Rhode Island AATG

When: July 22-27, 2007. Where: Davidson College (near Charlotte, NC). Application Deadline: First come, first serve.

July 22-27, 2007 - Davidson College Summer Institute - NC

The Davidson College Summer Institute offers a convenient, affordable, and intellectually stimulating summer format for German teachers to earn teaching certificate renewal credits (one Davidson credit, equivalent to four semester hours). All participants are enrolled in three mini-seminars, each meeting one and one-half hours daily for one week. The topics are "Didaktisches Arbeiten mit Spielen, Bildern, Liedern," "Deutsche Lyrik - 5 Tage, 5 Dichter," and "Jugendliche in neueren deutschen Filmen." $150 covers tuition, room, and board. Lunches are treated as German Tables, with the Institute faculty joining the participants for meals and conversation in German. Evenings will feature German films related to the seminar themes. Since all participants are expected to commit to speaking German only, the Institute is a weeklong Sprachbad. 15 participants will be admitted on a “first come, first served” basis, assuming appropriate credentials.

For further information contact Burkhard Henke at buhenke@davidson.edu or go to http://www.davidson.edu/german/summerinstitute

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When: June 25-August 6, 2007. Where: Stanford University. Application Deadline: March 1, 2007.

June 25-August 6, 2007 - Stanford University

Russell Berman will direct a summer seminar sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities on the topic of "German Exile Culture in California: European Traditions and American Modernity," at Stanford University, June 25-August 6, 2007. The application deadline is March 1, and information is available at http://germanexile.stanford.edu or by email to berman@stanford.edu

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Applicatoin Deadline: February 16, 2007.

Summer 2007 - Study Trip to Switzerland for German teachers

Presence Switzerland, in close cooperation with the Embassy of Switzerland, Washington, DC will sponsor a study trip for German language and culture teachers to experience Switzerland firsthand! A maximum of 15 selected applicants will travel to Switzerland for an organized group program of approximately 5 days (plus travel time) in the Summer of 2007 to gain a picture of Switzerland based on diverse encounters.

To be considered for this study trip you must have at least 5 years of teaching experience and also be committed to service work in the German language comunity so that you can bring what you learn on this trip not only into the classroom but also to language meetings, counseling sessions, and other speaking engagements, thus sharing your knowledge with a true cross-section of American society. Preference will also be given to middle-school, high-school and undergraduate college teachers.

Your flight to and from Switzerland as well as basic hotel accommodations, meals, group travel within Switzerland, and accident insurance will be covered by Presence Switzerland. Extra hotel amenitites such as minibar, telephone, pay-TV, as well as overseas health insurance coverage are the responsibility of the participants.

Application deadline: February 16, 2007
Candidates selected will be contacted in March/April 2007.
http://www.eda.admin.ch/washington_emb/e/home/culedu/educat/schol.html
Go to www.swissemb.org and click on "Culture & Education" then "Education & Training" and lastly on "Scholarships" At the bottom of the listing is an announcement about the trip and an application form

For information, please contact Daniela Stoffel, Head Cultural Affairs - daniela.stoffel@eda.admin.ch

Embassy of Switzerland
2900 Cathedral Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20008

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When: February 22-24, 2007; Application/Scholarship Deadline: $495 if by 12/15/2006; $545 thereafter. $200 scholarships available (applications by 12/15).

Language and Culture for International Business
A Workshop for Foreign Language Educators in Japanese, Spanish, German and French

OBJECTIVE: How to develop and teach a business language curriculum for varying needs
WHEN: February 22-24, 2007
WHERE: The University of Memphis
COST: Early registration fee of $495
SCHOLARSHIPS: $200 scholarships available
WORKSHOP LEADERS:

German: Bettina Cothran, Georgia Tech
French: Steven Sacco, San Diego St. U.
Japanese: Robert Russell, Brigham Young University
Spanish: Michael Doyle, U. of No. Carolina-Charlotte

WORKSHOP INFORMATION:
https://umdrive.memphis.edu/g-wangcenter/www/pages/for_lang_wksp.htm
ONLINE REGISTRATION: https://umdrive.memphis.edu/g-wangcenter/www/pages/for_lang_registration.htm
CONTACT: jtutor@memphis.edu

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College Board AP Course Audit - Why? When? What?
Instructions for German Teachers
To receive authorization from the College Board to label a 2007-08 course "AP," each AP teacher must submit two important documents related to the course:

• the subject-specific AP Course Audit form and
  
• a course syllabus
  

Timeline
January 2007
Principals receive user account information for submitting the school's AP Course Audit materials through the Web.
Schools can begin submitting AP Course Audit forms and course syllabi through a Web-based process for 2007-08 course authorizations

June 1, 2007
Deadline for Submitting AP Course Audit Materials for 2007-08 Courses
Schools may submit their materials after the June 1 deadline; however the College Board cannot guarantee that courses submitted for review after this deadline will be authorized in time to be included in the first edition of the ledger of authorized AP courses provided to colleges and universities in November 2007. Colleges and universities will be informed of subsequently authorized courses via periodic updates to the ledger.

