The Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports of Spain and the University of Valencia hosted a meeting of administrators from the United States, Canada, and Spain in order to discuss educational reform efforts in these countries as well as Programs of Cooperation between the states, provinces, and Spain. The group of over 100 administrators also had the opportunity to share research-based initiatives in second language acquisition and multicultural education and learn about successful bilingual and dual language programs and practices implemented nationally and internationally. ACTFL Past President Marty Abbott was an invited participant and enthusiastically praised the efforts of the Ministry of Education of Spain for supporting these cooperative programs by stating, was an excellent opportunity for educators to assemble and share experiences and expertise. Ironically, at a time when the No Child Eeft Behind legislation is pulling education into the national arena in the United States, Spain is attempting to decentralize the responsibility for education and give more domain to the individual provinces. Many ACTFL members were participants and presenters of sessions over the three day span of the conference. Sessions ranged from discussing the implications of the No Child Left Behind legislation to examining recent findings linking elementary language programs to higher student achievement on standardized tests. Certainly a highlight for the educators was a visit to the CEIP Balmes Elementary School in the town of Guadassuar, on the outskirts of Valencia. The school focuses on developing the multilingual abilities of students by including Spanish, Valencian (the local language), and English for all students. The visitors to the school found out that schools abroad share many of the same challenges that schools in the U.S. experience including professional development for teachers and finding sufficient resources to provide a variety of programs for students. Many school districts and states have entered into cooperative agreements with the Embassy of Spain in order to meet the demand for teachers of Spanish across the United States and Canada. Currently, at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of Spain, there are 15 different programs of cooperation in the field of education with the United States and Canada. Thousands of teachers, students, and researchers from the three countries participate in these programs every year. [More details and information, such as the Visiting Teacher Program and Language and Culture Assistants Program, found later in this article.] According to Miguel Martinez Lopez, Education Commissioner for USA and Canada, the Office of Education at the Embassy of Spain is deeply committed to forging and strengthening positive educational and cultural initiatives between the USA, Canada and Spain, as well as supporting quality programs of Spanish language and culture. We love to explore with our wonderful counterpart new approaches to better serve the needs of students, both in North America and Spain, and find the sharing of projects and experiences, in the field of education, in the teaching of Spanish language and culture, most necessary and enriching. In this respect, says Martmez Lopez, we are always open to new horizons and opportunities for collaboration that will positively impact our already intense transatlantic relations, built as they are on a noble, strong and shared community of interests. Embassy of Spain-Office of Education Ministry of Education Programs of Cooperation Visiting Teachers Program The Visiting Teachers Program is a collaborative program supported by the Ministry of Education/Embassy of Spain and several departments of education and school districts across the United States and Canada. This program offers U.S. and Canadian school districts the opportunity to recruit foreign language and bilingual teachers from Spain to teach at elementary, middle, and high school levels. …