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Language in the School Curriculum Committee (LiSC)
Background
Established in 1992.
Charge
The Committee explores and pursues ways in which the linguistics community can have an effect on school instruction in language-related topics, including linguistics.
Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the Committee include but are not limited to:
- Setting up some apparatus to serve as an information clearinghouse for individual linguists who have been working on schooling-related projects or who want information on such projects.
- Organizing activities (such as conferences, sessions at the Annual Meeting, courses or workshops at the Linguistic Institute) or publications (such as newsletters or reports) devoted to these questions.
- Assembling curricular guidelines for use by curriculum commissioners, textbook publishers, and the wider educational community, and take such steps as are necessary to make these guidelines publicly available.
- Pursuing ways to ensure that professional linguists' efforts have an effect on schooling.
- Coordinating with the new PR Committee on efforts to educate students about the basics of linguistics.
The Committee is authorized and encouraged to collaborate with other professional societies and organizations that have an established interest in these questions, and particularly with classroom practitioners.
Membership (open)
- At least 6 members, serving three-year terms.
- Ideally, at least one member who is a secondary school teacher.
Committee Members
- Sharon Klein, California State University, Northridge, Chair (2012)
- Jean Ann, SUNY-Oswego (2010)
- Jim Bauman, Center for Applied Linguistics (2012)
- David Bowie, University of Central Florida (2010)
- Daniel Ginsberg, Center for Applied Linguistics (2012)
- Eden Kaiser, University of Minnesota (2012), Student member
- Anne Lobeck, Western Washington University (2012)
- Michal Temkin Martinez, University of Southern California (2011), Student member
- Jeff Reaser, North Carolina State University (2011)
- Bruce Long Peng, SUNY Oswego (2012)
- Michael Shepherd, University of Southern California (2013)
- Amy Davis Troyani, Carnegie Mellon University (2012)
- Rebecca Wheeler, Christopher Newport University (2012)
