Summer institute will kick off initiative focused on standards-based instruction and assessment in world languages classes
World languages teachers are invited to apply to attend the 2012 World Languages in Maine Schools Summer Institute from June 27-30 at the University of Maine at Farmington.
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Maine schools have until Feb. 1 to apply to host a Chinese guest teacher during the 2012-13 school year.
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The Maine Department of Education and the Taiwanese Ministry of Education have renewed a strategic partnership that will allow teachers and students in both places to participate in a variety of educational exchanges.
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Note: This dispatch has been updated to reflect an extended application deadline for the Teachers of Critical Languages Program listed below.
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. State Department and the American Councils for International Education are offering schools the chance to participate in three fully funded programs aimed at fostering international knowledge and connections. Each program has a winter 2012 application deadline.
The Chinese Language and Culture Center of Maine and the Bangor Chinese School are inviting school administrators, school board members, teachers, students, parents and others to attend the 2011 Maine Chinese Conference on Oct. 28 and 29 at Husson University in Bangor.
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Three teachers from China who will teach Mandarin language and Chinese culture classes in Maine schools during the 2011-12 school year met with Gov. Paul LePage on Aug. 22 as part of a daylong orientation to their new jobs.
Don Reutershan, Maine DOE’s world languages specialist, says it’s an exciting time to be involved in language instruction.
By Tess Wrobleski and Lynne Cooney
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