Wright State Students, Alumni and Professors Travel to Chicago to See French Music Star

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Cardinal Editor

Kirsten Halling, Associate Professor of French, Wright State University
Pascale Abadie, Associate Professor of French, Wright State University

Screen Shot 2014-10-22 at 8.38.59 PMIt began as a crazy idea during the weekly French conversation club last summer: “Stromae’s coming to the US, this fall. Let’s go see him!” Before long, tickets were bought, hotel rooms reserved, travel plans to Chicago made, and the dream had become a reality. Stromae, the world’s biggest Francophone (French speaking) musician, plays to full houses all over the world, and here was a chance to see him in a small venue in Chicago. Continue reading →

Posted in OFLA News: Association, Vol. 53, No. 1 - Fall 2014 | 1 Comment

Zhang nabbit another OWLer!

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Cardinal Editor

Jingyi Zhang, Chinese Teacher, Chillicothe City School District

This is my second year teaching since I graduated from Cleveland State University. I am teaching all levels of Chinese in all buildings in my school district. As a new educator, I always look for effective teaching methods that can improve my teaching. Continue reading →

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¡Las Mariposas Monarcas Se Mueven Mucho!

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Cardinal Editor

Jennifer Coppolino, IHM Grade School/Spanish Teacher K-8

“This is the best field trip ever!”  exclaimed one of the third grade boys.  Last May, thirty-five third grade students were able to be naturalists for the day at the Wolf Creek Environmental Center in Medina County. This year, on the first staff day, one of the third grade teachers even approached me to ask if we were still planning to go on the field trip again this year.  I would say it is safe to say she felt the same as the young boy. Continue reading →

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Letter from the President

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Cardinal Editor


TeriWTeri Wiechart, OFLA President 2013-2014

As the school year winds down, it is always a good time to reflect on the past year and to plan for the next.  This is true for classrooms and for OFLA.  The OFLA Board, under the leadership of Richard Emch, has already begun.  As we look back, we see that there were two things that absorbed the most time for members of the OFLA Board were the Conference and the Regional Professional Development offerings. Continue reading →

Posted in Executive News, Vol. 52, No. 3 - Spring 2014 | 1 Comment

What a Conference! What a Fun-filled Friday Evening!

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Cardinal Editor

Award Recipients Honored Before Dancing Began

Roz for OFLA 2011-2012 V2Roz Terek, Immediate Past President
French Teacher, Poland Seminary High School

All who attended this year’s conference will agree, I am certain, that we spent an amazing three days together! As the executive officers arrived on Wednesday, the excitement was obvious in all we did. Never before have so many attendees registered for our Thursday workshops, and never before have so many attended the conference. It was truly one of the best I have attended! I would like to thank Teri Wiechart for her hard work in planning the great event, and for changing the scheduling of sessions, workshops and festivities. Continue reading →

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Advocacy

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Cardinal Editor

Have a Great Summer and Stay Connected

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Sarah Shackelford, Advocacy Chair

One of the best teachers I know recently remarked that the most powerful counsel he could give to any teacher is to continually invest in your own professional development. These days, in addition to joining our professional organizations and attending conferences and special workshops, this also includes following these organizations on listservs and social media. Doing so provides us immediate, free access to ongoing sources of professional development and networking. Continue reading →

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Membership

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Cardinal Editor

It’s So Easy!

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Julie Frye, Lexington HS/OFLA Membership Chair; OFLA Technology Committee; French Teacher

According to the new by-laws, voted on and accepted by you, the voting members, we have streamlined the process for joining OFLA and/or renewing your membership. Continue reading →

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Professional Development Corner

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Cardinal Editor

OFLA Professional Development

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Martha Pero, Hudson City Schools, Professional Development Chair

Look for future PD from both OFLA and ODE!  We are working together to bring you the best professional development program covering all of your needs!  Kathy Shelton has scheduled several workshops for SLOs and IPAs.  Please check the ODE site for the dates.  OFLA will be scheduling some workdays, free of charge, to develop IPAs and norm grading on the rubric.  These are to be announced.

On another good note, 27 people took advantage of the Ashland graduate credit offered by OFLA PD.  If you need a graduate hour for your certification, we will be offering it once again next year, so plan to attend the OFLA conference and/or the CSCTFL conference to meet the 15 hour face to face contact hours.

Please feel free to offer suggestions for future PD.

Posted in Executive News, Vol. 52, No. 3 - Spring 2014 | Leave a comment

Do You Want to be More Involved in OFLA?

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Cardinal Editor

Editing The Cardinal could be the way!

Beth HBeth Hanlon, Spanish Teacher, Wellington High School
Executive Recorder and Editor for Print Publications

In the previous edition of The Cardinal, I wrote an article to describe the process involved in preparing The Cardinal to get it out to the OFLA membership.  I mentioned the editing team from the OFLA Executive Board that helps me to go through each article for all editions. Continue reading →

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OCC

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Cardinal Editor

Ohio Classical Conference Update

A Look Toward Next Year

K.C. Kless,  OCC Affiliate / Latin Teacher, Indian Hill Middle School

The Ohio Classical Conference’s annual meeting for the 2014-2014 school year will be held October 3-4, 2014, in Cleveland, Ohio. The OCC has issued a call for papers for any and all aspects of the Classical World, especially presentations that deal with the pedagogical issues which arise in the Latin and Greek classrooms of today, from elementary school to graduate school. Please send abstracts by July 11, 2014 to Bob White, President (white_r@shaker.org).For more details, visit the OCC website, http://ohioclassicalconference.org/ Continue reading →

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