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Language Immersion Workshops Offered by the
Consortium of Indigenous Language Organizations (CILO)
Language Immersion for Native Children Project funded by
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
www.ilinative.org/cilo
Consortium of Indigenous Language Organizations
CILO (see-lo)
Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival
www.aicls.org
American Indian Language Development Institute www.u.arizona.edu/~aildi
Indigenous Language Institute www.ilinative.org
Oklahoma Native Language Association
Contact the CILO Representative at ILI for more information. ATTN: CILO
Indigenous Language Institute 1501 Cerrillos Road, U-Building Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
Email: [email protected] www.ilinative.org/cilo
Telephone 505-820-0311
Fax 505-820-0316
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Language Immersion for Native Children
Training Workshops to
Strengthen Language Immersion Programs
Language Immersion for Native Children (LINC) is a project funded by the
W. K. Kellogg Foundation to develop a comprehensive training program for tribal
administrators, teachers, and leaders who are involved in programs that affect
children ages 0 to 8. These programs include but are not limited to Early Childhood
Education, Head Start, Family and Child Education, tribal childcare centers, and
families.
A Consortium of Indigenous Language Organizations (CILO) is a partnership of
four organizations brought together by the Kellogg grant. These are the Indigenous
Language Institute (ILI), Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival
(AICLS), American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI), and
Oklahoma Native Language Association (ONLA). CILO partners collectively have
almost 100 years of experience in indigenous language training and program
development.
CILO’s mission is to provide training for indigenous teachers, parents and
advocates of language revitalization, to assist them in their quest for the survival
and renewed intergenerational transmission of their endangered languages.
Tribes and programs can request CILO to provide the workshops in their
communities. This arrangement works well if you want to maximize the number of
participants to be trained. Certain workshops will be offered at designated sites
(such as at ILI in Santa Fe, NM). All workshops are open to anyone involved in
language revitalization and bringing our Native languages back into our lives.
Everyday, Everywhere for Everyone.
Please contact the CILO representative listed in the back of this booklet for further
information.
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Workshop Descriptions
The workshop descriptions in this booklet are a work in progress during CILO’s
first year of implementation (2010-2011). We will expand workshop offerings over
the coming years, based on feedback from communities and on experiences gained.
We value input and suggestions from all the communities we serve to ensure that
CILO is responsive to language program needs.
If you do not see a workshop topic that you would like for your community
or program, please contact CILO by email [email protected]. The
Consortium has a large network of colleagues whom we can call upon to
assist you with training on various subjects that may not currently be listed
in this booklet.
You will note that many workshops described in this booklet do not show
specific dates and locations. This allows maximum flexibility for the
communities and the language programs to customize trainings to fit their
schedule and needs.
You can request one workshop or a combination of several workshops that
you are interested in. Contact CILO to work out the schedule, logistics and
budget for the customized training sessions.
Once the dates, venue and number of participants are determined, CILO will
send a team of instructors who are available at the time.
Some workshops have specific dates and venues and you can register to
attend them by filling out the Registration Form and email it to
[email protected] or fax to 505-820-0316.
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“Strengthening Our Languages and Our Sovereignty: Language Immersion for Native Children”
One-day seminar on the services offered by the Consortium of Indigenous Language
Organizations (CILO) and guidance in planning, financing and implementing successful
language immersion environments in Native communities.
Instructor: CILO Instructor
Indigenous peoples worldwide are working to strengthen their heritage languages
and cultures. Leaders of sovereign nations play crucial roles to ensure that their
heritage languages survive and thrive for future generations. Raising awareness of
the important role of language and culture is the first step in such work. Creating
policies for language and culture maintenance help sustain and strengthen them.
Designing and implementing language and culture programs at home and in
communities are crucial. The Consortium of Indigenous Language Organizations
(CILO) advocates “language immersion” as the proven effective way of
transmitting language and culture from one generation to the next.
The presentation lays out what language immersion is, how community leaders can
help language and culture transmission to occur, and how CILO can be a powerful
partner to achieve it. The seminar will provide leaders with information, practical
tools and examples of how leadership can implement positive change in language
and culture revitalization to strengthen sovereignty of nations.
Recommended for Tribal Chairs, Tribal Council Members, organization leaders, program
executive staff.
