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Friday |
Topics |
Main
target groups |
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9:00 am |
Breakfast until 11:30 |
Coffee, tea, rolls, jelly, cheese |
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10:00 am |
Welcome & brief introduction
to Albert Einstein School |
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* 20
min. time slots; you can stay longer |
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Parents
of initiatives & administrators
Participants are probably majority
parents & administrators from So Cal) |
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10:30-10:50 |
Kindergarten (2 classes in German) |
2nd grade (2 classes in English) |
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11:00-11:20 |
3rd grade (2 classes in German)
4th grade (1 class in German) |
3rd grade (1 class in English) 4th grade (1class in English) 5th grade (1 class in English) |
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11:25-12:45 |
1st grade (2 classes in German) |
1st grade (2 calsses in English) |
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12:45-1:05 |
2nd grade (2 classes in German) |
2nd grade (2 classes in English) |
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~
1:15 Lunch break |
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Coffee & tea & cookies all afternoon |
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2:00 pm |
Questions
and answers (AEACS) |
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3:00 |
In a
nutshell: Accomplishing school initiatives; initiating
schools in cooperation with districts
Participants
present their experience & receive answers by school
representatives who have done it |
Giving and receiving: (Planning
for an immersion school / learning from others.
What can you contribute
to facilitate more German American immersion schools?
You will get support! |
Please
prepare for short statements |
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4:30 |
Possible ZfA
support (Kohlmeier) |
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5:00 |
Here after enjoy San Diego’s
Gaslamp Quarter |
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Saturday
Tentative |
Topics
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Main Target Groups |
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7:30 |
Breakfast |
Coffe, tea, rolls, jelly, cheese |
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8:00 |
Albert
Einstein Academy: Concept & experiences
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Administrators, teachers, parents
(AEACS)
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Questions &
answers |
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9:00 |
Beginning
of core Conference(AEACS,
Kohlmeier) |
Administrators, teachers, parents |
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9:30 |
Assessment
for German American immersion schools. An overview about
American options.
Ursula Lentz
of
CARLA |
Administrators, teachers, parents |
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There is a plan to
develop assessments for German American immersion elementary
schools sponsored by
ZfA
in cooperation with
CARLA |
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10:30 |
Coffee
break |
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Coffee
& tea & cookies all day |
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Extra Cool for Teachers: |
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10:45
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Language assessments
ZfA
can provide and how ZfA can support development of
assesments (Kohlmeier) |
Administrators, teachers, parents |
10:45 |
International Baccalaureat
at our school: IB coordinators present their IB practice
AEACS +
GAIS + ???) |
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11:30 |
Assessments: Schools report & present their practice (bring
samples, please)
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Administrators, teachers, (***parents) |
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~ 12:00 |
Lernstrategien fuer Gruppenarbeiten
Maike Silver & Peter
Metzger German American International School of San Francisco |
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1:00 pm |
Lunch
Break |
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Starting one hour after lunch with Dorothee |
Refunds as indicated here |
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1:45 |
Lernstrategien continued |
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1:45 |
Assessments continued
Administrators define what kind of assessments need to be worked
out; task force to be implemented; financing: ZfA |
Administrators, teachers, (***parents) |
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~2:30 |
Assistant
Teachers at Immersion Schools (For schools
participating for their first year Amity does the job for
free!!!) (AMITY) |
Administrators, teachers, parents |
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~ 3:00 |
Coffee
break |
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3:15 |
‘Importing’ teachers
from abroad: credentials, recruitment, visa, preparation etc. (AMITY) |
Administrators, teachers, parents
We might also want to figure out ways to prepare
European teachers for American immersion schools |
3:15 |
Visiting
& hosting immersion teachers
present their best practice plus general exchange |
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~3:45 |
Fundraising: “How
we do it” Benefits of a 501C3; how to start and use it;
fundraising best practice (May Harrris
AEA Kinder Foundation, doing the job very successfully for
several schools) |
Administrators, teachers, parents |
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Among others: Peter: Erstellung und Verwendung von
Hoerdateien im Immersionsunterricht
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~5:45 |
Conclusions
& perspectives |
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6:15 |
End of
conference |
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