Salish School of Spokane seeks to be a supportive partner for other endangered Indigenous language communities and learners.

Summer Immersion Symposium 2026

Will be held at Salish School of Spokane, June 25-26, 2026.

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Spring Symposium ́Agenda

Creating an Indigenous Language Fluency Transfer System that can Power Immersion Schooling

Symposium Goal: provide training to established ILFTS partners so they can successfully develop and teach the Level 1 Language and Stories Moduels, and begin to develop the Level 2 Language Module.

2026 Spring Immersion Symposium participants will learn about:

  • our Indigenous Language Fluency Transfer System (ILFTS)

  • how we train new fluent adult speakers & teachers with the ILFTS

  • how other communities can adapt and adapt our ILFTS for their own languages to power successful Indigenous language revitalization.

Training will include demonstrations of ILFTS immersion lessons, audit and evaluation of L1 Language teaching by trainees, and intensive training on the development of ILFTS materials.

Past Symposiums

 Salish School of Spokane has had success developing an effective fluency transfer system, the training of new advanced fluent speakers, and the establishment of a successful n̓səl̓xčin̓ immersion school.

Periodically, we offer Immersion Symposiums. These symposiums are fundraisers for SSOS, and offer training for other Indigenous language learners and communities. Symposiums are offered both at SSOS in Spokane, and on-site with hosting communities. The topics of our Immersion Symposiums change depending upon the needs and interests of participants. The focus of previous Immersion Symposiums have included:

  • How to develop and implement the SSOS Indigenous Language Fluency Transfer System (ILFTS)

  • How to establish, administer, and fund an Indigenous immersion school meeting Head Start, ECEAP, and K-10 standards in an Indigenous immersion school setting

  • Orthography and literacy theory and methodologies for Indigenous immersion schools

  • Culture-based science programming and curriculum for Indigenous immersion schools

  • Immersion math as a first focus of Indigenous language immersion instruction

  • ILFTS curriculum building from archival language recordings and resources