Assessment Institute 2015

October 26, 2015 | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Evaluating the Impact of Spanish Community-Based Learning (CBL) Involvement on Student Learning Outcomes and Community Partners

Rachel Rivers Parroquín, Ed.D., Director, Spanish Community-Based Learning; Faculty Joint Appointment, Romance Languages and Literatures

Connie Snyder Mick, Ph.D., Director, Academic Affairs; Co-Director, Poverty Studies Interdisciplinary Minor

Shauna Williams, M.A., Associate Teaching Professor, Spanish; Assistant Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Romance Languages and Literatures

Consortium on Useful Assessment in Language and Humanities Education (CUALHE) 2016

October 8, 2016 | University of Notre Dame

Assessing the Impact of Community-Based Learning (CBL) on Student Learning Outcomes in a Spanish Program

Rachel Rivers Parroquín, Ed.D., Director, Spanish Community-Based Learning; Faculty Joint Appointment, Romance Languages and Literatures
Connie Snyder Mick, Ph.D., Director, Academic Affairs; Co-Director, Poverty Studies Interdisciplinary Minor

Shauna Williams, M.A., Associate Teaching Professor, Spanish; Assistant Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Romance Languages and Literatures

Let’s Talk 2017: Relationships, Research, and Results

Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures Symposium

March 31–April 1, 2017 | University of Notre Dame

Spanish CBL faculty explore the connections between engagement and second language instruction in higher education, including research, best practices, and case studies.

KEYNOTE  SPEAKER

Tools for Teaching ‘Foreign’ Languages in a Time of Nativism 

Annie R. Abbott, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 

FACULTY AND COMMUNITY PARTNER PANELS

Building Strong Relationships across Campus and across Town to Create Institutional Change and Impact Student Learning: A Case Study in Developing a Spanish Community-Based Learning Program

Faculty Panel

Connie Mick, Institute for Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame
Rachel Parroquin, Center for Social Concerns and Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Notre Dame
Shauna Williams, Department of Romance Languages and Literature, University of Notre Dame

Community Partners Panel

Sam Centellas, Executive Director, La Casa de Amistad, City of South Bend
Laura Jensen, Director, El Campito, City of South Bend
Patricia Karban, Principal, Harrison Primary Center, City of South Bend

Immigration and the Construction of Memory – A Service Learning Course 

Tatiana Botero, Department of Romance Languages and Literature, University of Notre Dame

CBL Light: How a Small Investment in CBL Activities Can Create a Big Impact in the Classroom: Celebrating the “Day of the Dead” 

Elena MangioneLora, Department of Romance Languages and Literature, University of Notre Dame

Cecilia Stanton, John Adams High School, City of South Bend