We would like to share with you information about a StarTalk summer institute, Mentoring and Leadership for K-12 Chinese Teachers, that we are providing this summer at the NFLRC. This institute is designed to expand leadership capacity in the profession by working intensively with 12 practicing K-12 Chinese teachers, who have been recognized as new leaders, to help them develop mentoring and leadership skills. For more detailed information about the institute, please read the "Letter to CLTA" that is attached.

We are encouraging state, regional and national organizations and school districts, to consider paying the registration fee for a teacher who would attend the institute in exchange for presenting a conference workshop or session on mentoring and leadership. Participants who represent organizations or school districts and whose registration fee ($100) is paid by the organization or district will receive special consideration in the selection process.

Please note that the application mailing deadline for this institute is April 1, 2008. The application form and a flyer about this institute are available on our NFLRC website: http://nflrc.iastate.edu/.

Marcia
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Marcia Harmon Rosenbusch, Ph.D.
Director
National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center
N131 Lagomarcino Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
515-294-6699
Fax: 515-294-2776
Email: mrosenbu@iastate.edu
Web site: nflrc.iastate.edu