Minnesota Advocates for Immersion Network acts collaboratively to support, enhance and educate others about language immersion in schools.
The Minnesota Advocates for Immersion Network (MAIN) was formed in 1998 to provide a structure for ongoing collaboration among representatives of Minnesota’s language immersion programs and immersion experts at the University of Minnesota’s (UMN) Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA), one of 15 national language resource centers i
06/28/2024
How indigenous Ainu people of Northern Japan are revitalising their language with Māori help | Newshub The Ainu language is listed as 'critically endangered', but language teacher Kenji Sekine is on a mission to keep it alive.
03/27/2024
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/visiting-professor-irish-language-1.7152477
Visiting professor promoting Irish language in New Brunswick | CBC News Gearóid Ó Treasaigh said a phenomenal number of people in the province are thrilled to talk about their Irish background or heritage.
09/20/2023
Education Dept prioritizes increasing multilingual educators The department plans to focus a federal grant program designed to improve English learner instruction toward curbing multilingual educator shortages.
09/20/2023
First school year underway at St. Paul's new East African Magnet School Tuesday marks one week since St. Paul's new East African Magnet School officially opened its doors to hundreds of students.
05/10/2023
03/24/2023
https://carla.umn.edu/institutes/2023/schedule.html
Announcing 2023 CARLA Summer Institutes! Professional development for language teachers
01/16/2023
Great opportunities for DLI educators. Good to see CARLA offering PD for DLI specifically. It’s been a while.
Workshop series for dual language immersion educators:
"Building Raciolinguistic Justice with Critical Consciousness in Dual Language Bilingual Education"
Register now for one or both of these affordable workshops!
https://carla.umn.edu/presentations/index.html -dble1
09/23/2022
THIS is what Advocacy looks like!
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10158537893706927&id=250439041926&mibextid=ma8js8
CABE calls on all advocates for LTELs to immediately call the Governor’s office at (916) 445-2841 and urge him to sign AB 1868. Here's a sample message:
"Hello, my name is _______and I am asking the Governor to sign AB 1868 by Assembly Member Rivas. This important bill will help California to have the data it needs to paint a picture of what our Long-Term English Learner students will need to be successful. Please support our students by signing AB 1868."
To view or download the CABE/Californians Together's support letter to Governor Newsom, click here: https://lnkd.in/gHEMnHJg
08/25/2022
Lucky residents in the State of Washington! Dual language for all K-8 by 2040.
Listen or read, 3 minutes.
State Superintendent plans to expand dual language education across WA OLYMPIA, Wash.-