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Webinar Series: German Language Advocacy
For Teachers, Administrators, and Partners
Throughout 2014
How do you present your existing German language program at events? Learn to use the campaign’s five arguments for why German is a good choice, identify partner organizations, build a network, and present your case effectively to parents, students, and school board members. The Goethe-Institut has commissioned this webinar series to support the growth of German language departments all across the US.
Webinar 1:
Thursday, April 24, 2014, 6–6:40 pm (ET)
Title: Boost Your German Program
Featured: Peter Rosenbaum, Goethe-Institut New York, and Megan Brenn-White, The Brenn-White Group.
Description: The Goethe-Institut shares strategies and advocacy tools to support promotion of your German program, including selected projects and materials such as the Just Add German Teacher Kits. Participants will learn how to effectively market their programs and reach out to potential partners. Followed by Q&A.
REGISTER HERE
Webinar 2:
Wednesday, May 14, 2014, 6–6:40 pm (ET)
Title: It's Our Time: How to Position German Language Instruction for the Global Economy
Featured: Jon Valentine; Director of Foreign Languages, Gwinnett County Public Schools, GA.
Description: More than ever, students and parents understand that advanced-level proficiency in a foreign language is a key competitive advantage for the college and career marketplaces of our increasingly global economy. Learn why studying German, leveraging the support of our partners in the Goethe-Institut and other German cultural organizations, and reaching out to human resource departments in German companies across the United States can position German language study as the fastest route to success in every career.
Webinar 3:
Wednesday, May 21, 2014, 4–4:40 pm (ET)
Title: Boost Your German Program
Featured: Peter Rosenbaum, Goethe-Institut New York, and Megan Brenn-White, The Brenn-White Group.
Description: The Goethe-Institut shares strategies and advocacy tools to support promotion of your German program, including selected projects and materials such as the Just Add German Teacher Kits. Participants will learn how to effectively market their programs and reach out to potential partners. Followed by Q&A.
Webinar 4:
Saturday, June 7, 2014, 4–4:40 pm (ET)
Title: “Helping Administrators Listen: Tips for Starting, Sustaining and Growing German Programs”
Featured: Sandy Crawford, Housemaster & Administrative Liaison to World Language Department, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, MA
Description: The presentation will help you understand the administrator's perspective and challenges in establishing or retaining a school's German program. The presenter will share the best approaches and arguments that are tailored specifically towards school administrators and that most effectively convey the value of offering German alongside other languages. Followed by Q&A.
For full details and to register go to http://www.justaddgerman.org/webinars
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