CLTA-WA 2016 Summer Workshop
Using Technology to Engage Students in Creative and Curious Learning
Presenter: Kristie Bennett
Skyline High School – Sammamish, WA
Sponsor: Washington Association for Language Teaching (WAFLT)
Date: Sunday, August 21, 2016
Time: 1:00pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Library, University Prep
8000 25th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115
Cost: Free for members; $20.00 for non-members
(CLTA-WA annual membership fee: $30.00 for 07/01/2016—06/30/2017)
Registration: here
The participants who attend the workshop in its entirety will receive 3 clock hours from WAFLT. No partial clock hours will be given.
Refreshments will be provided. CLTA-WA Homepage: https://jxi.ywi.mybluehost.me/
Workshop Program (Please bring a laptop/tablet):
1:00 – 2:00 Presentation: Tools and Tips for Using Technology to Engage Students
2:00 – 3:00 Small Group Brainstorming Session
3:00 – 4:00 Independent Work Time to Implement Ideas
Workshop description:
Presentation – Tools and Tips for Using Technology to Engage Students:
Students are creative and curious by nature, so it’s imperative to appeal to this nature in education. By allowing students to be creative and curious in the classroom, we can increase engagement and retention across all subjects. Technology offers us many new and exciting tools that can help us reach this goal. Our presenter, Kristie Bennett, will share some tools and tips that she has encountered that can be applied in our classrooms. The presentation will offer a brief overview of numerous different tools available to teachers to provide as many options as possible to foster further discussion.
Brainstorming Session:
Following the presentation, participants will break into small groups to brainstorm ways they could apply the technologies and tools presented in their own classroom. By engaging in conversation with our colleagues, we will get a range of perspectives and unique ideas, further prompting our own creativity and inspiring us to try new things in our classrooms. Following small group brainstorming, we will compile our ideas visually using Answer Garden
Individual Work Session:
We will end the day with an individual work session. Teachers can work on their own or continue working with a partner to develop lessons, ideas, or projects to implement in their classrooms and curriculum. The goal is to immediately apply our learning so that we have something to walk away with that can directly benefit us in the coming school years.
About Kristie Bennett:
Kristie Bennett has been teaching Physics, IB Physics, and Astronomy at Skyline High School in Sammamish, WA, as well as Astronomy at University of Washington since 2012. She is currently pursuing her National Boards certification in Adolescent and Young Adult Science with an emphasis in physics and astronomy.
For the past 2 years, Kristie has served as Educational Technology Specialist for Skyline. Using her passion for education and her love of technology, she has developed a conference series designed to help teachers find new and exciting ways to implement technology in their classrooms. Kristie enjoys cuddling her cat, Schrödinger, talking about Pluto, making video games, and finding new ways to make science (and learning) accessible to all ages!
Kristie’s Inspiration:
“I have no special talents; I am only passionately curious.” –Albert Einstein
Teaching Writing: Instructional Scaffolding and Lesson Planning
中文写作之教学实践
Presenter: Nyan-Ping Bi
Senior Lecturer, Department of Asian Language and Literature, University of Washington
Co-sponsors: East Asia Center, University of Washington
Department of Asian Language and Literature, University of Washington
Date: Saturday, September 17, 2016
Time: 1:00pm – 4:30 pm
Location: Thomson Hall 101, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
Cost: Free for members; $10.00 for non-members
(CLTA-WA annual membership fee: $30.00 for 07/01/2016—06/30/2017)
Registration:
Online registration: here
Sign-ins and onsite registration: 12:30-1:00, Saturday, September 17, 2016
The participants who attend the workshop in its entirety will receive 3 clock hours from East Asia Center, UW. No partial clock hours will be given. Refreshments will be provided.
CLTA-WA Homepage: https://jxi.ywi.mybluehost.me/
Workshop Description (Workshop conducted in Mandarin Chinese):
中文写作之教学实践
Teaching Writing: Instructional Scaffolding and Lesson Planning
The workshop will first help its participants examine what criteria should be considered when designing writing lessons. Secondly, it will facilitate participants in developing a road map that monitors their planning and implementation when
teaching writing. The goals of the workshop are 1) to familiarize participants with teaching strategies that meet their instructional needs and motivate their students to become active learners when completing writing tasks; and 2) to help participants produce a framework of writing lessons that they can experiment with in class after the workshop. The workshop will provide hands-on practice and participants are expected to share their ideas and experiences with each other. The workshop also encourages participants, before attending, to inventory the challenges they have encountered when teaching writing.
