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Awesome Resources for Beginning Teachers
Lesley Chapman Beginning Teachers Committee Chair French Teacher, Sycamore City Schools If you are like the new World Language teacher in my department, you are inundated with acronyms: SLO, RESA, IPA, OFLA, ACTFL, the list goes on. How do you … Continue reading
Posted in No. 1 - Fall 2016, Opportunities, Uncategorized
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“You Can’t Stop The Waves, but You Can Learn to Surf”
Lisa Sobb, OFLA Secondary Language Learning Committee Chair, Sylvania Southview High School It seems like just yesterday that we were enjoying our well-deserved summer break, dipping our toes in the ocean or relaxing by the pool, but fall is here … Continue reading
Posted in Affiliates, No. 1 - Fall 2016, Uncategorized
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AATSP Buckeye Chapter News Fall 2016
By Angela Gardner, Ross High School This summer, our American Association of Spanish of Teachers and Portuguese Buckeye Chapter saw a changing of the guard with Bill Langley moving from the position of President to Past President, Angela Gardner replacing … Continue reading
Posted in Affiliates, No. 1 - Fall 2016, Uncategorized
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Evolving Positively as Educators
Angela Gardner, Ross High School, Hamilton, OH A few days ago, I stumbled across a familiar and fondly remembered inspirational article, originally shared in 2013, on building relationships in the educational community. The article is called “Find Your Marigold,” by … Continue reading
Posted in General, No. 1 - Fall 2016, Uncategorized
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AATG News
AATG/PAD Study Trip Awards The Ohio chapter is proud to announce that two high school students in Ohio received a prestigious AATG/PAD Study. Ohio was able to nominate 3 students of the 17 who applied for this award. Both students … Continue reading
Posted in Affiliates, General, No. 1 - Fall 2016, Uncategorized
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Ideas for Literature Circles in a World Language Classroom
Jonathan Harris Executive Recorder and Editor of the Cardinal Spanish Teacher, St. Gabriel Consolidated School, Cincinnati, Ohio As a K-8 Spanish teacher whose classes span several different grades, I am always on the lookout for materials that would appeal to … Continue reading
A Message from the President
Happy 2016 Summer to the OFLA members and friends. In this last article as the president of the Ohio Foreign Language Association, I want to take a moment to share highlights from what your OFLA Board and other groups … Continue reading
Stepping Up: Taking a leadership role in YOUR professional organization
Beth Hanlon, OFLA Executive Vice-President Spanish Teacher, Oberlin High School I think back to the beginning years of my teaching career. Back to when surviving the daily struggles of lesson planning and classroom management were the top priorities. As … Continue reading
Core Practice #3 of World Language Teaching
Lucas Hoffman, Sylvania Southview HS, OFLA President-elect This is part three in a series of articles about the nationally developed core practices of world language teaching. In the fall article, I wrote about the ACTFL position statement on 90% target … Continue reading
Posted in Executive News, General, No. 3 - Summer 2016, Uncategorized
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Scholarships
Teri Wiechart OFLA Scholarship Committee Chair OFLA President 2013-2014 Comprehensible Input Based Teaching–Trainer and Coach It’s time to start planning for the next year’s OFLA CONFERENCE, March 30-April 1, 2017. Deadline for all applications is November 30, 2016. College and … Continue reading
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