STARTALK 2009 - Team Leader & Site Visitor Meeting

May 7–9, 2009 • Arlington, VA

Materials

• Agenda
• List of Attendees

• Team Leader Roles & Responsibilities
• Online Curriculum Development Guide

• Curriculum Templates

  • Student
  • Teacher

• Curriculum Samples

  • Student
  • Teacher

• Observation Checklists (DRAFT)

  • Student
  • Teacher

• Site Visit Report Templates (DRAFT)

  • Student
  • Teacher

Presentations

• Introductory Presentation (Thursday Morning)

• Language and Culture Presentations (Friday)

  • Getting to Know STARTALK Languages and Cultures (Shuhan Wang)
  • Swahili Language and Cultures (Alwiya Omar)
  • Iranian Communities in the US (Iran Amin)
  • Urdu Cultures and Communities (Rubab Qureshi)
  • Hindi Language and Heritage Communities (Vijay Gambhir)
  • Arabic Language and Communities (Iman Hashem)

Location

The Team Leader & Site Visitor Meeting, May 7–9, 2009, was held at the Crystal City Marriott at Reagan National Airport.

Directions

• For those arriving by car, please visit the hotel website above for directions and parking information. Parking at the hotel costs $20/ day or $6/per hour. We will reimburse local attendees for the cost of parking at the hotel on May 7, 8 and 9. We will NOT reimburse attendees for the cost of rental cars and the parking of car rentals.
• For those arriving at Regan National Airport, the hotel provides free shuttle service from the baggage claim area at 15 minute intervals. To use metro rail service from Regan National Airport, take the blue line toward Largo or the Yellow line toward Huntington and exit the metro at the Crystal City stop.

Schedule