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Category Archives: Professional Development
What’s New for New Teachers?
RESA News for 2017 Lesley Chapman, Beginning Teachers Chair French Teacher, Sycamore High School Like all things new, the RESA program is growing and changing each year. It is important to know what those changes are for this year if … Continue reading
CSCTFL Extension Workshop is a Success!
Martha Pero Halemba Hudson City Schools Spanish Teacher CSCTFL Program Chair 2017 OFLA President 2008-2009 OFLA Professional Development Chair Becky Shick presented “ Preparing Our Students for Success: Designing and Implementing Standards-based Thematic Instruction” on October 8th in Delaware. … Continue reading
ACTFL OPI Training Applications for the Classroom
Beth Hanlon, OFLA President Elect Spanish Teacher, Oberlin High School This past July, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL) held a Summer Institute Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) training at the Ohio State University. I was very … Continue reading
CSCTFL/OFLA Conference
CSCTFL/OFLA Conference Martha Halemba, PD Chair OFLA The Best PD in the land! Everyone mark your calendars for March 10-12 in Columbus! There are 36 workshops and over 240 sessions. There is something for everyone: IPAs, Assessment, IB, AP, Literacy, … Continue reading
My Top 10 Take-Aways from the 2015 ACTFL Conference
Beth Hanlon, OFLA Executive Vice-President, Spanish Teacher, Oberlin High School This past November, I had the opportunity to attend my first ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) conference! It was quite an experience from traveling cross country to … Continue reading
How can we develop lessons based on migration in a World Language Classroom?
How can we develop lessons based on migration in a World Language Classroom? Jonathan Harris Spanish Teacher St. Gabriel Consolidated School, Cincinnati OH Editor for Print Publications and Executive Recorder, OFLA Earlier this summer, I attended a Summer Institute sponsored … Continue reading
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