November 2007
Colleges and universities can review a ledger listing all schools offering authorized AP courses as well as the names of all courses authorized at each school. The ledger will also be available to the public.

Important Web sites

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/46361.html

Course Audit Resources for Teachers and Administrators

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/150356.html

Includes:

• links to course specific resources for AP German (bottom of page) -- course requirements, samples of evidence, example textbook list & 4 sample syllabi (notes point out which requirements are met by the different points listed in this syllabus);
  
• course audit manual,
  
• syllabus self-evaluation checklist
  
• registration for an Online presentation about AP course audit process (Dec.14) (you can also view an archived event from October)

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Register by November 17, 2006

GAIN (German Academic International Network) is an interdisciplinary contact and information forum for German scientists and scholars in North America. The network provides this unique group with the opportunity to communicate with each other and to stay abreast of the latest developments in higher education and research in Europe and Germany. GAIN is a cooperation of DAAD, the German Research Foundation (DFG), and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH), all organizations furthering the international academic and scientific exchange. The next GAIN meeting will center around the "Excellence Initiative" of the German higher education system, and will inform participants about new opportunities for scholars and scientists at the universities singled out through the intiative. Participants will have the chance to hear from one of the most successful universities in the Excellence Initiative, the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Munich (LMU). The event will take place in cooperation with the consortium German University Alliance (FU Berlin/LMU).

The informational event, including a wine and cheese reception, will take place in four US cities on four consecutive days:

**CAMBRIDGE, Tuesday November 28, 2006 (6pm)**
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Belfer Building, Weil Town Hall, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
www.ksg.harvard.edu/main/directions.htm

**CHICAGO, Wednesday, November 19, 2006 (6pm)**
Goethe-Institut Chicago, 150 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 200, Chicago, lllinois 60601 www.goethe.de/ins/us/chi/knt/anf/enindex.htm

**SAN DIEGO, Thursday, November 30, 2006 (6:30pm)**
UCSD, Institute of the Americas, Weaver Center, 10111 North Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037
www.iamericas.org/background/directions.html
**SAN FRANCISCO, Friday, December 1, 2006 (6pm)** Goethe-Institut San Francisco, 530 Bush Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108
www.goethe.de/ins/us/saf/knt/anf/enindex.htm

Please register by November 17 to Katja Simons, GAIN Project Director, simons@daad.org, Tel: 212.758.3223 ext. 217

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Postmark Deadline for January testing: November 10, 2006

The National German Exam is administered each year to high school students on the second, third and fourth level of German language study for measurement, placement and diagnostic purposes. Outstanding secondary students can compete for a three- to four-week study trip to Germany, with a family stay and attendance at a Gymnasium and participation in tours.

Testing period: December 11, 2006 - January 17, 2007
Deadline for December testing: October 27
Deadline for January testing: November 10

Click here for the order form.

NEW THIS YEAR: One CD will be sent with each test order, containing all three level. Teachers are encouraged to make copies if necessary.

The National Association of Secondary School Principals has placed this program on the NASSP National Advisory List of Contests and Activities for 2006-2007.

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Sunday, November 5, 2006 at the Hotel Viking in Newport, Rhode Island

Workshop on Teaching Foreign Languages to Engineering Students
November 5, 2006 in Newport, Rhode Island
Please join us and come to Newport, Rhode Island for this workshop on how to integrate technical German at all levels of instruction. While the workshop will be held in English, all examples and illustrations are written with the German instructor in mind. A review of materials and 100+ page handout with exercises, syllabi, articles, teaching ideas, etc. will be provided to participants. The workshop is held in conjunction with the 9th Annual International Colloquium on International Engineering Education, a conference organized to provide engineering and language educators, international program administrators, deans, provosts, presidents, corporate leaders, as well as public sector representatives a forum for discussing and sharing ideas and practices pertaining to the education of American engineers for today's global workplace. Workshop fee: $100. For more information, please contact Damon Rarick (rarick.uri@gmail.com) or Walter von Reinhart (waltaire@uri.edu) or visit our website at http://www.uri.edu/iep/colloquia/2006.

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Deadline: November 15, 2006

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,

das Goethe-Institut hat kürzlich mit der Millersville University, PA, vereinbart, dass Lehrer 1-3 graduate credits für die Fortbildungsseminare des Goethe-Instituts in Deutschland bekommen können. Alle Informationen darüber findet man auf der Website von Millersville U., unter “Teacher training seminars in Germany" (links): http://mustang.millersville.edu/~globaled/goethe.php
Obwohl auf dieser Website leider nicht steht, dass es sich um GRADUATE credits handelt, sind es tatsächlich graduate credits (von der Deutschabteilung).

Wir möchten bei dieser Gelegenheit noch einmal daran erinnern, dass die Bewerbungsfrist fuer ein Fortbildungsstipendium der 15.11.06 ist. Bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt muss die Bewerbung (mit 2 Passfotos!) bei Jörg Frey, Goethe-Institut Boston, 170 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02116 eingegangen sein.

Die notwendigen Anmeldeformulare findet man unter www.goethe.de/fortbildung
Herzlichen Gruss,
Jörg Frey

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