TWI Bulletin Archives
TWI Bulletin #21: Upcoming conferences and presentation proposal deadlines (5/25/2005)
Greetings, everyone! First, some fast approaching deadlines for conference presentation proposals:
NABE 2006 (January 18-21, 2006, Phoenix, AZ)
Proposals must be postmarked by May 27, 2005
See http://www.nabe.org/documents/conference/2006_Call_for_Proposals.pdf
NABE 2006 Dual Language Immersion Pre-Conference Institute (January 18, 2006, Phoenix, AZ)
E-proposals must be received by May 31, 2005
To receive a copy of the e-proposal form, contact Dr. Leo Gómez at lgomez@utpa.edu.
La Cosecha 2005 (November 9-12, 2006, Albuquerque, NM)
E-proposals must be received by May 31, 2005
See http://www.lacosecha2005.org/proposals.html
Some upcoming conferences and events:
Dual U Training of Trainers
Illinois Resource Center - Chicago Area
June 22, 23 & 24, 2005
Participate in a comprehensive, three day training of trainers for staff developers in sessions led by the authors of Dual Language Instruction: A Handbook for Enriched Education by Nancy Cloud, Fred Genesee and Else Hamayan. The training will cover the eight module WEB-based curriculum, www.dualu.org, designed to assist elementary and secondary teachers and administrators in developing, implementing and assessing dual language programs. For a registration brochure please go to http://www.thecenterweb.org/irc/pages/f_events-dualu.html. Deadline for registration is June 1.
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Hartford Public Schools’ Fifth Annual Dual Language Education in The New Millennium Summer Institute
Cromwell, CT
June 29-30, 2005
Look for a presentation by Liz Howard on “The Dual Language Toolkit: A Useful Tool for Teachers in Dual Language Settings”.
More information on the conference and registration at http://www.hartfordschools.org/downloads/flyers/dual_language.pdf.
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13th Annual National Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Program Summer Conference
Monterey, CA
July 11-14, 2005
Look for three CAL-related presentations at 2-Way CABE: “Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education”, by Kathryn Lindholm-Leary and Julie Sugarman, “’Can Yu Rid Guat Ay Rot?’ A Study of Cross-Linguistic Spelling Errors”, by Cate Coburn, and “The Dual Language Toolkit: A Resource for TWBI Teachers”, by Julie Sugarman.
For more information on the conference and registration click on "Upcoming Events" at www.bilingualeducation.org/2waycabe.
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