CARLA X040 - b7.29: Seals of Biliteracy: Establishing and Expanding Programs in Schools or Districts (3-day synchronous online institute)
Description
- Institute Type: 3-day online—synchronous
- Target Audience: secondary language teachers and/or administrators who are interested in establishing or expanding a Seal of Biliteracy program in their school or district.
This institute provides secondary educators with tools to support the establishment and/or expansion of Bilingual Seals programs equitably and locally. Participants will grow their expertise in how to promote and recruit students to the program; how to select and administer appropriate assessments; and how to award and recognize seal accomplishments.
Participants will have the opportunity to engage in tool development and to create materials they can use for seal promotion and administration. The institute will provide opportunities for participants to develop world language curricular analysis and advocacy skills to support great access and equity in their state’s Seal Award.
Instructors
Andrew Fiegen is a Ph.D. Student in the Multilingual Education program in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota. He works with the initial licensure teacher education programs for both elementary and multilingual classroom settings. Prior to his doctoral studies, he was a K-12 teacher in US public schools and international schools.
Kendall A. King is a Professor of Multilingual Education at the University of Minnesota, where she teaches and conducts research on language policy, sociolinguistics and child bilingualism and second language learning. She has published widely on the educational and familial practices impacting language use, language learning and social equity and served locally and nationally as an advocate for multilingualism and multilingual education.
Ayumi Stockman is the World Languages Education Specialist at the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE). Prior to joining the MDE, Ayumi worked in the Minneapolis Public Schools for almost 20 years as a teacher of Japanese and ESL and the district world languages specialist. She supported teachers and programs of various languages including ASL, Arabic, Chinese, Native American languages, and heritage languages such as Hmong and Somali. Her expertise includes curriculum development, teacher professional development, instructional support, and equitable implementation of the Minnesota Bilingual Seals program in an urban school district.
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