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	Spanish Language Immersion and Seminar on Mexican Education "Teachers, Teaching Candidates, Undergraduates and Others…" - CSU Sacramento June 28 through July 12, 2008

SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY - Continuing Education

Dr. Peter Baird

Earn 3 units of undergraduateor graduate Academic Credits
(Department of EDBM)

Pack your bags for a two-week Travel Study adventure in Cuernavaca, Mexico, located one hour south of Mexico City. This program will strengthen your Spanish language skills at the renowned Cemanahuac Educational Community, while immersing you in the culture, history, education and people of Mexico. See testimonials and photos from last summer’s program at www.edweb.csus.edu/bmed/mexico.

The program leader on the trip will be Dr. Peter Baird - CSU Sacramento Associate Professor of Bilingual/Multicultural Education and co-author of Beyond the Border: Mexico and the U.S. Today. Dr. Baird, along with Mexican experts in their fields, will supplement your language study with a seminar on current issues in Mexican education. Seminar topics will include: immigration, globalization/NAFTA, teacher and indigenous community mobilizations in Oaxaca and other regions, multilingualism, the arts, and other issues that affect schooling in Mexico and the U.S. >>More..

	Special Seminar for Teachers of English as a Second Language and Others with Latino Students in the Classroom June 21 to July 5, 2008

Special Seminar for Teachers of English as a Second Language and Others with Latino Students in the Classroom

Two week program with Dr. Maria Chairez, Clark County,Nevada

Saturday, June 21, to Saturday, July 5, 2008

Description: This course offers participants a rigorous academic program at Cemanahuac which includes two weeks of intensive Spanish instruction (45 hours total), three field study excursions, several lectures, a visit to a Mexican public school, additional lectures on current events and Mexican culture, farewell dinner at a local hacienda, visit to a social service program, a home stay with a carefully selected Mexican family. Teachers at all levels of Spanish ability can benefit from this program. The ultimate goal is to equip participants with firsthand skills, experiences, and oral fluency in Spanish, thus enabling greater proficiency in meeting the needs of the fastest growing ethnic group in the U.S. Latinos. Most school systems will accept this academic work for Professional Development Credit, and TESOL credit also available from Sierra Nevada College. Additional fees will apply for graduate credit. Family members
may attend with spouses. >>More...