Arabic-L:PEDA:AFL State Certification in Michigan

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1) Subject:AFL State Certification in Michigan

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Date: 08 Apr 2004
From:AyoubyK at Dearborn.k12.mi.us
Subject:AFL State Certification in Michigan


ANNOUNCEMENT:

Dear List Members (particularly, Michigan AFL professionals)

On behalf of myself and State of Michigan Board of Education member, Ms.
Marianne McGuire, as co-chairs of the "Arabic as a Foreign Language
Teacher Certification Exploratory Committee", I would like to announce
the intention of the Exploratory Committee to expand its preliminary
work by transforming itself into the "Arabic as a Foreign Language
Teacher Certification Ad Hoc Taskforce" of the Michigan State Board of
Education to look into the process of making Arabic a fully
"certificate-able" language for teaching in Michigan schools.

Having made a case for the need to look into establishing Arabic as
subject matter for professional certification, the "exploratory
committee", would like to invite interested parties, especially
professionals in higher education and in private school and charter
school quarters to join the Taskforce. The purpose of the Taskforce is
to develop recommendations to the State Board of Education in order for
said body to institute Arabic as a state recognized subject matter of
study, thereby also, allowing for state licensure of teachers of Arabic
in the K-12 level arena. In other words, Arabic and AFL teachers would
have the same legal/professional standing as teachers of French, German
or Spanish who are "certificated" to teach in the public schools.
Please, contact me at the email address stated above.

Current members of the Exploratory Committee are:

Ms. Marianne Y. McGuire, Co-Chair
Mr. Kenneth K. Ayouby, Co-Chair
Dr. Albert Harp, Principal, McDonald Elementary School
Ms. Nabila Barada-Hammami, AFL Teacher, Fordson High School
Ms. Nauf Abu-Dib, AFL Teacher, Dearborn High School
Mr. Abdul Hamid Mackie, Educator and Community Activist

The Taskforce is intended to have a membership of thirty AFL interested
stakeholders.

Regards,

Kenneth K. Ayouby, Ed.S.


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