002.B.1.4 2010-2012 UT German Task Force

Meeting notes from my work on the Utah German Task Force:

Utah German Task force meeeting 24 February 2012-02-24

German Immersion curicuum )(Gerlinde---hired by Greegg to bein charge if german immDI)

1. Presently working ion Innterconnection Unit fororstgrade.
2. Will be sending German vocabs and Wall Word to Johanna for editing ion Monday
3. Must originate from german Klett books
4. Waiting for the Lehrbuch for Marth abnd Literacry friom Klett (must change it to fit new math core)
5. Check with Gregg for funding for newspapers ad for Lakeview Elementary (Mr. Daniels)
6. Lakeview has 24 enrolled rigt=ht noiw—LW prinicpalwants to have 60, this is a new school does not yet fill school. Factulty is actually taken from an other elemt=entarty of th=which they cosed down a school. Anticipate little teacher turnover,but they need one teach turnoe=verper year. But teachers are not going away,so they need morekids. Need signs and newspaper

Teacher recruitment

Secondary DI recruitment

Should send out letter. Will do bulkmail

Kristana will change brochure and will send it

Secoondary DI curriculum

Katie Isaac runs Adventsingen at BYU

Christine will send email to all German interest groups

Signs? LED sign at SLCC or elsewhere? Find local German facebook pages

Teacher recruitment first grade

Dynamic High language skills, Advanced –Mid

Must be on Alternative Route to licensure – three-year window

Must have college degree

Radio program last week Access Utah Johanna talked on it, looked for

UVU Jeff needs evening adjunct GER 1010 Tues to Thurs 6:30 to 9:00 PM DAAF

2nd year Denk Mal

Advanced compostion and conversation

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Utah German Task Force Meeting

Friday, April 20^th from 4:00 to 5:30 pm

Attending: C. Gonzales, A. Holder, K. Miskin, J. Packer, Gegg Roberts, Melanie Sherwook, L.C. Smith, S. Van Orden, Johanna Watzinger-Tharp

Meeting summary with updates.

1. German Immersion at charter schools

We will look into the possibility of a charter school offering German immersion, which would require business funding.

[Update: Johanna meeting with business community members on May 24^th to discuss funding possibilities.]

2. Activities to strengthen German at the secondary level

With German immersion cancelled this year, we discussed how to focus our efforts on German secondary programs.

- Organize intensive summer camps at BYU

Model German camps after those held for French under the direction of Rob Erickson.

[Update: Johanna is in touch with Rob, and Laura is facilitating communication with Michelle James, chair of German at BYU about organizing a camp in 2013. We are looking into combining a German language camp with soccer, possibly with the support of a program funded by the German Auswärtiges Amt.)

- Promote German as a “third” language in high school

While Junior HS programs have to be aligned with immersion languages (see attached curriculum sequence), high schools do not. However, districts do not understand that non-immersion languages such as German will still have a place. Gregg and others have to clarify that the immersion languages will impact middle school, but not HS curricula. Once students will complete their immersion study with AP in 9^th grade, high schools should offer non-immersion languages to students who seek to acquire a second foreign language.

- Use UFLA as a vehicle to disseminate information about the immersion sequence, and the opportunity for German; organize an immersion information session at UFLA that also discusses the place of non-immersion languages such as German.

[Update: Johanna is communicating with various people who are so-called “Fachberater” to seek support and funding, and is now a member of the Netzwerk Sprachvergnügen, to which the Fachberater belong as well.]

3. Other news

- Jake Sigafus will teach German 3 at Timpanogos HS, which will perhaps help revive German there. The level 3 students all had German 1 and 2 with Jake at Orem Jr. HS. Alta HS currently without a German teacher, and not advertising the position.

- German at Corner Canyon HS (which will start in Fall 2013) still supported by the principal, Mary Bailey. We need to secure district level support.