Interested in hosting a testing date at your school? Please contact tbwilliams@seattleschools.org to discuss details and schedule a date for this fall or spring. Last year over 10 schools hosted site-based testing days. Thank you educators for leading this work!

Avant ADVANCE ACTFL Standards Training

Read more here about this self-paced training available for clock hours. Interested? Sign up here. Sign up closes 11/1/2022 and licenses will be available to begin after 11/15/2022. You have one year to complete.

Organic World Language Wednesday Afternoon Trainings

This year we will once again offer Wednesday afternoon trainings with Organic World Language on Job-Alike Red Wednesdays. If you are interested please email tbwilliams@seattleshools.org so you can get the Outlook invite. Trainings are virtual. Dates are still being decided but will likely be December, January, February, and March.

Are you teaching a Heritage Spanish Speakers or Spanish for Spanish-Speakers course? If so, please join the teacher lead PLC. This PLC is available for clock hours and will meet 4 times this year. The dates are: Wednesdays - 11/2, 2/1, 3/1, 5/3 from 2:30 - 3:30pm.

The following topics will be discussed as well as more!

• Developing portfolio approach for students to demonstrate their growth and accomplishments over the year.
• Share strategies you are using to reaffirm identity and culture through language
• Share strategies and project design to build relationships, confidence, overcome language trauma and affirm all forms of language and bilingualism.
• Discuss program / course design – How are students finding out about this class and getting enrolled? What are good next step class options for students after this class?
• Other topics?

Interested in teaching a Heritage Spanish course? Reach out to tbwilliams@seattleschools.org

If you want to know more about Global Visionaries contact Sarah Popelka at SarahPopelka@global-visionaries.org

If you want to know more about CIEE contact Meghan Schumacher (WSHS Teacher) or Ian Hippensteele (Global Education Advisor) IHippensteele@ciee.org

Registration for OneWorld Now's 2022-2023 Afterschool Program is NOW OPEN! Choose from one of three tracks: the World Language Track - where you can study Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Korean, or Russian two days a week and earn high school credit; the Leadership Track - where you can develop your personal, societal, and global awareness and build skills to enact positive social change; or BOTH, which is called the Global Citizen Track. Virtual and in-person options are available. The deadline to register is October 2nd, but all classes may fill up beforehand. For complete details, go to oneworldnow.org/program or see the registration form at oneworldnow.formstack.com/forms/registration2022, and check out our video at https://vimeo.com/oneworldnow/asp22. If you have any questions, please email info@oneworldnow.org.