Come and listen to Portuguese Teachers from Bilingual Schools present their curriculum and discuss ways to collaborate. All Portuguese teachers, university professors, all involved in bilingualism, leading foreign or heritage language students are invited to participate and join the discussion.

Conference features the following guest lecturers:

• Jamie Leite on Utah’s Office of Education Portuguese Dual Language Immersion Program.

• Silvia Juhas on the successful dual immersion program at Utah public schools, Portuguese curricula, resources, textbooks, and assessment.

• Maria Cueto on Miami Dade County Public Schools’ Foreign Language Program and their vision for the future.

• Ivian Destro Boruchowski on hands-on activities and collaboration among teachers.

Miami Dade Public Schools Master Plan Points available for Miami-Dade County Public Schools participants.  Certificates of Participation granted to all participants.

Organized by: 
Prof. Augusta Vono (FIU Portuguese Program)
Prof. Beatriz Cariello (FIU Adjunct Faculty, FIU/MDCPS/Consulate General of Brazil South Florida K-12 Portuguese Consortium Curriculum Specialist, Miami-Dade County Public Schools Teacher, AOTP Board Member)
Porf. Ivian Destro Boruchowski (FIU Ph.D. Student, Curriculum and Instruction, and Bilingual Education Researcher, AOTP Advisory Board Member).

Registration is free. To register please send an e-mail to bcariell@fiu.edu 

Presented by LACC with support from its U.S. Department of Education Title VI Grant. Co-sponsored by FIU Department of Modern Languages and the FIU Portuguese Program; Consulate General of Brazil in Miami; AOTP – American Organization of Teachers of Portuguese; Miami-Dade County Public Schools.