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Oppose Cuts to International Education.  

Send a message to your representative to urge them to support funding for international education.  

 http://www.nhalliance.org/take_action_international_ed

House and Senate Appropriations Committees are meeting right now to negotiate funding levels and severe cuts to international education are on the table!

Act now to tell appropriators that international education programs are crucial for educating U.S. students for our interconnected world and training experts in foreign languages and cultures! 

Join the Coalition for International Education and NHA in opposing these cuts! 

Click here for more information on the proposed cuts to Title VI and Fulbright-Hays.

Learn more about Syria

This Refugee Backgrounder from the Center for Applied Linguistics provides basic information about Syrian refugees. It includes a brief guide to Syria’s history, people, and cultures and looks at the current crisis in Syria and conditions faced by refugees

Download the Refugee Backgrounder (pdf).

Bonjour, tout le monde,

The French singer, Eric VINCENT, is coming to Oregon and he will perform on Tuesday November 24th at 11:00am at Mt Hood Community College Studio Theatre, 26000 SE Stark, Gresham, OR 97030.

To attend this one-hour morning concert with your students, please contact: Eric Tschuy <Eric.Tschuy@mhcc.edu>. 

Cost is $8.00 a person.

To get a good idea of the value of this event, check out the reviews by teachers and students who have attended his concerts at: 

http://www.eric-vincent.com

Eric Tschuy
French instructor
Humanities Division
Mt Hood Community College
26000 SE Stark
Gresham, OR 97030
(503) 491-7469

The PNCFL semi-annual report Fall 2015.pdf is now available for download.  Please direct any questions or comment to a board member.

Travel the world, earn professional development credit, and bring global understanding into your classroom! 

Founded in 2007, Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) is a 501c3 non-profit organization that has sent over 1300 teachers abroad on adventurous travel programs. With GEEO educators can earn professional development credits while seeing the world. GEEO's trips are 7 to 21 days in length and are designed and discounted to be interesting and affordable for teachers. In addition to amazing tour leaders, many of the programs are accompanied by university faculty that are experts on the destination. GEEO also provides teachers educational materials and the structure to help them bring their experiences into the classroom. The trips are open to all nationalities of K-12 and university educators, administrators, retired educators, as well as educators’ guests.

"I will talk about these trips all year in my classes. For so many of my students, my description of my travels will be the only exposure they will have to other countries and other ways of life."

- Social studies teacher Michael Baldwin, whose first time traveling abroad was with GEEO. 

GEEO is offering the following travel programs for 2016: Bali/Lombok, Bangkok to Hanoi, China, Costa Rica, Eastern Europe, The Galapagos Islands, Greece, Iceland, India/Nepal, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Peruvian Amazon, Peruvian Andes, Portugal/Spain, Heart of the Silk Road, Southern Africa, Southern India, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Vietnam/Cambodia, Western Balkans, Peru (Winter Break), Israel (Spring Break), Moorish Spain (Spring Break), and Morocco (Spring Break). The registration deadline is June 1st, but space is limited and many programs will be full well before the deadline. 

Detailed information about each trip, including itineraries, costs, travel dates, and more can be found at www.geeo.org. GEEO can be reached 7 days a week, toll-free at 1-877-600-0105 between 9 AM-9 PM EST.

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Brooke Fisher
Outreach Director, GEEO Teacher Travel Programs
Phone: 1(877)600-0105
Email: Outreach@geeo.org
Website: www.GEEO.org

French Teacher substitutes (at both Certified and Assistant levels) urgently needed at Le

Monde French Immersion Public Charter School, K-4th grade in Portland.  Le Monde opened in 2012, and is the only French immersion public school in Oregon. The school educates children in a full French immersion environment using curriculum that incorporates successful and innovative education practices from around the world.  We currently need to expand our authorized substitute list and welcome applications from K-8 certified French teachers wish

ing to sub in a classroom on an as-needed basis.  We also welcome applications from French speakers wishing to sub as classroom assistants.  Please visit the school website for more information (lemondeimmersion.org), and contact Executive Director Shouka Rezvani (shouka@lemondeimmersion.org) if you are interested in a position.

The COFLT Fall Conference Schedule (pdf) is now available online.  We have a very strong lineup of presentations and workshops scheduled, including workshops by Paul Sandrock, ACTFL Director of Education, presentations from David Bautista, ODE, on the Oregon Seal of Biliteracy, and cultural presentations by Pacific University language students mentors.  Descriptions of all sessions and details about meals will be posted over the weekend to the 2015 Fall Conference page.  

Language in Motion NW is offering scholarships to new members who live more than 100 miles from Portland.

The LiM scholarship covers the cost of conference registration ($150).  Bring a colleague and your colleague's registration fee is also free PLUS you receive a $50 travel and lodging bonus.

Contact a COFLT Board Member or email cofltoregon@gmail.com for the scholarship registration code.

• Register for 2015 Fall Conference
• 2015 Fall Conference Information
• Submit a Presentation Proposal

The Annual Fall Conference will be held on October 9 and 10 at Portland Community College, Sylvania campus.  Watch the website and newsletters for more information.

Keynote address and pre-conference workshop will be offered by Paul Sandrock, ACTFL Director of Education.

Requests for presentation or workshop proposals will open June 1, 2015.

Conference registration will open June 15, 2015.