Continued Collaboration Between the Massachusetts Department of Education and the Ministry of Education and Culture in Spain

To:Superintendents, Principals, Personnel Directors, and Other Interested Parties
From:Jeffrey Nellhaus, Acting Commissioner of Education
Date:November 12, 2007
I am pleased to inform you about the continued collaboration between the Massachusetts Department of Education and the Ministry of Education and Culture in Spain. The Ministry has appointed Clara Gomez Jimeno to work at the Massachusetts Department of Education. She can assist districts in hiring experienced teachers and assistant teachers from Spain who are fluent in both English and Spanish to teach in English as a second language, two-way bilingual, and foreign language programs. The Department will sponsor teachers hired through this program for J-1 visas, which allow them to teach in the United States for up to three years. You and your staff are invited to meet Clara and teachers from Spain working in Massachusetts's schools on Thursday, December 6, 2007 from 3:30 to 5:00 pm in the third floor Board Room at the Massachusetts Department of Education, 350 Main Street in Malden. Directions to the Department may be found at http://www.doe.mass.edu/contact/doedirections.html?location=main. If you would like to attend, please respond to Clara by Monday, December 3, 2007 at 781-338-3034, cjimeno@doe.mass.edu or clara.gomez@mec.es. In addition to discussing the visiting teacher program, Clara will describe other initiatives of the Education Office of the Embassy of Spain in the United States and Canada, http://www.mec.es/exterior/usa/en/home/index.shtml. These initiatives include the Spanish Resource Center, a library of free materials for teaching and learning Spanish language and culture at the University of Massachusetts Boston and summer courses in Spain for teachers, administrators, and high school students. The Department of Education and the Education Office of the Embassy of Spain are committed to serving the students and teachers of Massachusetts and we welcome your ideas on strengthening the program. I hope you will be able to join us on December 6, 2007.



Last Updated: November 13, 2007



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