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Title: Principal Search for the Rafael Hernández School in Boston
Body: From the LIM-A listserv: Dear Bilingual Educator, It is with excitement and pride that the Rafael Hernández School Principal Search Committee writes to inform you of our current search for a school principal. The Rafael Hernández School, a kindergarten to eighth grade two-way bilingual school in Boston, has been a national leader in dual language education for over three decades. Our Principal Search Committee, comprised of parents, teachers, and students, in collaboration with the Boston Public schools, seeks visionary and dynamic candidates for the position of school principal to begin in the 2013 - 2014 school year. We are searching for a leader who will build upon the strong foundation and vision of Margarita Muñiz, the school’s previous principal, to ensure that the Rafael Hernández school continues to progress as a national leader of dual language educational excellence, while also fostering our school’s strong sense of community and cultural pride. Review of applications will begin on January 31st, and applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Candidates can submit their application for the position to Job ID # 344303 at the Boston Public Schools career center: http://www.bostonpublicschools.org/apply-jobs Serious candidates can also contact the teacher & parent search committee with any questions via hernandezsearch at gmail dot com. Thank you your interest in this position and for sharing this job posting with qualified candidates. Sincerely, The Rafael Hernández Principal Search Committee & School Community Tam V. [LIM-A] Principal Search for the Rafael Hernández School in Boston, MA. LIM-A listserv (LIM-A@LISTS.UMN.EDU, 12 Jan 2013).
Source: LIM-A
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Title: Article: Saudi Students Flood U.S. Colleges for English Lessons
Body: From http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/11/saudi-students-english-class/1827465 Saudi students flood U.S. colleges for English lessons by Mary Beth Marklein January 15, 2013 Meshari Albishi, 25, is one of thousands of international students arriving each year in the United States to study English as the first step toward a college degree. They come from all over the world, but Saudi Arabia, where the government has poured billions of dollars into a generous scholarship program, is driving the recent surge. In just seven years, Saudi student enrollments have skyrocketed from 11,116 in 2006, to 71,026 last year, according to the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission to the United States, the Virginia-based agency that administers the scholarship. Nearly all recipients (95%) start with language training, which can take anywhere from a month to a year or more, officials say. Read the full article at http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/11/saudi-students-english-class/1827465
Source: USA Today
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Title: Article: Digital Language-learning Initiative To Benefit 30 Vermont Schools
Body: From http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20130114/NEWS07/301140010/Digital-language-learning-initiative-benefit-30-Vermont-schools?nclick_check=1 Digital language-learning initiative to benefit 30 Vermont schools Online courses will be available to 30 Vermont middle schools and high schools at discounted price by Tim Johnson January 15, 2013 Middlebury Interactive Languages, a joint venture of Middlebury College and K12 Inc., a for-profit digital education provider, announced that it would be making its new online courses in five languages available to up to 30 Vermont middle schools and high schools at a “significant discount.” The special offer for 30 Vermont schools — first-come, first-served — will offer online courses in French, Spanish, German, Latin and/or Chinese at a cost of $6,000 per school. Middlebury Interactive and Middlebury College will subsidize the Vermont program over four years to the tune of about $2.6 million, an expenditure that will cover content and on-site professional development training for teachers, among other things. Meanwhile, Middlebury Interactive already has programs up and running in schools in other states. Ron Liebowitz, Middlebury College president, said the college eventually hopes to receive income from Middlebury Interactive to offset the costs of higher education, but he added the main motivation was not financial. He said the college saw the new digital enterprise as a way to maintain its long-standing leadership in foreign-language instruction. The college has run a summer immersion language school for adults on its Middlebury campus for nearly a century, and another relatively new entity, the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy, has been holding residential summer academies for high school students at several sites around the country. Read the full article at http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20130114/NEWS07/301140010/Digital-language-learning-initiative-benefit-30-Vermont-schools?nclick_check=1
Source: Burlington Free Press
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Title: A New Way To Nurture the Inuit Language: Train the Instructors
Body: From http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674a_new_way_to_spread_the_inuit_language_train_the_instructors A new way to nurture the Inuit language: train the instructors Pirurvik’s instructor trainees to head home with new skills by SAMANTHA DAWSON January 17, 2013 Pirurvik, Iqaluit’s Inuktitut language training centre, has a new goal: to train instructors from Nunavut communities to teach Inuktitut in different ways and in their own dialects when they return home. The program, just introduced this year, is currently offered in Iqaluit but is intended to make language training available across the territory on a regular basis. This includes communities such as Cambridge Bay, Rankin Inlet, Arviat and Pond Inlet. “What we need to do is bring everybody up to speed so that all the dialects have an equal basis to start from,” said Gavin Nesbitt, the operations director of Pirurvik. Read the full article at http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674a_new_way_to_spread_the_inuit_language_train_the_instructors
