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Monthly Archives: February 2023
Letter from the President
Retooling for 2023 and Beyond Mark W. Himmelein, OFLA President 2022-2023Professor of German, University of Mount Union With the holidays and an all too short break behind us, like many of you, I too, am already several weeks into a … Continue reading
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2023 Board Election – Meet the Candidates!
Kaleigh Baker, OFLA President-ElectSpanish Teacher, Butler High School Several months ago I wrote about WHY you should consider joining OFLA and it was so nice to see so much interest from educators throughout the state! After working with the OFLA … Continue reading
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Scholarship Raffle at the CSCTFL/OFLA Conference
Come win some great prizes while helping your colleagues! Megan Brady, OFLA Executive Vice President Spanish Teacher, Northwest High School Do you remember your first few years of teaching? Maybe you were a rockstar from the get go, or maybe you … Continue reading
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Sawubona! – The Importance of Names and How Not to Be Mr. Garvey
Milton Alan Turner, OFLA Editor of Electronic MediaFrench and Spanish Teacher, Saint Ignatius High School Comedian Keegan-Michael Key created the character of substitute teacher, Mr. Garvey, who constantly mispronounces every student’s name. To make matters even worse, he is completely … Continue reading
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Priorities
Ideas for Reclaiming Your Personal Time Beth Hanlon, OFLA Executive Recorder and Editor of The CardinalSpanish Teacher, Oberlin High School Many years ago, I was in an interview to become a big sister for Big Brothers Big Sisters in my … Continue reading
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What My Spanish 3 Students are Doing Right Now
Escena Musical Lisa Howie, OFLA Executive Treasurer Spanish Teacher, Smithville High School My Spanish 3 students are finishing and presenting Prezis about Spanish musicians/artists right now. I wish I could take the credit for creating the format, but I can’t. Years … Continue reading
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Ask Not What OFLA Can Do for You…
Ask what you can do for OFLA! Maria Herman, OFLA Membership ChairGerman Teacher, Maumee City Schools I’m sure we’re all familiar with the quote from John F. Kennedy that is paraphrased above, but are you aware that OFLA is run … Continue reading
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Fostering Global Curiosity
Topic Expansions to Get Kids Thinking About the World Around Them Lauren Racela, OFLA Technology Integration Committee ChairFrench Teacher, Milford High School In many cases, the world language classroom may be used as an opportunity for students to discover other … Continue reading
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Differentiation with the Grid Method in the World Languages Classroom
Marcia Davis, OFLA Secondary Language Learning ChairAssistant Principal/Former Spanish Teacher, World Language Middle School, Columbus City Schools Meeting learners’ needs can be challenging, to say the least. Differentiating instruction is one way to help meet those challenges. According to Carol … Continue reading
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Spotlight on New Teachers: Abby Arace
Nicole Hanlon, OFLA Beginning Teachers ChairFrench Teacher, Buckeye Valley High School The OFLA Beginning Teacher Committee is working hard to connect with new teachers and to support them in becoming excellent, innovative, resourceful, and long-lasting world language teachers. Our goal … Continue reading
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