Training institute: Effective Spanish Writing Assessment, May 2002, Seaside, Oregon -- DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION 10 MAY

[Scott McGinnis]

With thanks to Judith Marquez for this tip, and with reference to last
week's discussion RE: teaching composition to heritage learners....

-----Original Message-----
From: Marquez, Judith [mailto:marquez at cl.uh.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 2:12 PM

Here is an item that appeared in the National Clearinghouse Newsline
Bulletin today.  I thought some people might be interested in this
workshop since there has been some discussion about writing in Spanish.


>  Traits of Effective Spanish Writing Assessment and  Instruction
> Institute  May 23-24, 2002
>  Seaside, OR
>
>       The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
>       (NWREL) announces its upcoming training institute
>       for bilingual, ESL, Spanish and other
>       professionals, and para-professionals, working with
>       Spanish-speaking populations or teaching via the
>       medium of Spanish.
>
>       Educators attending this two-day workshop will
>       learn to:
>
>          * Qualify writing by using clearly defined
>            performance traits using the analytical model
>            of Spanish writing assessment for grades K-12;
>          * Accurately and reliably assess writing using
>            the Spanish Trait model;
>          * Utilize a common language and vision for
>            discussing quality Spanish writing;
>          * Understand how work on Spanish writing can
>            improve student learning in English and other
>            academic content areas
>
>       For more information, visit:
>
>       http://www.nwrel.org/assessment
>
>       Deadline for registration is May 10, 2002.
>
>       For more information, contact:
>
>       Cece Jackson
>       Email: jacksonc at nwrel.org
>