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A United States Department of Education National Resource Center

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

About the Outreach Program

At the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) our mission is to increase knowledge and awareness of Latin America and the Caribbean in the educational community and the general public by promoting language and area studies in their broadest sense.

Outreach at CLACS is a service-oriented program funded through a Title VI Federal Area Studies grant. It is designed to increase public knowledge about Latin America and the Caribbean and Latin American and Caribbean peoples and cultures. All our services are free!

• CLACS K-12 EDUCATORS Outreach
• CLACS CHILDREN Outreach
• CLACS Outreach to the COMMUNITY

CLACS K-12 Educators Outreach

• 2010 LATIN AMERICAN TEACHERS WORKSHOP : "Building Bridges"
  Saturday April 10, 2010
  Offered to teachers and librarians. This professional development workshop will provide an informative overview and discussion of different aspects of Latin America and the Caribbean.
  Click for more Information and Registration
  For more information, please contact Alejandra Seufferheld, 244-2790, amsseu@illinois.edu
  
  • 2009 Latin American Teachers Workshop. April 18, 2009
    Building Bridges: The Diversity of the Latin American Culture
    2009 Latin American Teachers Workshop pictures.
• K-12 Web based Teaching Resources curriculum-related materials on its outreach Web pages as a means of facilitating access to curriculum resources and research materials on Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Speakers Bureau for presentations in schools on Latin American topics.
• Outreach Library for k-14 teachers and instructors.
• Publishes several Curriculum development workbooks including: Columbus: Beyond the Myth, A Teacher's Workbook on Tropical Rain Forests, and Historia Oral: The Latina/o Experience in the United States.

CLACS Children Outreach

• Spanish Story Time
  The Spanish Story Time haven been organized by CLACS & the Urbana Free Library since 2006. The event is for children and their parents and consists of storytelling, live music and art. It is presented bilingually in Spanish/English, the second Saturday of October, November, December, February, March and April from 2:30 to 3:30 PM.
  "Spanish Story Time" pictures, click here.
• School-to-Library Spanish Time
  The goal of Library Spanish Time is to encourage elementary school students to discover literature, enjoy reading and at the same time learn about Latin American culture.
  In this project, school teachers and librarians bring the children to the Library for bilingual (Spanish/English) storytelling and music.
  "Schoo-to-Library Spanish Time" pictures, click here.
• "Tales in the Theater and Theater in the Tales": a Theater Workshop for Middle School Students. March 7, 2009
  The students will have the opportunity to learn a story, choose a character and represent it the same day.
  "Tales on the Theater" pictures, click here.