The following announcement has been posted as a courtesy only. Please contact the organizations listed in for more information. However, if you are interested in applying for the CLTA-WA scholarship which can be used for the 2016 WAFLT–COFLT, please see CLTA-WA Professional Development Grant Application.
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The 2016 WAFLT-COFLT Joint Conference will take place at Sheraton Portland Airport on October 13-15, 2016. The conference is hosted jointly by WAFLT and COFLT. Conference Fees:
Hotel Guide A block of rooms at the Sheraton has been reserved for the conference. Rooms include complimentary wi-fi. Room rates: Conference Address Parking |
***The following announcement was posted as a courtesy. Please contact CIWA directly for any question***
Please join us to celebrate the 2016 Confucius Institute Day. This year, we will host a three hour educational event and cultural experience at Skyline High School. This event is sponsored by the Confucius Institute of the State of Washington.
Location: Skyline High School
1122 228th Ave SE, Sammamish, WA 98075
Date: Sunday October 23rd, 2016
Time: 1:00-4:00
Details:
Travel throughout China in one Afternoon! The afternoon event will take attendees throughout China’s major cities and provinces. Different from the previous CI Day events, this will be a student-created event. There will be various booths representing different cities and provinces of China and showcasing that location’s special characteristics. Participants will experience hands on activities throughout the afternoon.
Attendees will explore…
Beijing
Shanghai
Chongqing
Sichuan
Guangxi
…
A total of 15 places to explore!
2016 CLTA-WA Fall Workshop
Multiple Intelligences in the Language Classroom: Vocabulary Galore – Activities for all Levels and Diverse Learning Styles
Presenters: Paloma Borreguero, Lakeside School, Seattle
Dr. Debbie Bensadon, Lakeside School, Seattle
Debby Heath, Lakeside School, Seattle
Co-sponsors: Confucius Institute of the State of Washington (CIWA)
East Asia Center, the Henry M. Jackson School of international Studies,
University of Washington
Date: Sunday, November 6th, 8:30am – 1:30pm
Location: Room 101, Thomson Hall, University of Washington
Cost: Free for CLTA-WA members; $15.00 for non-members (CLTA-WA annual membership fee: $30.00 for July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017)
Registration: https://goo.gl/zqaOG6
Refreshments will be provided. Participants who attend the workshop in its entirety will receive 4 clock hours from University of Washington. No partial clock-hours will be given.
Workshop Description:
The presenters will present a variety of activities that take into consideration the different learning styles of students and exploit their different intelligence. Research shows that human intelligence is a collection of different intelligences (verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, Spatial, Musical, Bodily-Kinesthetic) and by taking this into account activities can be designed to enhance the acquisition of vocabulary for students with diverse learning styles.
Schedule:
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-11:00 Presentation
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30-1:30 Presentation
About Presenters:
Paloma Borreguero
Her love of teaching brought her to Lakeside School in 2005. Prior to that, she coordinated the Spanish Language Program at the University of Washington for 14 years, where she supervised the teaching assistants and new faculty as well as co-directed the Center for Spanish Studies, which organizes workshops, seminars, and working groups on topics related to the teaching of Spanish and research on language, literature and culture. She has taught at the elementary, high school, and university level, in public and private institutions both in Spain and the United States. In addition to teaching young people, her interest has always been in helping teachers develop professionally, which has led her to participate in and present at multiple national and international workshops and seminars. She has also worked with the Lakeside Mentoring Program to ensure that our new faculty members have a smooth transition. Currently, she directs the Lakeside Upper School Summer School Program that allows students from the greater Seattle area to take intensive credit and noncredit courses during the summer for six weeks. As a native of Madrid, Spain, she brings in elements of her culture; however, her deep affinity for all things Latin American makes her more Pan-Hispanic than purely Spanish. She has been fortunate to go with Lakeside students during the summers on our Global Service Learning trips (GSL) to the Dominican Republic, where she saw the theory of the classroom transform into the practicum of interacting with another culture and experience the personal growth of students. She loves people and listens to stories about them and learning about other cultures, so outside of school she likes traveling, reading and cooking.
