Items from WIOC Member Programs:

• 10th Annual International Children's and Young Adult Literature Celebration
• Francophone North Africa: A Weekend Workshop for Teachers
• Food, Sustainability and Globalization: A Workshop for Educators
• Chinese Language Education Summit in Madison
• World Languages Day (November 16, 2011)

Other Items of Interest:

• Looking to Nature: Biomimicry for Educators
• Chinese & Japanese Teacher Training Institute
• Resource: Global Oneness Project
• Resource: PaperTigers Newsletter

10th Annual International Children's and Young Adult Literature Celebration

Featuring Award-winning Authors: Atinuke (via Skype), Kathleen Horning, Anne Pellowski, and Mitali Perkins

This year marks the tenth annual celebration, which brings together award-winning authors whose literature spans the globe, with dedicated educators, librarians, students and children’s literature enthusiasts who gain insight into new cultures and histories from around the world. In the full-day workshop each author will present on their writing and discuss the stories that they have written and highlight cultural nuances and universal themes.

To highlight the 10th year milestone we welcome past and present participants to share the impact of this celebration in their classrooms, libraries, and in their lives. How? Send us your photos, lesson plans, book reviews, articles or any other examples of how you internationalized reading in your world! We will post these online and in a poster session at the event.

The Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium (WIOC) sponsors this annual event in observance of International Education Week. International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States.

More information & Registration

Francophone North Africa: A Weekend Workshop for Teachers

January’s democratic revolution in Tunisia sparked a wave of change throughout the Middle East and North Africa, and turned a spotlight onto this important region. The French-speaking area of North Africa, comprising Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, is rich in history and provides a lens through which to explore many of the forces shaping the Arab world, from a growing youth population to the role of Islam in society. Please join us for a weekend professional development workshop to explore the literature, culture and politics of this fascinating region. The workshop will be conducted in French, and will include extensive curricular ideas and resources.

Friday, September 30: 5:00pm-8:00pm &
Saturday, October 1: 9:00am-5:00pm

Location: UW-Milwaukee

Cost: $25 (covers all sessions, materials, and meals – Friday dinner & Saturday breakfast and lunch). Participants will also receive a copy of "Kiffe Kiffe Demain" by Faïza Guène. The remaining costs will be covered through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language program. A limited number of lodging grants are available.

To register, please contact Nicole Palasz at palasz@uwm.edu or visit www.iwa.uwm.edu.

Food, Sustainability and Globalization: A Workshop for Educators

Dates: October 21 & 22
Location: UW-Milwaukee Hefter Conference Center
Cost: $30 (non-refundable) covers all sessions, materials and meals

As U.S. consumers, what we choose to eat both shapes and is shaped by a complex global food system.  It is a system that is under growing strain due to climate change, globalization, and a world population that will soon surpass seven billion people.  How we address the challenge of food security worldwide has wide-ranging implications for our society, culture and the environment.  Please join us for a weekend workshop as we explore these connections and discuss emerging approaches in sustainable food production.

To register: contact Nicole Palasz at palasz@uwm.edu or register online at www.iwa.uwm.edu

Chinese Language Education Summit

Madison, Wisconsin - The Concourse Hotel
September 23-24, 2011

JOIN COLLEAGUES: Current and Future Teachers of World Languages, Administrators, School Board Members, All Stakeholders Developing Language Programs

Three Critical Topics each framed by a national expert:

• Teacher Development
• Language Proficiency Development
• Program Development

• Each expert followed by a roundtable of speakers addressing related “Burning Issues” and your questions
• Each roundtable followed by break-out sessions focused on specific aspects of the topic

CONVENED BY: The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (WDPI) to culminate its Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) grant focused on advancing the growth of teaching and learning languages considered critical for our nation’s future, especially Chinese. 

FEATURED SPEAKERS: 
Shuhan Wang (National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland)
Carl Falsgraf (University of Oregon)
Debbie Robinson (Ohio Department of Education)
Lynn Sessler (Menasha Joint School District, Wisconsin)

The summit will focus on the issues of starting or growing programs for learning critical languages.  The majority of the presentations will highlight these issues related to developing programs of Chinese language learning; however, these ideas are easily adapted to other critical languages. This summit targets specifically the issues of Chinese language learning in grades K -16, best practices for Chinese teaching, and the “how-to’s” of beginning a critical language program within your community.  This two-day event is designed to showcase programs already in place, learn what has been successful, and provide answers to the many questions of those who are considering adding or expanding instruction in a critical language.

