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Go Global Career Fair at Elmwood-Murdoch High School
Last Thursday December 11th we attended the Go Global Career Fair at Elmwood-Murdoch High School. People from different professions talked to students from 7th to 12th grade about career options for their future. Adolfo Carbon and Tamara Abella, representing the Spanish Resource Center of the Office of Education of the Embassy of Spain, gave a presentation on careers in language teaching.
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Meeting in Beatrice
Last Saturday, October 11th we had our fall meeting in Beatrice, Nebraska. There were visiting teachers from Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas, the three language and culture assistants from Nebraska and other people related to the program. We had a great time enjoying our meal at The Black Crow and it was a great opportunity to get to know the new teachers and assistants and to meet up with old friends. Here are some photos.
Fall retreats.
During the months of September and October we had our fall retreats. These are the workshops that we hold annually after the first weeks of every new school year. The title of the workshops is Taller para presentar, crear y poner en comœn materiales did cticos. They have a different format in each of the three states but the objective is the same: to share experiences and knowledge, especially between new and veteran teachers. In Kansas, we had six visiting teachers from China participating in the workshop. Here are the pictures:
Kansas
Iowa
Orientation courses for new visiting teachers
The orientations for new visiting teachers took place during the past few weeks. Nebraska and Kansas welcomed their teachers on July 21st. The orientation in Iowa started on August 6th. Here is the group of new teachers in Iowa with John O’Connell, Responsible Officer for the program, and John Scott, World Language Specialist for Iowa Department of Education.
"New teachers for the state of Iowas with the Responsible Officer, John O'Connell and the Education Advisor of the Embassy, Adolfo Carbon"
Carlos Lopez is welcomed in Arkansas City, Kansas
Carlos Lopez is a visiting teacher from Spain who arrived in Arkansas City, Kansas in August 2007. ArkCity.net talked to him at a banquet for new teachers.
Teacher's Shortage in Kansas, Victor in Marysville
Channel 49 visited Victor Relloso in Marysville and asked him about how he is adjusting to life in the midwest
In the Resources page, you'll find very interesting documents on several topics related to teaching in the United States. Thank you to all the participants in the working group for making these guides. They'll be a great help for next visiting teachers and assistants.
On Saturday, March 31st, participants of the on-line course "Design of Curriculum for Spanish as a World Language" attended a face-to-face meeting that closed this course. Take a look at the photos .
APRIL 23rd, INTERNATIONAL BOOK DAY
The Spanish Studies Institute in collaboration with the Nebraska Department of Education, and the University Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Education and Human Sciences, organizes a...POETRY CONTEST!
You can check the contest's guidelines in the Contest Flyer. And you can get some ideas for it in the document ideas and suggestions and in this powerpoint Presentación Poesía.
If you have any question feel free to contact us in the phone below or email us.
Every year we try to get together at least twice, in Spring and Fall. We usually organize a lunch with people from the three states: Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. We usually have visiting teachers, language and culture assistants, school administrators, university faculty, students and people interested in the language and culture of the Spanish speaking counties. The last time 52 people met for Lunch in Beatrice on April 14th, 2007. Our next meeting will be for lunch in Omaha on October 21st, 2007. Contact us if you would like to attend.
Thank you for your participation!
On October 8th, 2006 the celebration Dia de las Americas took place in Lincoln.
