"Vocational Rehabilitation + Language Learners"
Presented By: Patrik McDade
Date: February 27, 2018
Location:
PCC Climb Center
1626 SE Water Ave
Portland, OR 97214
Time:
Registration- 11:30 am
Educational Presentation- 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Networking- 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
2.0 CEU's have been requested for this educational event
Cost:
Student - $20.00
IARP Member - $25.00
Non-Member - $35.00
Join us for the Lunch and Learn event: "Vocational Rehabilitation + Language Learners" presented by Patrik McDade, Founder of People*Places*Things
Founded in 2011, People*Places*Things (ppt) advocates culture and language acquisition by providing accessible services to teachers, students, immigrants and refugees. PPT offers language classes, cultural navigation, document translation, and language teaching certificates. Their language classes teach real life application to create culturally competent and successful business interactions. PPT is on a mission to develop a nationally applicable model to help reach the 25 million people in the united states that describe themselves as limited English proficient as a way to make connections and help build bridges between communities.
We will be discussing multiculturalism, language and the impact they have on vocational issues.
Patrik McDade is the founder and program director for People-Places-Things, turning language barriers into language bridges. He received a Teaching English as a Second Language certificate from Portland State University in 1996 and has taught thousands of classes in several countries, in more than 300 locations - from public schools to libraries to basements. He has facilitated language skills development in immigrant and refugee communities in Greater Portland since 1996. His approach to language learning is through culture - he believes that language is a tool for people to do things together, and it must be practiced in the real world. Through his work with People-Places-Things, he is shifting the dialogue about the role of language teaching and culture learning for building a more inclusive America, and a more connected world. He has presented at dozens of conferences and public spaces throughout the Northwest.
A big thank you to our sponsors!
Bostwick Krier & d’Autremont
Wallace & Associates, Inc.