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Thoughts on a Career in the Rubber Industry

Carol Eiber, OFLA Immediate Past President Those of us who work in teaching foreign languages emphasize the importance of knowing another language.   We tell our students, and anyone who will listen, that there will be more opportunities open to them … Continue reading

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World Languages, Global Competencies, Global Students

Victoria Eickhoff, Retired Momentum to prepare our students to graduate with global competence is growing.  One of the stated outcomes of the Common Core Standards from the Council of Chief State School Officers is to produce students who can engage … Continue reading

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Camp OFLA 2013

Camp OFLA, in its 9th year now, began on June 9th. This is one of OFLA’s best projects ever : http://www.campofla.org/campofla.org/Welcome.html.

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Giving Back To The Community

Medina High School 1st Annual Chinese New Year Luncheon Fundraiser Shasha Gibbs, Chinese Teacher, Medina High School On March 1, all students who are currently taking Chinese at Medina High School participated in “Medina High School First Annual Chinese New … Continue reading

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Letter from the President

OFLA Welcomes the 2013 Central States Conference! March 14-16, 2013 Roslyn Terek, President Conference Committee Chairs Set to Finalize Preparations Hi Everyone! After several years of planning, it is almost time for our highly anticipated joint Central States/OFLA Conference!

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Future Leadership

Carol Eiber, Immediate Past President According to our by-laws, there are three offices to be voted upon in 2013.  I am pleased to announce the candidates who have stepped forward to run for these offices.

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In Memory of Charles Hancock

1940-2012 Dr. Susan Colville-Hall, University of Akron Fall 2012 was a sad time for Ohio’s world language teachers because we lost one of our state’s beacons of educational equity and foreign language study.  Charles Hancock had an ambitious career as … Continue reading

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Professional Development Corner

Martha Pero, Professional Development Chair OFLA had a wonderful Central States Extension Workshop presented by Lucas Hoffman in October.  The topic was “Making Sense of Writing”.  There were 21 participants from around the state.  Lucas covered the following topics: Why … Continue reading

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New Ad Hoc Committee Researches Tech-Based WL Programs

OFLA Board’s View of Commercially Produced Tech-Based WL Programs Roslyn Terek, President At the December 1st OFLA board meeting, the board discussed the recent posts on the Listserv about the use of technology-based World Language Programs. Richard Emch, OFLA Executive Vice-President, … Continue reading

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Awards

Teri Wiechart, President Elect Many thanks to all who took the time to submit colleagues for this year’s OFLA Awards.  There were so many strong, deserving candidates it created a difficult task for the selection committee.  In many cases ties … Continue reading

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