Spring Meeting in Washington D.C.

We were taken care of in style by the Goethe Institut in D.C. and by the J.W. Marriott Hotel - just 2 blocks from the White House!

Thursday April 11, 2002

-      Meet the leaders of the group (Eleonore Sylla, Uwe Rau,and Helene Zimmer-Loew) and meet each other

-      Brainstorm in groups about leadership

Friday April 12 , 2002

-      Presentation from Frau Markert from the German Embassy in Washington

-      Presentation from the German Fachberater

-      Presentation from the European Union Delegation

-      Presentation from Robert Fenstermacher of CDS International

-      Presentation from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, New York

-      Presentation from Dr. William Gilcher of the Goethe Institut Media Services

-      Presentation from J. David Edwards of the Joint National Committee for Languages

Saturday April 13, 2002

-      Presentation from Uwe Rau of the Geothe Institut Inter Nationes  in New York

-      Presentation from Helene Zimmer-Loew, the Executive Director of the American Association of Teachers of German

-      Presentation from Eleonore Sylla of the Goethe Institut Inter Nationes in Washington D.C. about GOLDEN(German Online Distance Education Network)

-      Presentation from the National Leadership Academy

Sunday April 14, 2002

-      Standards Presentation from Helene Zimmer-Loew (National Student Standards, NCATE, NBPTS)

-      Brainstorming groups on how to recruit, how to advocate, and how to better articulate between levels

-      Closing remarks, plan for the upcoming ACTFL conference in Salt Lake

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