Source: Nunatsiaq Online
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Title: Effort Ties Native Language Preservation to Boosting Academics
Body: From http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rural_education/2013/01/preserving_native_language_to_help_boost_academics.html Effort Ties Native Language Preservation to Boosting Academics By Diette Courrege January 11, 2013 One of the 22 new federally funded comprehensive centers dedicated to helping struggling schools will be working to ensure Native languages and cultures are part of students' education in the same way as core academic subjects. The National Indian Education Association, an advocacy group for the education of Native American students that serves a substantially rural population, will be assisting the University of Oklahoma's South Central Regional Comprehensive Center. It will serve students in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. Read the full article at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rural_education/2013/01/preserving_native_language_to_help_boost_academics.html
Source: Education Week
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Title: Video: The Benefits of Learning Arabic
Body: Qatar Foundation International (QFI) has developed a short video on the reasons and advantages to learning Arabic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vf_Y_o1p3I&feature=g-user-u This video is freely available on YouTube for those who would like to learn about Arabic language education in K to 12 public schools. It is a great resource to inform parents, teachers, and educators. Please feel free to use this on your own websites, listservs, and publications if you feel this will be useful for your outreach efforts. If you have any comments or suggestions about the video please feel free to fill out this short comment form: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEFSbk04Yl9BdURpVzl5TF9DczUteGc6MQ Read a recent article about one of the programs featured in the video, at Lincoln High School in Oregon, at http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/01/lincoln_high_arabic_program_gr.html
Source: NCLRC Arabic K-12 Bulletin
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Title: Arabic and the Media Workshop
Body: From http://arabicmediaworkshop.eventbrite.com/# Arabic and the Media Workshop Georgetown University Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies Friday, February 22, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM (EST) Washington, DC This workshop is the second in a series of workshops that aims at bringing scholars from Arabic sociolinguistics with distinguished scholars on sociolinguistics more generally to exchange ideas and projects. This year the workshop will address essential issues such as the role of media in identity formation and conflicts as well as the impact of media on language variation and language ideologies. Learn more about the workshop and sign up at http://arabicmediaworkshop.eventbrite.com/#
Source: Georgetown University
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Title: Irish Language Weekend
Body: Daltaí na Gaeilge will hold their Irish Language Immersion Weekend, February 15th - 17th, 2013 in Esopus, New York. Online registration and payment are available. Attendees who register by February 1st (Lá Fhéile Bríde) will receive a $10 discount. General Information, Directions and a Registration Form are available at http://daltai.com/shop/products.php?product=Irish-Immersion-Weekend-%252d-February-15-to-17%2C-2013
Source: Daltaí na Gaeilge
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Title: Swedish Institute
Body: From http://www.si.se/English The Swedish Institute (SI) is a public agency that promotes interest and confidence in Sweden around the world. SI seeks to establish cooperation and lasting relations with other countries through strategic communication and exchange in the fields of culture, education, science and business. SI also supports Swedish language instruction at foreign universities. SI works closely with Swedish embassies and consulates around the world. Language resources include a list of American universities offering Swedish instruction (http://www.si.se/Svenska-spraket/Svenska/Svenska-spraket/Universitet-i-utlandet/Kontaktuppgifter/USA ), information about Swedish courses in Sweden and through distance learning (http://www.studyinsweden.se/Learn-Swedish ), information about Swedish proficiency tests (http://www.si.se/English/Navigation/Learning-Swedish/Proficiency-tests- ), and online readings about Swedish literature, music and society (http://www.si.se/Svenska-spraket/Svenska/Svenska-spraket/Artikelserie ). Learn more about the Swedish Institute on their website: http://www.si.se/English
Source: Swedish Institute
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Title: American Association of Teachers of German Designates 2013 Centers of Excellence
Body: From http://www.aatg.org/content/aatg-designates-2013-centers-excellence ATG is pleased to announce the designation of seven new German Centers of Excellence. Programs receiving this award are Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School in Colorado Springs, CO; Gunn High School in Palo Alto, CA; Hempfield School District in Landisville, PA; Lee’s Summit R-7 School District German Department in Lee’s Summit, MO; Upper Arlington City Schools German Program in Upper Arlington, OH; Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI; and Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. AATG’s German Centers of Excellence program identifies and honors excellence at all levels of instruction K-16. The designation is presented to well-established and growing German programs with innovative, student-centered, well-articulated curriculum supported by administrators, colleagues, alumni, parents, and students. Learn more about German Centers of Excellence by following the links at http://www.aatg.org/content/aatg-designates-2013-centers-excellence
Source: AATG
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