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I. JOB OPENINGS
II. NEW SPANISH COURSE AT UW FOR WINTER
2001
III. SUMMER COURSES IN SPAIN/BOEING SCHOLARSHIPS
IV. INTERNET SITES
V. SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL
VI. SOUTHWEST IDEA SHARE
VII. NATIONAL SPANISH EXAM
VIII. REFRESHER COURSE FOR SPANISH TEACHERS
I JOB OPENINGS:
A. There will be a full-time opening in Spanish
at the
high school level in the
Bellevue School District beginning Second Semester
(the end of January). This will be at Sammamish
High
School, which has about 1100 students with 35%
minority and A BLOCK SCHEDULE of four 90-minute
periods. At this point it is
expected that the assignment would include three
Level
1 classes, using the new
Paso a Paso text.
If interested, please request application
papers from
the Bellevue School
District and complete them soon, as interviews
will
take place in January. If
you have questions or need more information,
you could
contact Cynthia Coleman,
Dept. chair at 425-456-7717 or e-mail:
colemanc@bsd405.com OR the Assistant
Principal, Thomas Duenwald at 425-456-7600.
B. We are desperate for a Spanish Instructor
(we had
hired a one-year temporary and he just resigned),
full
time for 2 quarters. Would then be available
to apply
for the tenure track position . Contact:
Holly Moos,
Director of Human Resources, Big Bend Community
College, 7662 Chanute Street, Moses Lake, WA
98837,
509/762-6309, FAX 509/762-6329, hollym@bbcc.ctc.edu
C. Shorecrest High School in Seattle is
looking for
someone interested in teaching one class of first-year
Spanish. The class meets 3 days a week:
Monday,
11:55-12:35; Wednesday and Friday, 12:40-2:20.
Ideally, the candidate for this position would
have a
teaching certificate, but it is possible to get
an
"emergency" certification. If you
are interested,
please contact Miriam Tencate immediately at
miriam.tencate@shorelineschools.org
For more information about the position you can
also
contact:
Roberto E. del Valle
(206) 361-4286 ext. 6730
FAX (206) 361-4284
bob.delvalle@shorelineschools.org
II. NEW SPANISH COURSE AT UW SEATTLE
New course offering, coming winter, 2001!
Put it in your plans now.
Dialects of Spanish
SPANISH/SPANISH LINGUISTICS 407
In this 5-credit course, which will be taught
in
Spanish, students will
-Find out how Spanish has changed in the many
regions
where it is spoken
-Learn about sound and grammar variation among
dialects
-Explore the conventions of conversation and
politeness
-Learn about the formation of Spanish-based pidgins
and creoles
-Explore the role of the Real Academia in its
attempts
to standardize the Spanish language
Prerequisites: Successful completion of
Spanish 303
or the equivalent. Spanish 323 or Linguistics
200/400
also desirable. For questions about prerequisites,
contact the instructor at: alisons@u.washington.edu
Instructor: Alison Stevens, Ph.D., Romance
Linguistics, teaches ESL and Linguistics at the
University of Washington, and has lived and traveled
in Spain, Puerto Rico, Mexico and El Salvador.
SPAN 407 Reg#55475 or SPLING 407 Reg#55476 YA
5
Credits
Register under 1 course title and registration
number
only.
20 sessions, Tues./Thurs., Jan. 9-Mar. 8, 2001
Course fee: $625 +$20 tech fee (for graduate/GNM
fee,
see registration form.)
Registration fee: $20
Registration is not complete without full payment.
Information on-line at <www.extension.washington.edu>
III. SUMMER PROGRAMS IN SPAIN / BOEING SCHOLARSHIPS
"Spanish Language and Culture", University
of
Salamanca
* Number of scholarships offered: 18.
* Amount of the scholarship: A total of
$2,000. $1,000 offered by the
Education Office of the Embassy of Spain and
the University of Salamanca and
$1,000 offered by the Boeing Company.
* Who can apply? Spanish and bilingual
teachers in the State of
Washington (K-12 and Community College) who
have never received the Boeing
Scholarship.
* What is the cost for the teacher: This is a
free program. It
includes tuition, full board, excursions,
cultural activities, materials and
insurance. The teacher is responsible for his
or her flight arrangements.
Some districts have offered financial help in
the past.
* What does the program consist of? Three
weeks of classes on Spanish
Language, Methodology of the teaching of the
Spanish Language and Spanish
Culture.
* Thirty different summer seminars at
different Spanish Universities.
* Number of scholarships offered: 600
nationwide.
* Amount of the scholarship: A total of
around $850, depending on the
program. This amount is offered by the
Education Office of the Embassy of
Spain and the Spanish Universities.
