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I. EMPLEO
II. CULTURA
III. INTERNET
IV. CONFERENCES
I. EMPLEO:
Spanish Teacher - H.S./M.S.: Bush School. Contact:
Hiring Coordinator, 405-36th Ave. East, Seattle,
98112.
Manager Technical Assistance (#2000-2548): Seattle
S.D. MA degreee in
education or closely related field and 3 years
experience (preferably in teaching bilingual
or ESL)
including 1 year program management/administrative
experience in urban environment or BA and 2 years
in
teaching bilingual or ESL. Open until filled.
Salary:
$74,133-$77,745. Contact: Employment Services,
815
Fourth Ave. N., Seattle, 98109.
Associate Faculty: Cascadia Community College.
Educators interested in teaching courses part-time:
English, Humanities, Math, Social Science, World
Language, Natural Science. Teaching experience
valued,
not required. Cascadia is co-located with the
U.W.,
Bothell. Call: (425) 398-5532.
Assistant Superintendent (Instructional
Services/Support): Chula Vista S.D. (San Diego,
CA).
Culturally diverse and bilingual candidates encouraged
to apply. Salary: $105,000 negotiable. Call:
(619)
425-9600 Ext. 1340.
Program Director: Bilingual Teacher Pathway Program
Curriculum and Instruction Department, Graduate
School
of Education, Portland
State University
(long description)
The Program Director coordinates and directs
the
Bilingual Teacher Pathway
(BTP) Program at Portland State University, Graduate
School of Education. This
is the lead staff position identified in the
Title VII
grant from the Office of
Bilingual Education and Minority Language Affairs,
US
Department of Education,
whose funds have provided the seed money to create
the
BTP program. The
position focuses on developing and defining the
program and policies of the
BTP, monitoring the continued development of
the BTP
partnerships with the
school districts, community colleges and university
partners managing the
office staff and daily decision-making, and finally
building commitment with
stakeholders to assure program institutionalization.
In addition, the Director
will lead the development of a new grant application.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Continue the development
and refinement of the
BTP academic program
a. Monitor the approval process with state agencies
to
move BTP program from
experimental to permanent status.
b. Work with Academic Program Team to identify
key
program articulation and
advising needs to continue to facilitate smooth
transition across all three
pathways.
c. Work with various committees to refine and
review
program policies.
d. Attend Community College Consortium meetings
to
work on articulation and
matching the Instructional Assistant Program
with the
BTP Core Classes at PSU.
e. Continue systematic program evaluation to
report to
federal agencies as well
as internal audiences. Use the data to
make program
improvements.
f. Communicate class-scheduling needs to Curriculum
and Instruction Department
Chair.
g. Work with CI Department Chair to staff BTP
Program
classes.
2. Continue building
external relationships and
formal partnerships with
school districts and community colleges
II. CULTURA: don't forget the following
(a repeat
from June's BOLE)!
ETHNIC FEST: Wright Park, Tacoma.
July 29-30. FREE!
Food, music, arts and crafts, and other
entertainment
representing many different cultures.
BRAZIL FEST: Seattle Center, August 20,
2000.
11am-7pm. FREE! For more information
visit
http://www.seattlecenter.com/events/brazil.htm
III. INTERNET: (from NCLRC Language Resource)
E.L. Easton (www.eleaston.com)
Description: Don't be fooled when you first
view this
site's home page. The main
focus seems to be on teaching English as a Second
Language, but in fact
there are a plethora of foreign language resources,
even under the
"English online" section. Beginning here,
I suggest
clicking on the
"Country Studies" link, where you will find links
to
various sites where
students can research almost any country. Many
of the
sites cover topics
such as history, geography, political structure
and
government, culture,
education, social structure, religion, foreign
relations, military,
transportation, and general statistical information
(birth rate,
unemployment, population, etc.). Under the link
called
"Live Web Cams,"
you can even view live pictures from cameras
stationed
in cities around
the world.
Back on the homepage, click on the heading ^"Teaching
Methods." Here you
will find links to information and articles about
a
wide range of topics
related to both education in general (such as
Madeline
Hunter, Piaget,
Bloom's Taxonomy, Multiple Intelligence, Montessori,
etc.) and to
foreign language teaching specifically (TPR,
Suggestopedia, The
Communicative Approach, second language acquisition,
etc.).
Returning once again to the home page, click on
the
^"Language online^‘
link. Here you can select links to resources
for
teaching Spanish,
Latin, Italian, French, German, Russian, Polish,
Croatian, Albanian, and
Chinese. For each language there is a wealth
of
resources, including
exercises, quizzes, worksheets, tutorials, and
games
related to grammar,
geography, vocabulary, reading, writing, culture,
history, and
literature. Students can actually complete some
quizzes and exercises on
line, and then receive instant feedback. Many
links
also include audio
components.
IV. CONFERENCES:
WAFLT/COFLT
October 13-14, 2000
Portland, Oregon
Look for more information in the mail during
the month
of August! Remember the "La Vida es Sueño"
performance the evening of the 13th - hope to
see you
there! For more info on the performance,
contact Ray
at rverzasconi@uswest.net.
La Cosecha de Otoño
Fifth Annual Two-Way Dual Language Immersion
Conference
November 13 - 15, 2000
Sheraton Old Town Inn
Albuquerque, New Mexico
For more information contact:
La Cosecha Conferences
900 Atlantic SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone/FAX: 505/247-2798
www.dges.aps.edu (see: La Cosecha Information)
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Steven Green, President, steveg@cksd.wednet.edu
Kerry Chama, Eastern V.P., cheetah101@earthlink.net
Paloma Borreguero, NW V.P., paloma@u.washington.edu
Oriana Cadman, SW V.P., ocadman@kalama.com
Jay Adams-Feuer, Secretary, jay@alumni.middlebury.edu
Alexandra Porter, Treasurer, dporter@universityprep.org
WATSP web page: http://aatsp-wa.welcome.to