Once again, we find ourselves with much
news to share.
I. FROM DR. RODRIGUEZ-VIVALDI:
Queridos socios:
We have opened up a special account for
CLAMOR, and
would like to ask you to send all the requested
articles, information or other submissions,
ideas and
suggestions for future editions, requests
for extra
copies, and all other business to it. In
this way, we
can work more efficiently as a team. Thanks
for your
help!
Cordially,
Editorial Staff, Clamor
Newsletter of the Washington State
Juan de Fuca Chapter, AATSP
II. MAY 15 FILM FESTIVAL GATHERING/CENTRO
DE LA RAZA
TOUR.
I finally have the info for Seattle International
Film
Festival and El Centro de la Raza.
I. Guided tour of EL CENTRO DE LA
RAZA: Noon on May
15 at El Centro. Meet us on the north
side of the
building. Call (206)329-9442 for
info on how to get
there.
II. Argentine Film (in Spanish) LOVERS
OF THE ARCTIC
CIRCLE Saturday May 15 at 6:30, Pacific
Place Cinemas
downtown. I will put info in BOLECTRONICO
on how to
get there.
Dandi Porter: You said you might
like to host a
pre-film cocktail at your Capitol Hill
House (El
Centro is Capitol Hill, Pacific Place is
5 minutes
away in downtown). Does this date
work for you?
In order to get $5 tickets, we must order
a minimum of
25. I will wait one week before looking
at
cost/interest and purchasing tickets...don't
count on
the culture of mañana: you'll
have to charge on your
own or try your luck at the door if I don't
hear from
you by Monday April 26 at 8:00 p.m.
¡Así es!
:)
Look forward to seeing you all there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
III. NO-FEE WORKSHOP/CLOCK HOURS
AVAILABLE.
On Saturday May 1, 1999, Thomas Keith Cothrun
will
present UNDERSTANDING AND IMPLEMENTING
NATIONAL
STANDARDS IN WORLD LANGUAGES. Cothrun
teaches German
in Las Cruces, New Mexico and has served
on the K-12
Standards for World Languages Task Force,
the AATG
Student Standards K-16 Task Force, and
currently
chairs the National Board of Professional
Teaching
Standards. he is the recipient of
many awards,
nationally and internationally. For
more info,
contact Lynn Klausenburger at UW Extension:
lhk@u.washington.edu OR Klaus Brandl:
brandl@u.washington.edu
IV. STILL TIME TO NOMINATE SPANISH
TEACHER OF THE
YEAR:
JUAN DE FUCA CHAPTER SPANISH TEACHER 1999
AWARD.
While there is no guarantee that this is
an award that
can be made
each year, the chapter has $100 from an
anonymous
donor who wants to see a K-12 socio receive
recognition for:
1. Building a program and increasing
world language
enrollment
through dynamism and innovation; and/or
2. Bolstering World Language awareness
in the
community in which they teach.
Instructions: Nominate a SOCIO/SOCIA in
a 1-page
letter addressing the two areas above AS
WELL AS OTHER
OUTSTANDING QUALITIES. Don't be too
general (e.g.
"He's always there for students," "She
loves
Spanish.") BE SPECIFIC.
"His love for the language
comes through in such and such a way,"
etc.
Provide 2 references whom we WILL call.
One should be
an administrator. If you submit a
student reference,
it must be in addition to two adult references.
Provide phone numbers, and indicate whether
these are
work or home numbers. Home numbers
are better, if you
can get them, because we work during the
day just like
you! Be sure to identify where you
work, in what way
you know the candidate's work, and how
we can contact
you: phone and e-mail.
Send your nominations POSTMARKED NO LATER
THAN APRIL
30 to:
JAY ADAMS-FEUER
SECRETARY, JUAN DE FUCA AATSP
521 ELEVENTH AVENUE EAST
SEATTLE, WA 98102-5051
If you e-mail your submission, USE WORD
7.0 or WORDPAD
ONLY! Please do not submit inline
e-mail text or
attachments that do not use these programs.
V. AND YOU CAN STILL RUN FOR THE
BOARD OR REQUEST
CONSIDERATION FOR AN APPOINTED POSITION.
See the
previous BOLECTRONICO.
VI. NATIONAL SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE
STANDARDS.
Gail Guntermann talked at PNCFL at her
AATSP keynote
about national standards. I think
you will find these
highly relevant: how do we in Washington
and we in
District X measure up. How and what
are people
measuring in classrooms across the USA?
What do the
experts have to say?
Well, the word is in. A number of
socios have been
requesting information. I just got
a letter from
National stating the following:
"The order forms for the kit "Standards
for Foreign
Language Learning in the 21st Century"
have just been
made available. It includes the updated
text of the
original, pan-language "Standards for Foreign
Language
Learning: Preparing for the 21st Century"
PLUS NINE
NEW SECTIONS DEVOTED TO STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC
LANGUAGES INCLUDING SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE.
Many members have called the national AATSP
Office in
Greeley, Colorado requesting ordering information
for
it."
I have a form which I can duplicate: just
e-mail me.
Also, you can get one straight from National
by
e-mailing lsandste@bentley.unco.edu.
Happy Teaching, Happy Striking, and remember:
Summer
vacation is only two calendar months away!
