Author Archives: Cardinal Editor

Jonathan Harris, Ohio Buckeye AATSP PresidentSpanish Teacher, St. Gabriel Consolidated School, Cincinnati The Ohio Buckeye Chapter of the American Association for the Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) reports the following announcements for Fall 2020. September 30 is National Teach … Continue reading →

Derek Braun, TESOL/OFLA Liaison Columbus City Schools, EL Science Teacher As many districts have moved to remote learning or hybrid instruction, the challenges that existed for many English Learners have become even more significant and the disparity of access to … Continue reading →

Brian Hunter, University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College, Assistant Professor of SpanishSheri K. Barksdale, University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College, Assistant Professor of American Sign Language Teaching a foreign language in an online environment is not an easy task. Language … Continue reading →

Paulina MontaldoSpanish Teacher, Ursuline High SchoolAdjunct Faculty, Youngstown State University The phone in the newsroom of the television station rang, it was an informant from the airport. Mick Jagger had arrived in the country incognito and, we had the news. … Continue reading →

Lauren Racela, French TeacherMilford Junior High School, Milford, Ohio As many of us are learning, there are plenty of online resources for world language teachers. Sometimes, the key is actually paring down these resources to find the important ones that … Continue reading →

Ryan Wertz and Kathy Shelton, World Language Consultants Ohio Department of Education   Thank You for a Job Done Extraordinarily Well during a Time of Great Adversity The Ohio Department of Education would like to recognize the outstanding efforts of … Continue reading →

OFLA Needs Your Support Now Teri Wiechart, OFLA Membership Chair Delphos Jefferson High School, Retired There are many reasons to stay involved at this time in OFLA!  Most importantly, it is a way to stay connected when we need it … Continue reading →

Cheryl Johnson, OFLA President-Elect Instructional Technologist for the Modern Languages, Denison University  I would first like to thank everyone who voted in our 2020 OFLA election. The board appreciates your participation in this process. We especially appreciate that you took … Continue reading →

Milton Alan Turner, OFLA Immediate Past President Saint Ignatius High School This year OFLA recognizes one educator and two friends of world languages as our 2020 Award Winners. Gary DiBianca of Orange High School was named the Leona Glenn Award Winner … Continue reading →