4th Annual GWATFL Spring Immersion Day
April 29, 2017
9 AM -2 PM
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National Cathedral School 3612 Woodley Road NW Washington, DC 20016 The conference will be in Hearst Hall Building, South Entrance (off Wisconsin Ave.)
You may pay in the Cathedral Parking Garage. Parking will be validated This video we posted on Instagram can help you identify the building and the entrance. Directions here |
Come and participate in our Spring Conference, for language educators featuring sessions that focus on innovative programs, emerging trends and best practices.
Discover new strategies and resources and network with colleagues. Session in the target language and best practice sessions and workshops in English. Bring a device to participate in our hands-on sessions.
As always, breakfast and lunch are included with registration.
Discover new strategies and resources and network with colleagues. Session in the target language and best practice sessions and workshops in English. Bring a device to participate in our hands-on sessions.
As always, breakfast and lunch are included with registration.
Opening Session
Multilingual ≠ Multicultural: Challenging Assumptions in the World Language Classroom
Rachelle Adams and Anna Gilcher
“Language is a tool that enables us to expand our chances of learning about the lives and values of people throughout the world as well as promoting heart-to-heart exchanges.” --Daisaku Ikeda
World language educators are uniquely poised to be leaders in creating multicultural schools and communities, but we are often given a pass because we assume multiculturalism is inherent to multilingualism. When multiculturalism occurs, a community recognizes differences and similarities that exist in various cultures, and supports equity and social justice for all members. In this workshop we will explore the differences between multilingualism and multiculturalism and where they intersect. Teachers will leave with concrete strategies and skills to build empowering, multicultural classrooms.
Rachelle Adams and Anna Gilcher
“Language is a tool that enables us to expand our chances of learning about the lives and values of people throughout the world as well as promoting heart-to-heart exchanges.” --Daisaku Ikeda
World language educators are uniquely poised to be leaders in creating multicultural schools and communities, but we are often given a pass because we assume multiculturalism is inherent to multilingualism. When multiculturalism occurs, a community recognizes differences and similarities that exist in various cultures, and supports equity and social justice for all members. In this workshop we will explore the differences between multilingualism and multiculturalism and where they intersect. Teachers will leave with concrete strategies and skills to build empowering, multicultural classrooms.
Rachelle Adams is Founder and CEO of Elevate Education Consulting. She loves teaching Spanish to youth and adults alike, which is necessary to build the capacity of future world citizens and opens doors to the kinds of cross-cultural dialogues our global community requires. Rachelle writes curriculum for organizations specializing in student travel, trains and supports teachers in developing their Comprehensible Input practice, and presents nationally and internationally on creating culturally and diversity responsive teaching practice.
www.elevateeducationconsulting.com |
Anna Gilcher is an independent French teacher, teacher trainer, and coach in the Washington, DC area. She has been a presenter and coaching team member at the National TPR Storytelling conference and regularly presents workshops around the country on teaching with comprehensible input and creating diversity-responsive classrooms. Since 2014 Anna has been a College Board AP Reader. She is also Academic Director for the Aumazo, Inc. tutoring program in Bankondji, Cameroon. Anna holds a PhD in 19th-century French literature from Duke University.
www.annagilcher.com |
Thanks to
NCS for hosting and supporting our Spring Immersion Day Conference.
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