2024 LA French DLI Seminar

9:00-9:30 am: 

Welcome Breakfast at the Residence of France in Los Angeles: 813 N Camden Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

9:30-10am:

Welcome by the Consul and presentation of the French for All initiative on the West Coast

Adrien FRIER - Consul General of France in Los Angeles

Benoît LABAT, Higher Education and French Language Attaché at the French Consulate in Los Angeles

Louise LE CAM - Education and French Language Attaché at the French Consulate in San Francisco

Blake RAMSEY - International technical expert for the development of bilingual education in the United States

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10:00-10:30am :

Session Ice-Breakers

Blake RAMSEY - International technical expert for the development of bilingual education in the United States

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10:30-11:30am:

Videoconferencing - Teacher recruitment with the Jules Verne program

Nathalie LAINE - International Relations Officer - Academic Delegation for European and International Relations and Cooperation

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11:30-12pm: 

Lunch at the Residence of France

12:00-1pm:

Travel from the French Residence to Benjamin Franklin Elementary School (Glendale School District)

Benjamin Franklin Elementary School - 1610 Lake St, Glendale, CA 91201

1:00-2pm: 

Welcome and visit to a French immersion class: Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

Small group visits of classes of different levels: young, middle and upper grade.

2:00-3:30pm:

Starting and Sustaining a Successful DLI Program

Carolyn SCHUBACH - Utah Dual Language Immersion Administrators Program Director

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3:30-3:45pm

Break

3:45-5pm:

Dual Language immersion program design and practical tools (schedule, teacher collaboration)

Lois SIMPSON - Utah Dual Language Immersion English Program Director

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8:30-8:45am:

French DLI Pedagogical Strategy Framework 

Blake RAMSEY - International technical expert for the development of bilingual education in the United States

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8:50-10:05am:

Presentation of the Glendale school district's French DLI program

Nancy HONG – Director, Dual Language Immersion and Magnet Programs at Glendale School District

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10:10-11:10am:

Presentation of Garvey School District's immersion program in a multicultural school district

Valerie SUN – Principal, Dual Language Immersion School at Garvey School District

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11:15-11:45am:

French exploratory classes in the Global Languages for Elementary Schools (GLES) Program

Eddie PARK - Director of Global Languages and Innovative Programs at Poway Unified School District

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12:15-12:35pm:

Break 

12:35-1:20pm:

Q&A session and action plan - Which immersion program is best for you?

Nancy HONG - Director, Dual Language Immersion and Magnet Programs at Glendale USD

1:20-1:35pm:

Closing remarks and lunch