Debbie Bensadon, Ph.D
Debbie Bensadon earned her Ph.D in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from the University of Pittsburgh.She was an assistant professor at Eckerd College for three years where she taught Spanish, Latin American Literature and freshman seminars. She is currently teaching her fifth year in Seattle at Lakeside School where she teaches all levels of the Spanish program. Dr. Bensadon left academia for high school education because she finds teaching to be most rewarding. For her, the teaching is not just about communicating effectively in Spanish, but rather a vehicle through which students can learn life skills to understand and engage with cultures and people that are different from themselves. In these terms, she prioritizes the development of cultural competency and critical thinking skills along with the learning of the language. One of the most rewarding moments in the teaching profession for her is seeing students exceed their own expectations and goals they set for themselves. Beyond the content, she considers that it is more important for students to feel confident and empowered and able to take on challenges both in and outside of the classroom.
Debby Heath
Originally from Buffalo, New York, she has been teaching Spanish for over 25 years in 4 different schools in California, Washington, and Switzerland. She is currently teaching Spanish in the Upper School at Lakeside School in Seattle, Washington. She started studying Spanish in middle school, and continued on in high school and college, further honing her skills as a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras. After returning to the U.S., she taught at the Overlake School in Redmond, Washington; Crossroad School of Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica, California and in Zermatt, Switzerland for an international program for American high school students. Her love of travel and learning has led her to live in Spain, Mexico, Honduras and Ecuador. In addition, she has traveled extensively through Cuba and Central America with her husband and two daughters, who are also bilingual. Together with her colleagues, she has presented at both local and national conferences. In her free time, she enjoys exploring the Cascade Mountains, roller blading, cycling, and spending time with her family.
The following announcement has been posted as a courtesy only. Please contact the organizations listed in for more information. However, if you are interested in applying for the CLTA-WA scholarship which can be used for the 2016 ACTFL conference, please see CLTA-WA Professional Development Grant Application.
2016 ANNUAL CONVENTION AND WORLD LANGUAGES EXPO
November 18-20, 2016
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, MA
(Pre-Convention Workshops – November 17, 2016)
The ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo is an international event bringing together more than 6,000 language educators from all languages, levels, and assignments. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive professional development experience that will have an impact on language educators at all levels of teaching and in turn impact their students to succeed in their language learning process. The program, which will feature more than 700 educational sessions in a variety of formats, will focus on innovative programs, emerging trends that impact the language profession, and research-informed practices. More than 250 companies will be exhibiting their latest products and services.
CLTA-WA 2017 Spring Workshop Call for Proposal
CLTA-WA Spring 2017 workshop is scheduled for Saturday, March 4, 2017, to be held at University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA. In an attempt to encourage and broaden presenter pool from within our membership as well as adding to member privileges, CLTA-WA would like to open up submission of workshop proposal from members in good standing. Please see below for workshop proposal information:
CLTA-WA’s mission is to “promote quality Chinese education in the state of Washington.” The spring workshop aims to create a new pathway for and access member talent by providing a forum for new and veteran presenters to share their professional knowledge and practices. We cordially invite members to submit proposals and attend the workshop.
TARGETED TOPICS:
Presentations: Proposals are solicited for individual or team (up to 2 members) presentations.
Workshop Focus Topics:
Differentiation strategies
Assessment measures: integrated performance assessment, formative & summative assessment
Reading strategies
PROPOSAL TIME LENGTH & CRITERIA
Total of 5 sessions for the day. Each presentation is allotted a total of 50 minutes, including a 10-minute Q & A session if appropriate.
Proposal should clearly be on issues related to the workshop focus stated above. Presentation may be based on original research (presenter wishes to use the workshop as a practice and can invite comments and inputs) or practical experience of tried and proven effective strategies.
An honorarium of $100.00 per session will be presented to presenter(s) as a token of appreciation.
