER LANGUAGE CAMP
IN
ANDALUCIA, SPAIN. Run by BRAVO TOURS of
Ridgewood,
NJ, Camp Bravo offers:
*1, 2, and 3 week programs for high school students
with our without their teachers.
*Cultural excursions to Madrid.
*Customized Programs for groups of 20 or more.
Summer
Camp begins July 2000. Check out their
web site at
http://www.bravotours.com. E-mail them
at
bravotur@ix.netcom.com, or call at 1-800-272-8674.
VI. A.C. DAVIS (YAKIMA DISTRICT) HIGH SCHOOL
TEACHER
AND SOCIA KERRY CHAMA IS LEADING A TWO-WEEK TRIP
TO
ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL FOR TEACHERS THIS DECEMBER.
During the South American summer, socia Kerry
Chama
and her husband are leading a reasonably-priced
tour
of mysterious Argentina and Brazil. Contact
her at
cheetah@televar.com for more information.
VI. BOARD ELECTIONS FOR AATSP: FILING DEADLINE
MAY
31. All positions, we are pleased to announce,
have
at least one candidate running:
President: Steve Green, Olympic High School
Eastern VP: Sonja Hokanson Washington State U
Northwestern VP: Paloma Borreguero, U of Washington
Southwestern VP: Oriana Cadman, Mark Morris High
School
Secretary: Jay Adams-Feuer, Washington
State U
Treasurer: Alexandra Porter, University Prep
Interest expressed in appointed positions:
EDITOR OF CLAMOR: Ana Maria Rodriguez-Vivaldi,
WSU
NATL SPANISH EXAM COORD: Shannon Blanusa,
Central
Kitsap High School
HISTORIAN: Someone is thinking about this!
VII. DECEMBER TERTULIA: BASQUE EVENT.
We are working
with Robert Slabodnik, incoming President of
AATF
(French) to coordinate the Basque event, and
maybe
even to figure out a presentation that would
involve
clock hours, since so many expressed approval
of this
idea. Our December tertulia is the probable
time.
Depending on her schedule and ours, Marian Thom
offered her home as the site of such an event.
The
beauty of her Shoreline home, with its stunning
views
of Puget Sound, would make this tertulia a most
memorable one. If size becomes an issue,
we may have
to choose a King/Snohomish-area high school as
our
site in order to accommodate everyone interested.
VIII. SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
NIGHT A
SUCCESS. Steve Green and Krista Swenson
had tears in
their eyes as we watched a touching love story
set in
Spain and Finland, and beautifully told through
the
eyes of Ana and Otto, two Spanish youths whose
names
are palindromes and who fall in love amidst the
pain
of their family lives. Alexandra (Dandy)Porter
hosted
our potluck in her lovely home. Julie Rawson
came all
the way from Eastern Washington!
We apologize for the constant changes in date,
time,
and agenda, and for the conflict with the WAFLT
Board
meeting. All of this cost us attendance:
only 14
people came. We sold the remaining 11 tickets
in the
line that stretched for two blocks. It
was a fabulous
movie. Take advantage of the film schedule
I sent you
the other day and see some of the Spanish language
films!
REPEAT ITEMS:
IX. A MASTER´S DEGREE IN SECONDARY
EDUCATION
WITH A SPANISH EMPHASIS
You Can Get a Head Start This Summer!
Earn 1/3 of the MA in Six Weeks!
Do you want to work on a Master of Education in
Secondary Education with a Spanish emphasis?
And do
you want to work on it in the summer? Here´s
how
you can start the MA by earning 12 credits in
just 6
weeks at Washington State University this summer.
WSU´S Master of Education in Secondary Education
consists of:
3-6 credits in Research
3-6 credits in Foundations
2 credits final examination
6-12 credits in General Curriculum
9-15 credits in Subject Matter (in this case,
Spanish)
6-15 credits in Subject Matter Pedagogy
WSU´S Spanish section is offering the following
graduate Spanish classes(taught in Spanish),
designed
for public school teachers:
Spanish 544: Pedagogy and Methods, applies toward
the
Subject Matter Pedagogy component of the MA.
Taught
mornings June 21-July 9 by Prof. Sonja Hokanson.
Spanish 527: Cultural Linguistics, applies toward
the
Subject Matter component of the MA. Taught mornings
July 12-July 30 by Prof. Sonja Hokanson.
Spanish 547: Hispanic American Culture, applies
toward
the Subject Matter component of the MA. Taught
afternoons June 21.July 9 by Prof. Bonnie Frederick.
Spanish 536: Hispanic American Short Story, applies
toward the Subject Matter component of the MA.
Taught
afternoons July 12-July 30 by Prof. Bonnie Frederick.
The content of all four of these courses is especially
designed for the needs of public school teachers.
So,
in just six short weeks, you can finish one-third
of a
master´s degree!
Interested? Contact Dr. Bonnie Frederick at
bkfred@mail.wsu.edu or at (509) 335-4135 for
more
details.