3:30-4:30 Division meetings
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Welcome to #GoOpenVA where teachers are empowered to support personalized learning for all their students by creating, using and sharing openly-licensed digital resources. https://goopenva.org/
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Spanish:
LUPA- Radio Ambulante https://radioambulante.org/en/education/lupa
Lupa is designed for Spanish learners who want to achieve a better understanding of Latin America while learning the language. You’ll be listening to Radio Ambulante’s stories, produced in different countries — with just enough help to keep you on track.
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Looking for Some Fresh Ideas?
As many of you begin the second semester of the 2019-2020 school year, here are some free resources to support your students' learning in the classroom.
- Are you ready for some new activity ideas? Click here to learn how to lead "What Do You See?" and other engaging activities to help students build proficiency. Also, check out our new, Language Tree activity!
- Do your students ask you why they should learn your language or if they should continue next year? Print these FREE posters for your classroom, including All the Places You'll Go!, Why Learn French?, Why Learn Arabic? and many more!
- Are you looking ahead to the summer and some learning of your own? Concordia Language Villages' STARTALK teacher program offers an 11-day course in immersion methodology and assessment, June 23-July 3 in Bemidji, Minnesota, including 4 units of graduate credit and up to $500 in travel expenses. This program is FREE to teachers of STARTALK critical languages, including Spanish, Russian and Chinese, pending federal funding.
- Did you know Concordia College has a Master of Education program in World Language Instruction? Courses are offered both online and in person - blend the best of both worlds!
Webinar Recordings:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vista Higher Learning (many videos)
The newest video is: From Baby Boomers to Gen Z: Reinvent your Teaching Style to Inspire Today's Learners
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Summer Institute for Classroom Teachers
Join us for the 25th annual CARLA Summer Institute Program in 2020!
Learn to Teach with Social Networks: A Practical Guide for Intercultural Competence is now available. You can find it on CERCLL's website here:
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The newest video is: From Baby Boomers to Gen Z: Reinvent your Teaching Style to Inspire Today's Learners
Start Here
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Summer Institute for Classroom Teachers
2020 SUMMER INSTITUTE INFO
SUMMER TEACHER INSTITUTE: EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICE
The Summer Institute is designed for classroom teachers, providing them an understanding of how experiential education pedagogy and practice can help enhance their academic curricula and classroom practice. To provide focus to the discussions and stronger opportunities to develop community, the Institute will group three discipline cohorts together at a time (past groupings have included English, Humanities/Social Studies, and World Languages as one cohort and Sciences, Math, and Performing/Visual Arts as another cohort). Note: teachers of literature-based courses (philosophy, religion, etc.) may find the English cohort relevant to join. Educational administrators are welcome to join us at any time but will need to choose one academic discipline to focus their time and learning with.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Join us for the 25th annual CARLA Summer Institute Program in 2020!
Online Institutes
Transitioning to Teaching Language Online—Online course
Institutes Offered at the University of Minnesota
Secondary Dual Language and Immersion: Achieving the Promise of Continuation Programs—New! | Foreign Language Literacies: Using Target Language Texts to Improve Communication July 13–17, 2020 Presenters: Mandy Menke and Kate Paesani Using Technology in Second Language Teaching—Online option July 20–24, 2020 Presenters: Adolfo Carrillo Cabello, Marlene Johnshoy, and Dan Soneson Critical Approaches to Heritage Language Education July 20–24, 2020 Presenters: Jenna Cushing-Leubner and J. Eik Meaningful Portfolio Implementation: Using Goal Setting, Reflection, and Thinking Routines to Enhance Student Proficiency—New! July 20–24, 2020 Presenters: Stephanie Knight and Julie Sykes Culture as the Core in the Second Language Classroom July 27–31, 2020 Presenters: Martha Bigelow and Kaishan Kong Teaching Language Through the Lens of Social Justice—Back by popular demand! July 27–31, 2020 Presenters: Cassandra Glynn, Beth Wassell, and Pamela Wesely Teaching World Languages and Cultures in Elementary Settings July 27–31, 2020 Presenter: Leah Shepard-Carey |
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National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC)
2020 Summer Institute: Planning for Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL)
https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/even
https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/even
June 10-16, 2020
This Summer Institute is designed for world language educators who have
some knowledge of Project-Based Learning (PBL) as well as some practice in
generating project ideas. During the Institute, participants will flesh out
their ideas for a project design they have already subjected to critique.