* Who can apply? All Spanish and bilingual
teachers in the US (K-12
and Community College) , regardless of
whether or not they have ever
received the Boeing scholarships.
* What is the cost for the teacher: Between
$1,100 and $1,300,
depending on the program. This program
includes tuition, full board,
excursions, cultural activities, materials
and insurance. The teacher is
responsible for his or her flight
arrangements. Some districts have offered
financial help in the past.
* What does the program consist of? You can
access more detailed
information about each program at
www.spainembedu.org/becas.html
Selection is based on educational background
and professional experience. I
hope you can help me disseminate this
information. Contact Eduardo Tobar for
a complete application package at (360)
664-2400 / etobar@ospi.wednet.edu.
Eduardo Tobar
Spanish Language Consultant
Office of Superintendent of Public
Instruction
Old Capitol Building
P.O. Box 47200
Olympia WA 98504-7200
If you have already requested information
about the program you don't need
to request it again. You will receive the
application package by December
21st.
IV. INTERNET SITES
A. "Todos los libros, para todos los niños,en
todas
las escuelas" Los Libros de Texto Gratuitos.
Access
to textbooks in Spanish for grades 1-6.
http://www.sep.gob.mx/libros/libro.htm
B. TECLA homepage. You can
search a topic (such as
"navidad") and then you will find many reading
exercises written for students of Spanish, including
vocabulary lists and comprehension exercises.
Ready-made activities for teachers!
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/tecla/
V. SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL 2001
There will be many interesting performances, but
in
particular there will be a perfomer from Cuba.
"When
Juan-Carlos Formell lived in Cuba, he was forbidden
to
perform, because his music was deemed too personal
and
individualistic. When he came to the United States
he
met other Cuban musicians who shared his desire
to
express himself freely through music. With
them he
created his Grammy-nominated debut recording,
Songs
from a Little Blue House, about the place where
his
grandmother was born at the beginning of the
last
century, and lived all her life. This now almost
mythical landscape-rich with fruits, flowers,
and
animals-can be revisited by her grandson only
in
memory, but is re-imagined here, in Juan-Carlos'
solo
concert of rapturous song." The concert
is in Spanish
with introductions in English. There will
be several
school performances in May.
For more information, visit their website at:
http://www.seattleinternational.org/perform_text.htm
VI. SOUTHWEST IDEA SHARE
The Second Annual Southwest Washington Idea Share
will
be Saturday, Jan. 6, 2001 from 10:00 to 12:30
in
Longview at Lower Columbia College, Student Center
Conference Rooms A and B. Hosted by Oriana Cadman
and
Alex Whitman. Coffee and rolls will be provided.
We
will have access to the computer lab at LCC so
we can
do some demos of online testing and other uses
of the
internet. Afterwards participants will
meet for lunch
at a Mexican restaurant called Plaza Jalisco
just a
few minutes from LCC.
If you have an idea to share with others, please
bring
20-25 copies to hand out, if possible.
For driving directions to Lower Columbia College
and
campus map, visit the LCC Website at
http://lcc.ctc.edu
For further information contact Oriana Cadman,
email
ocadman@kalama.com or Alex Whitman, email
awhitman@lcc.ctc.edu
Please RSVP Oriana or Alex by Jan. 4 but RSVP
is not
essential, everyone is welcome!
VII. NATIONAL SPANISH EXAM
By now all members should have received the brochure
for the 2001 National Spanish Examinations.
If you would like to participate this year, you
must
have YOUR MONEY AND ORDERS to ORIANA
CADMAN, your
chapter coordinator, ocadman@kalama.com no later
than
January 2 so that she can get the orders to national
on time. Participants must be current members
in good standing of the
national AATSP and of the local AATSP chapter.
Dues
for next year must be paid by Dec. 1st, 2000.
Send
your national and chapter dues to DANDY PORTER,
treasurer. Check the web page for further info
on
membership! http://www.users.uswest.net/~eledu/aatsp/
VII. National Spanish Exam: (correction)
If you would like to participate this year,
you must
have YOUR MONEY AND ORDERS to ORIANA
CADMAN, your
chapter coordinator, ocadman@kalama.com no later
than
January 2 so that she can get the orders to national
on time.
VIII. REFRESHER COURSE FOR TEACHERS OF SPANISH,
July
2nd to 13th. at the
University of Cantabria - Santander, Spain.
Tuition,
room and board with a family and regional field
trips
$995. Optional 4 graduate credits (Span508)$160.
Sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages
and
Distance and Continuing Education at Oregon State
University. Contact Anuncia Escala Aescala@orst.edu
Tel 541-737-3949 and 800-235-6559.
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Steven Green, President, sslgrn@aol.com
Kerry Chama, Prov. 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://www.users.uswest.net/~eledu/aatsp