Webinars

“Preparing Students for the Global Workplace”

Webinar Series

This is a series promoting the connection of the humanities (language, culture, and area studies) to professional schools/career academies and other disciplines. The goals of the webinars are to share ideas and resources and learn about the skills needed for students to be successful in a variety of career paths in the global workplace.

ALL PAST WEBINAR RECORDINGS ARE AVAILABLE HERE ON YOUTUBE

2015-16 Webinars

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Entrepreneurism, STEM and International Business Beniamino Barbieri, President/Owner: ISS, Inc.; P.A. Physics; Università di Pisa. Champaign, IL

Moderator: Annie Abbott, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Global Entrepreneurism in the Tourism and Wine Industries April Cullom, Managing Director at Global Bridges, LLC. New York, USA/Malga, Spain.

Moderator: Beatriz Sedano, National University of Distance Education, Spain

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Thursday, October 29, 2015

Team Teaching in the Target Language: Connecting US and Latin American History

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Presenters:

– Melanie Krob, Director of Global Studies/ Upper School History Teacher- Isidore Newman School
– Stephanie Davis, Upper School Spanish Teacher/ Upper School Latin American Studies Teacher- Isidore Newman School

Summary: Team teaching is an excellent way to blend content expertise with language instruction in a content-based language course. But how does team teaching function in practical terms? Stephanie Enseñat Davis, a Spanish teacher, and Melanie Krob, a History teacher, have been successfully team teaching a Latin American Studies course in Spanish at Isidore Newman School for the past four years. In this session, they will share strategies for team teaching a content-based language course, including strategies for course planning, course delivery, and assessment.