Fee: $125/person
Language Immersion Seminar for Leaders and Policy Makers
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“Enhancing the Administrators’ Role in Language Immersion Programming for Future Generations”
One-day seminar to inform administrators on the importance of language immersion
approach at the early stages of children’s development and on effective management of
immersion programs
Instructor: CILO Instructor
Transmission of language and culture knowledge must take place at home, in the
communities and in schools. Raising awareness of the important role of language
and culture among the caregivers, educators and community is the first step toward
their supportive and cooperative participation in the education process. Directors
and Administrators of programs are directly engaged in shaping of language policy,
language program designs and implementation, daily operation of the program, and
management of program staff including development and training of staff.
The Consortium of Indigenous Language Organizations (CILO) advocates
“language immersion” as the proven effective way of transmitting language and
culture from one generation to the next. The seminar provides an overview and
hands-on opportunities to experience various kinds of language immersion methods
and how they can be implemented and strengthen a range of language programs.
Recommended for Directors/Administrators of Departments of Education, Culture. Language,
Day Care Center, Head Start, Early Childhood Education, Family and Child Education,
Parents
Fee: $125 per person
Language Immersion Seminar for Administrators and Directors of Language Programs
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Three-day workshop introduces the essential basics necessary for planning and implementing
various types of immersion programs.
Instructors: CILO Instructor
The workshop provides an overview of diverse essential elements that are required
for successful planning and implementation of immersion programs. The workshop
provides hands-on experience on language immersion methods, the proven
effective way of transmitting language knowledge from one generation to the next
in a variety of contexts:
At home (Family Language Program)
In the community where an elder works with a learner (Master-Apprentice
Program)
At Day Care Centers where babies are cared for
At Preschool/Head Start where very young toddlers interact with each other
and with caregivers
At schools where young children are formally educated to be active and
contributing members of the community and of the world
Participants will learn how to design and implement immersion teaching, how to
make long range plans for language programs, how to create language activities,
how to produce fun and useful materials for language learning, and how to assess
the effectiveness of the language immersion program.
Recommended for those planning for and starting immersion programs
Fee: $325 per person
Immersion A to Z: Essential Basics for Language Immersion Programs
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Two-day workshop on how families can make their heritage language the language of home.
Instructor: Staff from Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival
The workshop will address why the language is endangered, why language
revitalization should happen in the home, how to plan and start the family language
program, how to design a home-based lesson guidelines, and discussion about
setting up a community support system.
The workshop will cover how to prepare for language revitalization in the homes,
even before arrival of babies, strategies for exposing the baby to the language when
pregnant, language use with babies, language use with children and youth. We will
examine situational language, activities to do with children and youth.
Recommended for parents and other relatives of children; future parents interested in using
their language at home; parents who know or are learning or want to learn the language;
administrators of language programs who would like to start and support a family language
program.
Fee: $225 per person
Language Revitalization for Families
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Two-day workshop on Master-Apprentice method of language teaching and learning for a
speaker and an adult learner to be trained on immersion practices.
Instructor: Staff from Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival
The Master-Apprentice Language Learning Program is a method of language
teaching and learning where teams consisting of a speaker of an indigenous
language (generally an elder) and a younger adult learner are trained in immersion
practices so that they can work together to transmit the language from the speaker
to the apprentice. The approach is oral, and the goal is to help the apprentice
toward conversational fluency. They will do this through spending 10-20 hours per
week together immersed in the language and doing activities together.
The training workshop is focused on getting the teams ready to do language
immersion and preparing them for their time working together. If needed, the
workshop may also include a session on how to administer the program and
provide mentorship to master-apprentice teams.
The larger goal is to bring the apprentice to sufficient fluency that s/he can then
teach the language effectively to others, especially to children in the classroom or
the family.
Recommended for adults who are trying to learn their heritage language; elders who know
their heritage language; language teachers who wish to improve their fluency; administrators
of tribal cultural programs who may be administrating and mentoring the master-apprentice
program.
Fee: $225 per person
Master-Apprentice Language Learning Program
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Three-day workshop focuses on training preschool/Head Start teachers, parents and
caregivers for ages 0-5 effective language immersion practices.
