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An electronic publication of the
Minnesota Chapter
of
AATG
Welcome to the Web location of the Minnesota Chapter of the American
Association of Teachers of German. We have posted here a variety of information
sources and materials which are of professional interest to German teachers
in Minnesota. Your comments and suggestions are invited. Please e-mail to:
paschons@stthomas.edu Die MinnesINFObahn
is hosted by the
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 55105.
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| Minnesota AATG Chapter Services Information on the organization's services to members and their students. |
Minnesota AATG Constitution |
MNAATG KulturkalenderDates of events of interest to German teachers. |
| 2001-2003 MNAATG Officers (Names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail) | Minnesota AATG Teacher of the Year Award | MNAATG Teacher of the Year Award Winners in Previous Years |
| Minnesota AATG Publications | Minnesota German Educators in the News |
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| Minnesota Teaching Positions open in German | Sprachfest 2007 | Germany for Kids |
| Minnesota-Baden-Württemberg H.S. Student Exchange |
Links within Minnesota
National and International Links
In cooperation with the national association the Minnesota Chapter
of the American Association of Teachers of German (MN-AATG) offers a variety
of services to members:
Membership and Information
David Rutledge, Tartan High School, ammianus@usfamily.net, 1409 Fairmount, St. Paul, MN 55105 (h) 651.699.7211, (w) 651.702.8879
Testing and Awards. In Minnesota approximately 1,000 high school students
participate each year in the Testing and Awards Program. Minnesota is thus consistently
one of the two or three largest participating chapters in the program. Students
who achieve above the 90th percentile on the standardized written test are invited
to oral testing for final evaluation. In addition to the prizes awarded from
the national offices, the Minnesota chapter adds a wide variety of prizes of
its own. Minnesota has for many years been able to award at least one study-trip
to Germany each summer. All high school teachers should receive information
on the testing program each year from the national offices of AATG. In addition
information is published each year in the newsletter of the state chapter, Der
Minnesota Staatsbrief. The name and address of the Minnesota testing chairperson
is published in each issue of the chapter newsletter:
The Testing Chair is
Isolde Mueller
St. Cloud State University
Lawrence Hall 120 –FLL 720
4th Ave S. St. Cloud, MN 56301
Second Tester is Roland Jarvis, also St.Cloud State University.Information on the AATG Testing and Awards Program (On the AATG site)
Deutsches Sprachfest. Each spring the Minnesota chapter sponsors a Deutsches Sprachfest for high school students. Over 2,000 students from all parts of Minnesota gather to exhibit their talents in German language/culture related projects. Projects range from computer programs through photography, skits, posters and song. A large number of awards are given for excellent achievement at the daylong festival.
Professional Meetings. The Minnesota chapter of AATG sponsors two professional meetings each year. The October meeting is held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Minnesota chapter of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and the other AAT's in Minnesota, thus providing a greatly expanded conference with a wide variety of presentations and the opportunity to "compare notes" with teachers in other languages. The size of the fall meeting also allows for a large exhibition hall featuring textbook publishers and language service organizations.
The spring meeting involves only MN/AATG and presentations are oriented exclusively to questions of German language and culture.
Notices of meetings and registration forms are posted on the MinnesINFObahn front page at the time that registration opens for each meeting.
High School Student Exchange. Minnesota AATG has a long standing relationship with the school system of the German state, Baden-Württemberg. Students from all Minnesota high schools are eligible to participate in the family to family exchange. Applicants are paired according to interests and background and families in Minnesota and Baden-Württemberg are brought into contact. In the fall the partner from Germany arrives in Minnesota, lives with the partner family and attends school with the Minnesota "brother/sister". In the spring Minnesota students return the visit to partner families in Germany and attend school there. For students from both sides of the exchange, a variety of cultural excursions are arranged. The Exchange program has a web page at: http://www.mnbwexchange.org/
George Reimer, 5333 Humboldt Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55419 (612) 824-2518 greimer494@aol.com
Newsletter. Der Minnesota Staatsbrief is published three times
annually in October, January and March. Each issue contains the names and addresses
of chapter officers and directors of each of the service programs, a calendar
of events of interest in the profession, information on professional meetings,
information on services available to members, and a variety of articles pertaining
to German language, culture and pedagogy.
Electronic Information The chapter sponsors an elctronic information
service, the Electronic Staatsbrief. Information is sent to participants
via e-mail as events develop which are of interest to German teachers. The chapter
also sponsors a WWW site, die MinnesINFObahn
paschons@stthomas.edu
Home Pages of MN/AATG Members:
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Keith Anderson St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN Gayle Carlson, Egan High School Horst Ludwig Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN Paul A. Schons University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN If you would like your homepage listed here, please
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The Minnesota AATG Site, die MinnesINFObahn, is maintained by:
Paul A. Schons
Mail # 4054
University of St. Thomas
St. Paul, MN 55105
tel: (612) 962-5153
Please send comments and suggestions to:
paschons@stthomas.edu
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