ACCOMMODATIONS: Available at the Concourse Hotel (Contact hotel and identify yourself as a participant in the Chinese Language Education Summit:  608-294-3068; www.concoursehotel.com)

QUESTIONS?  Contact Gerhard Fischer (Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction): 608-267-9265; gerhard.fischer@dpi.wi.gov

To register, please visit our website at http://dpi.wi.gov/cal/chinese-lang.html.

World Languages Day 2011

The University of Wisconsin-Madison invites Wisconsin high schools to submit a Statement of Interest to participate in World Languages Day with groups of up to 30 students on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 from 8:30am-2:00pm in Union South on the UW-Madison campus. The deadline for submitting a Statement of Interest is Tuesday, September 20. The Statement of Interest form can be downloaded from the World Languages Day website: www.languageinstitute.wisc.edu/wld.

World Languages Day is a "college-for-a-day" experience that brings 600+ high school students and teachers to the UW-Madison campus for a day of mini-language lessons, interactive presentations and performances showcasing a great variety of world languages, regions, and cultural topics. Participation this year will once again be free-of-charge; school groups need only pay for transportation to the UW-Madison campus, and we ask that each participant bring a lunch. For more information, see the website: www.languageinstitute.wisc.edu/wld.

Please note that every year we receive more applications from schools than we can accommodate; acceptance to World Languages Day is not guaranteed. A committee reviews all Statements of Interest received by the deadline and selects schools based on the following: past participation, school geographic location, and total number of applications. We seek diversity in the geographic location of participating schools and encourage participation by schools new to World Languages Day. If we cannot offer a spot to a school in a given year, that school will receive priority standing among applicants the following year.

Looking to Nature: Biomimicry for Educators

Early registration is extended to September 16!  Professional Advancement Credit will be available for Madison Metropolitan School District teachers.

October 21 - 23, 2011 (Friday night lecture 7-9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday  9 pm – 5 pm)

Instructors: Rose Tocke, Full Circle Collaborative (http://fullcirclecollaborative.com/) and Marian Farrior,  Earth Partnership Field Manager

$150 before September 16; $200 after September 16 (snacks included; bring your own lunch)
Space is limited, so please register early!

Formal and informal educators are invited to participate in a three day training to learn about the exciting discipline of biomimicry and how it can be incorporated into the classroom or an informal educational setting.  This workshop is also approproate for people who just want to learn about Biomimicry.  Biomimicry is the practice of learning from and emulating nature's design genius in order to create sustainable solutions to human challenges. Biomimicry is a uniquely interdisciplinary field, and can be taught and practiced from multiple perspectives: natural sciences, engineering, art and design, and philosophy and ethics, to name a few. This course will explore the basic principles, case studies and ethos of biomimicry, and the exercises used to teach participants about biomimicry will be ready to adapt for the classroom or informal setting. We'll look at biomimicry from a variety of scales -- from nano to narwhals. Participants will be given the opportunity to network with each other and representatives from relevant local organizations in order to build a strong biomimicry education community.

For more information, instructor bios and to register for this event visit http://uwarboretum.org/events/ 

Chinese & Japanese Teacher Training Institute

Portland State University with the Alliance for Language Learning and Educational Exchange (ALLEX)
Program Overview

An intensive training program in teaching Chinese or Japanese will be held this summer (2012) at Portland State University in Oregon. The Chinese & Japanese Teacher Training Institute is an intensive course for current language teachers or those who plan to enter the field. The program provides the foundation for a future instructors to teach their language and gives substantial tools to current teachers to reinforce and strengthen their programs. It is a hands-on course, and effective methodology in teaching Chinese and Japanese to North Americans is emphasized over a theoretical analysis of the language. There is an 8 Week Program and a 4 Week Program. Exact dates of the 2012 summer program are TBA, but both sessions begin around the middle of June. Limited financial support is available.

For more details on the course and registration information please visit the ALLEX Website: http://www.allex.org/programs/summer-training-progam/

Resource: Global Oneness Project

Film library of interviews & shorts available online on issues of sustainability, conflict resolution, spirituality, indigenous culture, and social justice from around the world.

http://www.globalonenessproject.org/
http://www.globalonenessproject.org/library/films

Program-produced study guide is also available:
http://www.globalonenessproject.org/education

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