Members of the Washington State Coalition for International Education Steering Committee post items of interest to this blog.
On Saturday, May 21st you are invited to the International Schools Symposium at John Stanford International School (4057 5th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105). Please come spend the morning with colleagues from schools across the district and beyond and earn FREE CLOCK HOURS. This event is co-sponsored by the World Affairs Council Global Classroom Program and the Confucius Institute of the State of Washington. “Symposium" is a fancy word, but ours promises to be comfortable and…
“Our vision is to prepare students, in partnership with family and community, for global citizenship in an increasingly interdependent world.” SPS International Education Brochure (PDF) Seattle Public Schools has initiated a process for studying the impacts, risks, and benefits of sustaining and expanding Seattle’s International Schools and Dual Language Immersion programs through the establishment of an International Schools / Dual Language Immersion Task Force. The role of the task force is to gather, analyze,…
Ninth Heritage Language Research Institute From bilingual children to adult heritage speakers The University of Washington has the honor of hosting this year's Heritage Language Research Institute, organized by the National Heritage Language Research Center at UCLA. JUNE 15- 18, 2016 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE Director: Maria Polinsky (University of Maryland, College Park) Workshop Director: Maria Luisa Parra (Harvard University) Heritage languages are learned early in life, either simultaneously with the dominant language…
The 11th Annual Get Global Youth Conference is on May 21, 2016 Student-planned and student-led, the OWN Get Global Youth Conference is designed to empower youth and young social entrepreneurs to take action on important global issues. Register for Get Global 2016. OneWorld Now! students present dynamic workshops and inspiring “OWN Talks” to foster meaningful and intentional dialogue about the intersection of social justice issues, global issues, and the role of youth. OWN Get…
Learn what it takes to have a career in the Foreign Service! Students can attend a Careers in the Foreign Service panel from 3:45-5:00 PM on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at the Diplomacy Begins Here regional summit. The cost is $5. Speakers: Ambassador Lewis Lukens – Diplomat in Residence for the Northwest, U.S. Department of State Ms. Thao Hong – Boeing Commercial Airplanes & Ret. Foreign Service Officer Ambassador Roger A. Meece –…