The 2011 NMELRC Program Building and Maintenance Workshop and Western Consortium Evaluation Workshop will be held at U.T. Austin this July.
The MNELRC Program Building and Maintenance workshop (July 27-28) is for Program Directors, Administrators, Coordinators and Lead Teachers of Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish, and will be conducted by:
Mahmoud Al-Batal (Arabic)Roberta Micallef (Turkish)Pardis Minuchehr (Persian)Vardit Ringvald (Hebrew)Ben Rifkin, Professor of Russian and Dean of the College of New JerseySam Eisen, Office of Post-secondary Education, U.S. Department of EducationTopics include:
Developing program vision, goals, and learning outcomesBringing program vision to fruitionEnhancing motivation for students and teachersDeveloping content-based instructionLeveraging intensive studyProviding training opportunities for new and in-service teachers
The Western Consortium Middle East Language Program Evaluation Workshop will be held July 29-July 31.
Key Trainer: John Norris: U HawaiiOverview of key language program evaluation principlesPractical tools for measuring success and better focusing program resourcesFor complete details, visit the NMELRC website.