Instructor(s): CILO Instructor
The three-day workshop will train parents, grandparents, caregivers, teachers and
community people who interact regularly with preschool/Head Start Programs
where Native language is the main language of activity. The workshop provides
hands-on experience on how to prepare a long-range plan for language and culture
transmission (Language Guides), daily plans of activities, and materials that help
support and strengthen language and culture transmission.
All three-day workshops typically consist of three separate but integrated training:
1) three-day hands-on training;
2) two-day follow-up workshop at a designated school site; and
3) two-day reflection and refinement workshop.
Steps 2 & 3 (follow-up and refinement) are highly recommended to maximize the
effectiveness of skills participants learn in the 3-day workshops. (Please see page
14, Follow-Up Workshops section.)
Recommended for Preschool/Head Start teachers and staff, parents, caregivers, program
directors, administrators, language supporters, language advocates
Fee: $325 per person
Language Immersion in Preschool/Head Start Programs
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Three-day workshop focuses on training School-age Program teachers, parents, and
caregivers for ages 5-8 effective language immersion practices.
Instructor(s): CILO Instructor
The workshop provides hands-on experience on how to prepare a long-range plan
for language and culture transmission (language guides/curriculum), daily plans of
activities, and materials and teaching tools development that help support and
strengthen language and culture transmission. This workshop is for a classroom
setting where the Native language is a primary means of communication and
teaching.
Fee: $325 per person
Language Immersion in School-age Programs
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Three-day workshop focuses on curriculum development for language immersion programs.
Instructor: Lucille Watahomigie
The workshop introduces Communication Based Instruction (CBI) to develop
curriculum and lesson plans for language immersion programs. CBI is a language
approach developed to produce speakers of a language. This is a hands-on
workshop where participants will plan, design and develop lesson plans after each
instructional period. Participants will have opportunities to practice, critique and
refine their materials in simulated teaching sessions.
Recommended for all levels of language teachers in school settings and community language
programs.
Fee: $325 per person
Language Guide (Curriculum) Development for Language Immersion
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Three-day workshop to create storybooks, flash cards and other print materials in Native
language using computer and multimedia technology.
Instructor(s): Staff at Indigenous Language Institute
Date: April 25-27, 2011
Location: Indigenous Language Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The three-day workshop teaches computer and multimedia technology skills to
create materials in print in the Native languages such as storybooks, flash cards,
brochures, calendars, newsletters, business cards, etc. Instructors will provide
hands-on training on the following technology skills:
a. Languagegeek© Native language keyboard and fonts for your language
using Unicode universal font encodings
b. Microsoft Publisher features to produce dynamic print materials
c. Scanning technology to add locally created and culturally appropriate
images to illustrate Native text and stories
d. Audio recording and editing in the Audio Studio to create “audio
books” (CDs) to accompany the print materials
Recommended for anyone interested in a creative process to produce print materials in Native
languages for everyday use in homes, communities and schools.
Fee: $325 per person
Create Print Materials in the Native Language
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Three-day workshop to create short films in Native language with digital storytelling
techniques and multimedia technology using culturally appropriate imagery and sound/music.
Instructor(s): Staff at Indigenous Language Institute
Date: June 6-8, 2011
Location: Indigenous Language Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico
The three-day workshop teaches computer and multimedia technology skills to
create short audiovisual stories in the Native languages using ILI’s digital
storytelling template. Workshops are offered in either Windows (using
MovieMaker) or Mac (using iMovie) platforms. Workshop participants will be
asked to come prepared with a story they want to tell in 3-5 minute format, visual
materials (photos, artwork, video clips) and audio materials (songs, recordings of
narratives, music, sound effects). Instructors will provide hands-on training on the
following technology tools:
a. Photo/Graphics software – GIMP, Photoshop
b. Movie editing software – MovieMaker, iMovie
c. Audio software – Audacity
d. Media Players- MP3, iPod, iTouch
e. Scanning technology to add images to illustrate audio content
Recommended for anyone interested in a creative process to tell their stories from their
perspectives and using Native languages for homes, communities and schools.