Applicants must complete the *prerequisite* NFLRC MOOC (massive open online
course)
Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning
https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/admi
and earn a badge in order to qualify for consideration for the Institute. Participants who
fulfill requirements outlined in an associated course syllabus may opt to receive two (2) graduate course credits (tuition fee).
*Duration: 5 instructional days (Wed., Th., Fri., Mon., and Tue.)Location:
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UTSponsors: Second Language Teaching
and Research Center (L2TReC) https://l2trec.utah.edu/
and National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/
PREREQUISITE: Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning MOOC
https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/even
Application Timeline
*Envisioning PBLL MOOC Completion Deadline: February 28, 2020*
Summer Institute Application Period Opens: March 1, 2020
*Summer Institute Application Period Ends: March 20, 2020*
Notification of Participant Selection Decisions: March 31, 2020
Summer Institute Learning Outcomes
- develop and outline a contextualized project-based language learning
task;
- foster language proficiency development through appropriate
communicative events embedded in project-based language learning
experiences;
- employ effective scaffolding strategies for language, content,
interactions, process, product, and use of technology;
- design and implement effective assessments for project-based tasks;
- use appropriate technology for supporting project-based language
learning, e.g. for:
- locating project partners and culturally authentic materials,
- gathering relevant content-related resources,
- facilitating student collaboration and engaging learners
in communicating with communities of target language speakers,
- providing formative feedback, and
- sharing student work with authentic audiences, and
- supporting professional growth.
For more information, visit
https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/event
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FLAVA Spring Conference, World Languages, Key to Success.
The spring conference will take place Saturday, 18 April 2020, on the campus of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. The small conference registration fee covers a full hot breakfast, lunch to your liking, and a day full of sessions and sharing. Spring conference registration is now open.
FLAVA Fall Conference, Beyond Languages.
The fall conference will take place 08 – 10 October 2020, at the DoubleTree by Hilton convention center, in Williamsburg, Virginia. The conference is in its planning stages and the official call for proposals will be announced in the very near future. So, start thinking about the session or workshop proposal that you will want to submit.
Volunteers.
FLAVA is always looking for volunteers to assist in committee work. The need is there as many of the Advisory Council committee chairs are looking for loyal members who wish to serve the organization and its membership. Participating in such a manner enhances your professional growth and provides future opportunities for more leadership within the organization.
Professional Growth.
The Foreign Language Teachers Workshop Series continues to thrive. We now have new leadership in Teacher Education and Professional Development, Eric Jaworski, from Virginia Beach. Under Eric’s leadership, I hope we can expand the number of workshops, the number of host sites, and the number of actual attendees. I have been talking about finding more host sites beyond Virginia by extending invitations to our regional members (SCOLT and NECFL) and believe that we are moving steadily in that direction. Our final interactive Internet workshop, Achieving the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages through Social Justice Education, slated for 19 March 2020, will be led by Dr. Stephanie M. Knouse, from Furman University where she is the University Supervisor of Foreign Language Education. You can register for the workshop on the FLAVA site. |
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As a middle school English teacher, I incorporated plenty of group work into my instruction. I did it for a number of reasons. Sometimes it was because a task seemed like a natural fit for cooperative learning, like days when I wanted students to brainstorm ideas together. Other times it was just to mix things up and do something different. And then there was the “fewer grades” principle: If I had 120 students and I gave an assignment to groups of four, that meant I would only have to grade 30 final products, rather than 120. Read more
In the news
In the news
You don’t have to be in New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras! French students donned festive garb and sampled king cake while hosting a group of sixth grade friends. Two of the sixth graders were crowned “king for the day,” and all had an excellent time.
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Last week, the students in Ms. Page’s seventh grade Advanced Spanish class participated in a Spanish-language version of the TV show Shark Tank, “Tanque de Tiburones.” They came up with ideas for products and services, such as no-spill coffee cups, laundry sorters, and mouth guards for playing instruments; figured out production and marketing costs; and presented their ideas to our “sharks”: Mrs. Varoutsos, Ms. Covarrubias, and Mr. Hoffmann. The project was a great way for the students to practice their persuasive speaking skills!
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