Use attached form for proposal. clta-wa-2017-spring-workshop-presenter-proposal-form
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION AND TIME LINE:
send proposal to president@clta-wa.org Note: place name and contact on separate page of proposal as prepared for you in the attached proposal form.
proposal submission deadline: November 26th, 2016
notification of acceptance: January 15, 2016
If you have any questions regarding proposal submission, please contact the workshop
coordinators:
Jueichuan Hung: jhung@universityprep.org
Chunman Gissing: hungchunman@gmail.com
CLTA-WA invites you to join us for our
2017 Spring Workshop & Open House
Time:8:45 AM – 4:00 PM
Date:Saturday, March 4
Venue: Murray Board Room (WSC 108) Wheelock Student Center at the University of Puget Sound
Cost: Free, but donation welcome
Schedule and Workshop Description:
8:45 Sign in and Mingle
9:00 Workshop start: Welcome and Logistic Sharing:
9:10 – 10:30 Session I Strategies for Building Reading Capacity
Presenters: Shumei Zhu & Min Wang Laoshi -Naselle Grays River Valley School
Presenters will demonstrate how they use differentiated strategies in whole group mini lesson and small group instruction settings to teach reading and grammar based on student levels and individual needs.
10:40 – 12:00 Session II TPRS in Action
Presenter: Ching-Hsien Shu Laoshi – Cleveland High School
This presentation focuses on the principles and execution of TPRS. TPRS stands for “Teaching Proficiency Through Reading and Storytelling”. Presenter will demonstrate by leading a TPRS session on a chosen topic that follows the steps and command unique to TPRS!
12:00-1:00 Lunch and Visit
1:00-4:00 Session III The Art of Chinese Tea Drinking
Presenter: Professor Lotus Perry – University of Puget Sound
Participants will learn the history of Chinese tea drinking and gain insights about tea from sources such as Lu Yu’s Classic of Tea. This interactive, high energy and informative presentation will provide teachers with useful information on all things tea considered that can be used in their classrooms or in a similar presentation.
Please note:
- 3 or 6 clock hour will be awarded respectively for participants who attend the whole morning sessions or the whole day’s event in the entirety. No partial clock hour will be awarded.
- CLTA-WA will provide snack and light lunch items throughout the day. Participants are welcome to bring a sack lunch if desired. To help us better plan for the day, please register at your earliest convenience.
- To register, please go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevKuZMB7GCq3IJ4JR6gLh0TClvodaqyH5AtP_hwPlb2fAp3g/viewform(If clicking the link does not open registration page, pls copy and paste to register.)
CLTA-WA extends our sincere appreciation to the co-sponsors of this event:
- University of Puget Sound (UPS)
- Confucius Institute of the State of Washington (CIWA)
- Washington Association for Language Teaching (WAFLT)
Direction to UPS Campus:
http://www.pugetsound.edu/about/campus-the-northwest/visiting-puget-sound/directions/
Campus Map:
http://www.pugetsound.edu/files/resources/com17campusmap_r3.pdf
2017 Washington State Chinese Language and talent Competition will be hosted jointly by the Washington Association for American and Chinese Education (WAACE), Confucius Institute of the State of Washington (CIWA), Cultural Exploration of Greater China Foundation (CE) and Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction World Languages Program (OSPI-WL). It is co-sponsored by CLTA-WA.
The format and competition categories of the 2017 WA Chinese and Talent Competition will be different this year, but is anticipated to be just as exciting!
What’s NEW this year?
- Instead of the onsite competition, the 2017 WA Chinese Language and Talent Competition will be a VIDEO competition.
- There will be NO Chinese Chess, Drawing, and China Knowledge Bowl contests this year, but they will definitely be back in the near future with other new categories. We would love to see you compete in our other categories this year.
- In addition to the awards presentation, first place winners will be invited to perform live at the ceremony.
- Submissions will begin on March 7, 2017 and end on April 7, 2017.
- The award ceremony will still be held at Chief Sealth High School in late May.
- Contestants can submit their entries accompanied by entry form, release and waiver on the registration website. http://www.waace.org/wa-chinese-competition.html
- The winners of the competition will be notified by the end of April 2017.
- All the winning entries will be shared on WAACE’s web site and CIWA’s web site as resources to benefit Chinese teachers and learners.
For more information regarding the competition, please visit the registration website at http://www.waace.org/wa-chinese-competition.html.
If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to email competition@waace.org. We look forward to your participation again in 2017.