Fee: $325 per person
Digital Storytelling in the Native Language
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The Follow-up Workshops are two-day sessions that provide participants time to reflect on how
they are incorporating what they learned in the three-day hands-on workshops. The first Follow-
up Workshop is recommended approximately three months after the intensive training. The
second Follow-up Workshop is scheduled three or six months after the first Follow-up. This
Follow-up Workshop concept is based on observations by CILO trainers that workshop
participants need time away from work to reflect, refresh and refine practices.
“Refreshing and Refining Our Practice”
Instructor: CILO Instructor
The two-day follow-up workshop is designed for participants to review progress of skills learned
in the three-day specific workshops. It is a refresher of all the points covered in the workshop and
an opportunity to address further questions that arose in practicing these approaches. Instructors
will also observe the practitioners in action to provide feedback. It should be scheduled
approximately three months after the three-day workshops.
Highly recommended for all participants who took any of the three-day Specific Workshops.
Fee: $225 per person
“Assessing Our Progress”
Instructor: CILO Instructor
The two-day reflection workshop will be the second follow-up session focusing on evaluation
methods and actually performing evaluation on the progress of the program. Instructors will
provide various evaluation methods and tools …. It should be scheduled approximately six
months after the three-day workshops.
Highly recommended for all participants who took any of the three-day Specific Workshops.
Fee: $225 per person
Follow-Up Workshops
CILO PRE-REGISTRATION (see back of page for instructions)
CILO Workshops QTY Price
A Series - One (1) day / $125.00 Per Person
A1. Language Immersion Seminar for Leaders and Policy Makers
A2. Language Immersion Seminar for Administrators and Directors of Language Programs
A3. Language Revitalization for Families
Sub Total
B Series - Two (2) day / $225.00 Per Person
B1. Master-Apprentice Language Learning Program
Sub Total
C Series - Three (3) Day / $325.00 Per Person
C1. Immersion A to Z: Essential Basics for Language Immersion Programs
C2. Language Immersion in Preschool/Head Start Programs
C3. Language Immersion in School-age Program
C4. Curriculum Development for Language Immersion
C5. Create Print Materials in the Native Language (April 25-27, 2011)
C6. Digital Storytelling in the Native Language (June 6-8, 2011)
Sub Total
CILO Follow-Up Workshops
D Series - Two (2) Day / $225.00 Per Person
D1. Refreshing and Refining Our Practice
D2. Assessing Our Progress
Sub Total
Grand Total
Name: (Last, First, M.I.) Organization :
Business Address : Work # Cell #
Email:
Native Language of Your Program :
Preferred Workshop Dates (subject to availability)
1. 2.
See instructions and further information on back of page
Pre-Registration Form Instructions
1. The CILO Pre-Registration Form is for an organization to sign up for the workshop(s) that will be
brought to the community venues. Please send the form via email to [email protected] or FAX it to
CILO at (505) 820-0316.
2. The workshops are not assigned specific dates (exception: C5 and C6) because they will be
customized for each group. Please remember to give two choices of dates that you would like for the
workshop(s) to be held at your community venue.
3. Once you send in the Pre-Registration Form, CILO will contact you and send a detailed cost
breakdown. The total cost will include the registration fee(s) for all participants plus travel and
lodging for the instructors. We will determine how many instructors are needed for the workshop,
this is necessary because of the varying number of participants.
Example: ABC Tribal Language Program wants workshop B-1 for 18 people. The ideal
Instructor-to-Participant ratio is 1:6 so we will send 3 instructors. The tribe will pay the
workshop fees and the travel & lodging costs for the three instructors.
4. CILO will send you an invoice for the total amount and a Registration form for each individual
participant.
5. Payment in full for the workshop(s) is due at least three weeks prior to the workshop dates.
Cancellation must be received two weeks prior to workshop dates for partial refund of registration
fees.
6. There will be workshops that will be held at specific locations on certain dates. For example, the
Technology Workshop C5 & C6 at ILI in Santa Fe, NM. If you select these workshops on this form,
you will be registered. Registration fees must be received at the time of registration. Cancellation
must be received 14 days prior to the workshop date.
For more information please contact
CILO
505-820-0311
www.ilinative.org/cilo
Contact the CILO Representative at ILI for more information. ATTN: CILO
Indigenous Language Institute 1501 Cerrillos Road, U-Building Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
Email: [email protected] www.ilinative.org/cilo
Telephone 505-820-0311
Fax 505-820-0316