Wednesday, October 15, 2008

8 am – Noon

Immersion School Visits

• Yinghua Academy (Chinese K-3)
• Park Spanish Immersion (Spanish K-6)
• Normandale French Immersion (French K-5)
• Emerson Spanish Immersion Learning Center (Spanish-English K-8)
• Highland Park Junior High (Continuation Spanish & French 7-8)
  
  

Thursday, October 16, 2008

8 am – 6 pm

Registration

9 am – Noon

Pre-Conference Workshops

• Constructing Language Assessments in Indigenous Languages to Inform Immersion Instruction
• Developing a K-12 Chinese Language Curriculum Framework: A Critical Component to Building Functional Proficiency in Immersion
• Language Awareness: Examining the Role of Language in Society
• Listening Comprehension and Oral Proficiency Assessment for PreK-8 Immersion Programs
• Literacy-Based ESL and Cross-Language Connections: Adding to the Best Practice Repertoire of TWI Teachers
• Principal and School Administrator Competencies in the One-Way Foreign Language Immersion and Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Contexts
• Promoting the Whole Child’s Growth and Fluency: Louisiana French Immersion and the Reggio Philosophy (IN FRENCH)
• Secondary Immersion: Making the Connection between Complex Content and Advanced Academic Language

1 – 4 pm

Pre-Conference Workshops

• Assessing Reading and Writing in the Target Language: Tools to Guide Instruction
• Building Program Evaluation Capacity and Skills for Immersion Practitioners
• Indigenous Immersion Teacher Education: Three Perspectives
• Integrating Multiple Languages in Immersion: A European Example
• Kōhanga Reo - Maori Pre-School Immersion: Successes and Challenges
• Language, Literacy and Vocabulary Development in the Immersion Classroom
• Parent Involvement Strategies to Support Your Immersion Program
• Struggling Immersion Learners: Research-Based, Practitioner-Informed Responses

5 pm

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Keynote: Immersion Education: Intercultural Competence for Tomorrow's Global Citizens
     Myriam Met

6:30 pm

Reception and Cash Bar

Friday, October 17, 2008

8:30 am

Theme I Plenary: Immersion Pedagogy
    Roy Lyster

10:00 am

Symposia (2 hours)
10:00 Breakout Sessions
11:15 Breakout Sessions

12:15 pm

Lunch and Exhibits

1:45 pm

Theme 2 Plenary: Culture and Identity
     Kauanoe Kamanā and Bill "Pila" Wilson

3:00 pm

Symposia (2 hours)
3:00 Breakout Sessions
4:15 Breakout Sessions

5:15 pm

Networking / Cash Bar

Saturday, October 18, 2008

8:30 am

Theme 3 Plenary: Policy and Advocacy
     Philip Hoare

10:00 am

Symposia (2 hours)
10:00 Breakout Sessions
11:15 Breakout Sessions

12:15 pm

Lunch and Exhibits

1:45 pm

Symposia (2 hours)
1:45 Breakout Sessions
3:00 Breakout Sessions

4:15 pm

Theme 4 Plenary: Program Development and Evaluation
     Fred Genesee

5:15 pm

Adjourn