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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We welcome you to join us at Virginia International University for our second session this fall of the
<i>Voices from the Field </i>Speaker Series!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our guest speaker, <b>Jennifer Forney</b>, will be giving a talk titled
<b><i>“</i></b><b>Third Culture Kids and Cross Cultural Kids: Understanding our Highly Mobile Students in the Classroom</b><b>.”</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><u>Date</u>: Thursday, October 2, 2014<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><u>Time</u>: 2:00-3:00pm<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><u>Location</u>: Waples Mill Conference Room, 11200 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, VA 22030<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Third Culture Kids (TCK’s) and Cross Cultural Kids (CCK’s) are in all our classrooms and their numbers are growing. Who are these Global Nomads and how can we as educators help them reach their true potential? Through this session,
you will have the opportunity to learn the characteristics of highly mobile students, the unique challenges they face, and tools that we as educators can use in the classroom.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our guest speaker, <b>Jennifer Forney</b>, is a Biology and Chemistry teacher at Woodson High School in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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<p class="MsoNormal">To learn more about participating in <i>Voices from the Field</i>, please contact Kevin Martin (Director of the School of Education) at
<a href="mailto:kevin@viu.edu">kevin@viu.edu</a>, follow us on social media @SEDatVIU and @TESOLVIU, and visit the School of Education’s website at
<a href="http://www.viu.edu/sed">www.viu.edu/sed</a>! For information on our upcoming sessions, click
<a href="http://viu.edu/sed/prospective-students-3/voices-from-the-field/vff-2014-2015.html">
here</a>. Many of our previous sessions are recorded and made available through our website
<a href="http://viu.edu/sed/prospective-students-3/voices-from-the-field/vff-2013-2014.html">
here</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And don’t forget about our upcoming <b>National Summit on the Common Core: Demystifying and Finding Common Ground</b>, coming up on November 1, 2014. You can read more information about the summit, including speakers and topics, here:
<a href="http://summit.viu.edu/">http://summit.viu.edu/</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We hope to see you at VIU!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Kevin J. Martin</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Director of the School of Education<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture Organizer</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">General Education Director and Common Academic Core Chair<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Writing, Research, and Media Center Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">TESOL Higher Education Interest Section Assistant Chair<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Virginia International University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.viu.edu/"><span style="color:#1F497D">www.viu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">3957 Pender Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Fairfax, VA 22030<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Tel: (703) 865-8736<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Fax: (703) 591-7046<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:kevin@viu.edu"><span style="color:blue">kevin@viu.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://twitter.com/SEDatVIU"><span style="color:blue">@SEDatVIU</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://twitter.com/TESOLVIU"><span style="color:blue">@TESOLVIU</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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