Schedule

Day 1 (Tuesday, 9 August)

All FLTAs should gather at ‘The Meeting Point’ in Terminal 5 (International Arrivals) at O’Hare International Airport (Chicago). A Notre Dame representative will greet FLTAs at ‘The Meeting Point’ and transport them by coach to the University of Notre Dame.

Bus 1 departs Terminal 5, O'Hare Airport at 12:30 PM
Bus 2 departs Terminal 5, O'Hare Airport at 3:30 PM
Bus 3 departs Terminal 5, O'Hare Airport at 6:30 PM
Bus 4 departs Terminal 5, O'Hare Airport at 9:30 PM

In case of delays, please note that COACHUSA (a private bus company) offers regular service from Terminal 5 to the University of Notre Dame. A schedule and fares are available at www.coachusa.com Please note that Notre Dame is 90 miles and 2.5 hr journey from O’Hare/Chicago.

Light Snacks available at Duncan Hall 8:00PM.

Day 2 (Wednesday, 10 August )

(All events in McKenna Hall/CCE)
9:00 Breakfast (optional)
9:30 Tour of Campus (optional)
9:00-11:00 Orientation registration, distribution of ID Badges, course-packets and folders
11:30 Prof. Nicholas Entrikin, Vice President and Associate Provost for Internationalization, Official Welcome
12:15 Ms. Nicole Lebenso, Program Coordinator, FLTA Program, Institute of International Education, Program Administrator, FLTA Program, Institute of International Education, The Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program: Policies and Procedures
1:30 Mr Kevin Barry, Interim Director, Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning, Education in the United States, Articulating Course Goals, Successful Teaching Strategies, Alignment of Assignments and Examinations to Goals
2:30-2:45 Coffee Break
2:45 Mr Kevin Barry, Interim Director, Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning, Micro-teaching & Peer-assessment
3:45 Mr Kevin Barry, Interim Director, Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning, Course Planning, The Interactive Method, The Course Syllabus and Grading and Responding to Student Work
6:30 Dinner & Quiz on American Culture at Legends of Notre Dame

Day 3 (Thursday, 11 August)

(All events in McKenna Hall/CCE)
8:00-8:45 Breakfast Buffet
9:00 Prof. Lance Askildson, Dir., Centre for the Study of Languages & Cultures, Communicative Teaching & Successful Language Teaching Methods I
10:00 Prof. Lance Askildson, Dir., Centre for the Study of Languages & Cultures, Communicative Teaching & Successful Language Teaching Methods II
11:30-11:45 Break
11:45-12:45 Prof. Lance Askildson, Dir., Centre for the Study of Languages & Cultures, Communicative Teaching & Successful Language Teaching Methods III & Testing, Grading, Teacher Evaluation Form and Academic Integrity
12:45-1:45 Lunch
1:30 Dean John T. McGreevy, I.A. O'Shaughnessy Dean of the College of Arts and Letters Welcome
2:00 Mark Kocovski, Human Resources Conflict Resolution: Dealing with your Supervisor, Students, Colleagues in a New Environment
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15 Breakout Sessions for specific languages/language groups
Arabic: Prof. Li Guo Rm 100
Chinese: Prof. Chengxu Yin Rm 102
Irish: Prof. Tara MacLeod off-site
Korean: Prof. Jung-Hyuck Rm 104
Russian: Prof. Alyssa Gillespie Rm 108
Spanish: Prof. Elena Mangione-Lora Rm 112
Portuguese: Prof. Sandra Teixeira, Rm 106
Japanese: Prof. Setsuko Shiga, off-site
French: Prof. Marie-Christine Escoda-Risto Rm 114
Other Languages (including Yoruba, Hindi, Bengali, Pashtu, Dari, Finish, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kiswahili, Swahili, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Uzbek, Malay, Mongolian, Wolof, Tajik, Turkish, Uzbek, Urdu, Malay) Dr. Stewart Markel
4:30 Prof. Chris Clark, Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning,Technology as an Aid in the Classroom and in Language Teaching
6:00 Dinner on your own with Notre Dame Domer cards

Day 4 (Friday, 12th August)

(All events in McKenna Hall/CCE)
8:30-9:15 Breakfast
9:30 Information session on Renting Accommodation, Policing and Sexual Assault
1.Prof. Ava Preacher, Associate Director, Office of Dean of Arts & Letters,
2.Mr. William L. Wilson, Attorney at Law, ANDERSON, AGOSTINO & KELLER, P.C.
3.Keri Kei Shibata, Crime Prevention Officer, Notre Dame Security Police Department
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 Prof. Sean T. O'Brien, Assistant Director Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies
Challenges Faced by International Students in America
12:00 Lunch (Lower level, McKenna Hall/CCE)
1:00 Prof. Hugh Page, Dean, College of First Year Studies
The American Student – Needs and Hopes
2:00 Dr Jannifer Crittendon, Dir. Office of Institutional Equity, Discrimination and Harassment on Campus and in the Workplace
3:00-3:15 Coffee Break
3:15Dr Stewart Markel, Center for The Study of Languages and Cultures
Succeeding in the American Classroom

4:00 Bethany Burgun, Director of International Student Services
Challenges Faced by International Students in America
4:15 Distribution of FLTA Stipend
7:00 Farewell Banquet in traditional costume/dress and group photograph Closing Address by Mrs Anita McBride, Chair, Fulbright Scholarship Board

Day 5 (Saturday, 13th August)

(All events in McKenna Hall/CCE)
8:00-8:45 Breakfast
9:00 (Sharp) Buses departs Notre Dame for O’Hare Airport
11:30 Arrival at Terminal 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 at O’Hare/Students depart for host institutions.