Conference 2010

Theme             
Multilingual Multicultural Minnesota will bring together many of the languages and cultures taught in Minnesota schools for one common professional development event.

Languages and Levels         
All languages taught in Minnesota schools: American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, Classical Languages, French, German, Hebrew, Hmong, Japanese, Minnesota Indigenous Languages, Somali, Spanish, and Persian. Whether you teach in kindergarten or the university, you will find sessions of interest to you. 

Keynote Address

Dana Mortenson of World Savvy will tell us why and how to enhance students' knowledge of global issues and skills for global citizenship.  Dana won one of the 2010 40 Under 40 Leadership Awards and is an expert on international studies.

Thursday Afternoon Workshops at Brooklyn Center High School

• Minnesota Language Proficiency Assessments Rater Training Workshop
• Web 2.0 Tools to Build Cultural Competency
• Meeting the Needs of Heritage Language Learners in Spanish

• Cultural Storytelling
• Solving mysteries
  
• Global Competence
• Common Assessments
• Cultural and Technology Integration
• Translation and Interpretation
• Addressing the Achievement Gap
• Art, Music, and Literature                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  

Stay onsite for a relaxing conference experience

Embassy Suites Brooklyn Center 
6300 Earle Brown Drive