The U.S.-China Teachers Exchange Program, now in its 17th year, sends American K-12 teachers to China and brings Chinese secondary school teachers to the United States to spend a year teaching language and culture.
Category: Multilingual Learning
Professional development series offered to world language teachers
A series of free workshops are being offered to world language teachers at the elementary, middle and high school levels for the remainder of the 2012-13 school year. Eighteen Maine world language teachers have been trained as teacher leaders to provide this regional, standards-based professional development. Contact the world language teacher leader(s) listed below to register for a regional workshop.
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Portland students learn American Sign Language
Thanks to Portland Public Schools for sharing this article, written by Shoshana Hoose, with the Maine DOE for publication.
Lyman Moore Middle School is the first middle school in Maine to offer American Sign Language classes. Continue reading “Portland students learn American Sign Language”
HS grads eligible for scholarship to study Mandarin in Taiwan
The Ministry of Education in Taiwan is accepting applications for the Huayu Enrichment Scholarship HES for summer 2013. Continue reading “HS grads eligible for scholarship to study Mandarin in Taiwan”
Attend upcoming Maine Chinese Conference
Educators, students, business leaders and politicians are invited to attend the 2012 Maine Chinese Conference to learn how to create opportunities for cooperation between the United States and China in education and business.
Youth exchange scholarships available to high school students
The U.S. Department of State offers four different scholarships for American high school students to study abroad in selected countries. Continue reading “Youth exchange scholarships available to high school students”
Interested in creating/expanding a Chinese language program?
2012 Chinese Bridge Delegation: November 7-15, 2012
The College Board and Hanban (Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters) are pleased to announce the 2012 Chinese Bridge Delegation, a one-week education trip hosted by Hanban and designed to help education leaders start and expand Chinese language and culture programs and to facilitate ongoing China-related research and exchanges. Continue reading “Interested in creating/expanding a Chinese language program?”
German teachers invited to Deutsche Woche in Bar Harbor
The Maine Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German is inviting German teachers to spend a week in Bar Harbor this summer developing their skills.
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Updated: Summer professional development opportunities
Having trouble keeping track of all the professional development opportunities available for Maine educators this summer?
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The new Morse Code: Japanese
It was an ambitious decision, to say the least. Two high school freshmen, twin girls, selected Japanese as their language of choice at a school that didn’t offer Japanese.
That was more than two years ago. Katie and Emily Morse are now juniors at Machias Memorial High School, and their learning dilemma has worked out just fine, thank you very much. Or, arigatou gozaimasu, as the twins would tell you.
