Bilingual Seals and Language Proficiency:Earn College Credit

Bilingual and Multilingual Seals and World Language Proficiency Assessments: Recognizing Student Language Proficiency to Earn College Credit

Minnesota districts, schools and charter schools may award Minnesota gold or platinum bilingual and multilingual seals and world language proficiency certificates to students who demonstrate the required levels of language proficiency on languages other than English including American Sign Language (ASL) and American Indian (indigenous) languages.

This session will:

1. Focus on ACTFL descriptors of required proficiency levels and available valid assessments 
   
2. Explore models for assessing languages for which no proficiency assessments exist and
   
3. Discuss the process of obtaining seals and credit from Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU).
   

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This professional development opportunity is sponsored by MDE and the Minnesota Council on the Teaching of Languages and Cultures (MCTLC) in collaboration with the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota and Concordia Language Villages.

Who:Language teachers, including immersion and EL teachers and coordinators
When: September 26, 2015 9:00- 12:00
Where: Minnesota Department of Education Conference Center B, Room 16. 

Cost: $5 for snacks and coffee

Register: http://mctlc.org/event-2039152/Registration

Questions: Contact Ursula Lentz 

Directions 

N.B. MDE is on the south side of Hwy 36, behind the Roseville Super Target.