This course will train each participant in WAYK methods, as well as how to develop a core group of teacher trainers who will create language learning opportunities at community language nights, community gatherings and at home settings. Specific methods for community development as well as technique and expertise sharing will be explored in depth and... Read more »
Evan and other WAYK players will be in attendance for 2 weeks of Latin immersion plus a week long TPRS Latin focused workshop. If you love Latin and if you want to turn your classroom into a Latin speaking center of excellence then come to Rusticatio Virginiana!
Kodiak Island, Alaska Evan Gardner will help lead discussions or demonstrations on such topics as: hit lists, rides to film, fluency planning for self and community, ACTFL demo test, the perfect path, ACTFL level Alutiiq benchmarks, when and how to use the grammar book, advanced fishing demos, advanced pushing demos, triangulation, and testing rides with... Read more »
Brooklyn, NY The New York State Association of Independent Schools brings WAYK for an introductory workshop for world language teachers. The training will include an introduction to techniques for student directed learning, a discussion of the ACTFL proficiency levels, and creating young teachers.
Anacortes, Washington Samish Tribe brings WAYK to their annual language campout. WAYK around the campfire. Is there anything better?
Yakutat, Alaska Yakutat Tlingit Tribe hosts a one week immersion camp in Yakutat Alaska. This event will focus on Master/Apprentice teams empowering both to stay in the language!
SALVI presents two weeks of Latin immersion (July 2-9 and July 17-24) at the beautiful Claymont Mansion. This will be the fourth year WAYK has participated in this Living Latin immersion experience. Sandwiched between two weeks of spoken Latin, SALVI presents this year's Pedagogy Rusticatio (July 10-15). This year, the focus is on Where Are Your Keys?: Bringing... Read more »
WAYK returns to Samish in Anacortes, Washington for another amazing campout. We still love WAYK around the campfire.
This will be the third time that WAYK visits four communities in the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands in partnership with APIA. While all workshops will serve to develop the regional core team's WAYK skills, the visit to St. Paul will focus on curriculum development, the visit to Atka will focus on fluency skills, and the workshops in King Cove... Read more »
In partnership with the Tanana Tribal Council and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Tok Center, the Doyon Foundation will bring WAYK to the interior of Alaska for three workshops. The Tanana and Tok trainings will focus on the process of creating a community of language teaching and learning experts. The Fairbanks training will provide an introduction to WAYK for newcomers and a... Read more »
WAYK meets with the language team working on Mountain Maidu (Majdy, Tosajdom) at Susanville Rancheria to present a workshop and practice key WAYK language learning and teaching strategies. Language advocates from neighboring communities (including Greenville Rancheria, Pitt River, and Wašiw) will also attend.
In partnership with the Doyon Foundation, WAYK returns to Alaska to keep working with several of the many Athabascan languages in the interior. This two week visit focuses on continuing training for participants of past workshops, especially small group coaching for language push/pull (teaching & learning) skills with four languages: Hän, Denaakk’e (Koyukon), Gwich'in, and Deg Xinag. In... Read more »
With support from Doyon Limited and the Tanana Tribal Council, WAYK returns to Tanana to provide additional training and support for learners of Denaakk'e (Koyukon Athabascan) who attended previous WAYK workshops. The WAYK team will work with small teams of learners and speakers, coaching and assisting with immersion sessions around the kitchen table.
This introductory WAYK workshop will focus on techniques that can be used inside and outside of the classroom. The workshop is designed to support the beginning of ANHC's three-year project with Yup'ik and Inupiaq.
Where Are Your Keys? visits the Bryn Mawr School to present about language revitalization in general and our work with Native languages specifically. The WAYK team will also be joining in on Latin classes throughout the day.
Where Are Your Keys? is coming to Baltimore! We'll be visiting with friends and players of WAYK in the area! If you are interested in WAYK and live in or around Baltimore, let us know!
The WAYK team will present about "Language and Community Revitalization Techniques" to Kodiak and Chugach Alutiiq language advocates.
The WAYK team will present an introductory workshop for learners and speakers of Sugt'stun, outlining key techniques for language push/pull (teaching & learning), lesson development, and creating immersion interactions.
As WAYK prepares to depart for St. Paul Island and the beginning of the 2015 Summer Intensive, the team will be in Anchorage! We'll be visiting with friends and players of WAYK in the area. If you are interested in WAYK and live in or around Anchorage, let us know!
The Anchorage School District's Title VII Indian Education Program brings Where Are Your Keys? as part of their language instructor professional development in preparation for their summer programs. The WAYK team will present a basic workshop teachers of several languages, focusing on key techniques for teaching inside and outside of the classroom, as well as lesson development, and creating... Read more »
