Spanish-American Institute

Faculty Meeting and Workshop Minutes

Meeting Date and Time: June 16, 2012, 10 am to 1 pm

Present: Christina Cavage and Gwen McIntyre from Bella Lingua LLC and; Spanish-American Institute:

Galyna	Andryushchenko	Maria A.	Machado
Jenny	Arbai	Erlinda	Manliclic
Zukhra	Batchaeva	Madina	Marzhokhova
Tetiana	Bobrysheva	Zoryana	Matiychyk
F. Ann	Bush	Semen	Mere-Mere
Myriam	Chalek	Enrique	Nibeyro
Drissa	Compaore	Vincenta	Ortiz
Ana M.	Diaz	Nori	Panganiban
Gladys	Diaz	Anna	Pliner
Iliyana	Dimitrova	Emiliano C	Ramos
Leonila	Dolina I, Dr.	E. Karina	Rodriguez
Loreen	Dolina Ruck	Ivelisse	Rymer
Lina	Eco	Paul	Schiffman
Dilyara	Engulatova	Thomas S.	Schwenke
Anvar	Ergashev	Svetlana	Sergeeva
Dante	Ferraro	Benjamin	Tagnan
Angie	Gomez	Alumna U.	TULDANES
Libertad	Grajo	Sukhrob	Ulmasov
Edwin	Guevara	Carmen	Vargas
Yana	Kiryeyeva	Svetlana	Vedernikova
Lyudmila	Klavtsen
Kyu Sun	Ko

Minutes – Topics Discussed

Accreditation Update: Review items for the Commission of English Language Program Accreditation (CEA) visit. Visit is scheduled for Thursday through Saturday, July 18, 19 & 20.

Christina Cavage covered the following points during her presentation:

• Explanation of CEA and why Spanish-American Institute seeks accreditation
  for our ESL program
• Provides an opportunity for self-evaluation
• Students are assured that the Institute follows the best-practices and standards
  as determined by a respected national accreditation commission
• Ensures that our curriculum meets the assessed needs of our students
• What to expect during visit
• CEA team ensures the information prepared in our Self-study is being met
• Team will observe a several ESL classes and interview all personnel
  and students
• The interviews, observations and review of all Self-study materials focus
  on the 11 areas of Standards as defined by CEA
• What each of us must do to prepare. No formal preparation is required – all of us should be familiar
• Our Mission
• How students enter and enter and exit the program
• Our ESL teaching standards of good practice
• Our curriculum
• Course outcome statements
• Assessment of outcome statements

NorthStar’s MyEnglishLab Update:

· Emphasize the need to register and enroll students in Mylab.

· Demo on techniques that can be used to incorporate MyLab as part of classroom activities.

· Promote MyLab as a means to provide additional practice for students

· Incorporate the tools in MyLab for both formative and summative instruments to assess students’ performance and achievement of learning outcomes.

Survey of Workshop

At 1:15 pm the meeting was adjourned to a luncheon gathering in the Garden at Barbetta's on 46^th Street where informal discussions of the day’s topics continued until dusk.