Summary 
4/17/00 meeting at Lincoln High School 3:40-5:00 PM

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John Stanford International School at Latona Elementary
Mission:  To Educate and prepare all students to achieve today 
and tomorrow in a global community and economy.
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recorder: Michele Anciaux

NEXT MEETINGS:

May 1  3:45-5:15 at Lincoln - Planning Meeting

UPDATES FROM 4/17/00 MEETING

1.  KAREN - CLARIFY RUMORS

*  JSIS is receiving some free books from the Spanish Embassy.

*  Michele Anciaux's role is to help align the Math & Science curriculum
for K-1 Spanish immersion (based on District/State standards for Math & 
Science) with the National Standards for Foreign Language.  She is 
also looking at how to modify the Primary Years Program Planner
to include a language compoent.

* Social Studies curriculum at JSIS will be based on the Tahoma
curriculum plus fitting in Spanish-speaking areas of the world. 
Dolly is developing this curriculum and will provide it for review
by the other teachers.  It will be in English.
  K - Central America
  1 - Mexico
  2-3 - South America (corresp. to Tahoma - South America & Africa)
  4-5 - Spain (corresp. to Tahoma - Europe)

2.  ANNOUNCEMENTS

*  Computer classs on Using Internet for Curriculum Development
(several teachers plan to attend)

*  FIUTS (Anita Croft) can arrange for foreign students to help out
in the BOC (Bilingual Orientation Center), ESL classes or others.
She's also looking for someone from JSIS to volunteer for FIUTS board.

*  Staffing needs:
    K - Spanish immersion (Math/Science)
    BOC, ESL, Spanish FLES, 2nd grade

*  Funding for JSIS will increase in May due to larger enrollment
projections

3.  PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAM REPORT (from training)
Concie, Margretta, Nani, and Sandra Hernandes (from UW)

Concie & Nani presented an overview of how to use the PYP
planner to plan for a unit of study.  The goal is for the teachers
to think about units they are creating for next year and use the
planner to create at least one unit to teach next year (could
be existing unit or new one, like science).

The PYP planner is apparently not generally used for Math
or Foreign Language.

[I will send out a separate Email with my notes on the planner
itself since there were many interesting points. MA]

4.  WORKSHOPS AT TESOL IN VANCOUVER

*  Dolly and Mercedes attended a workshop on "Enriched
Education Programs" - programs which have the goals of:
 - proficiency in Language 1 and Language 2
 - full competence in academics
 - cross-cultural understanding

There were several handouts from a book we have on 
"Dual Language Instruction: A Handbook for Enriched
Education."

[More about this in separate Email.  MA]

*  Valerie reported on several sessions she went to at the 
American Assoc. of Applied Language (?), such as

 - Young Children & Language Learning (allow children to work
in L1 or L2).

 - Gender in Language  (who prefers speaking vs. reading)

 - Getting "Framed"  (how we frame success options for kids
based on stereotypes - both at home and at school)

When you speak and interact with the language, you perceive
yourself differently ("I am a Spanish speaker), but if you only
read/write, you view language as an object.