The Cardinal

The Best Professional Development in the World….

Debbie McCorkle, Secondary Language Learning Committee Chair, Unioto High School , French I-IV

Those are the last words that I remember saying as I was losing grip on reality to the sedation that my dentist was using on me for a procedure this summer. Was I delirious? No! I was telling him that World Language teachers have the best Professional Development of all the professions….we get to travel the world and this summer, I was “developed” to the fullest extent of my time and pocketbook! Continue reading →

Change….Bring It On!

Judy McCombs, Early Language Learning Chair, Columbus City Schools

The craziness of the start of a new school year has finally begun to simmer down.  Fall has arrived. Another change.  How many of you have experienced one, two or even three changes at the start of the new school year? Continue reading →

Theresa Minick, Chair 

Ohio teachers of world languages have been designing Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs), and there are many ways that technology can help in the assessment process. Continue reading →

Ohio Assessments for Educators Replaced the Praxis II

Gaby Semaan, University of Toledo, Assistant Professor

Visitors of The Ohio Department of Education web page searching for information about educator licensing in Ohio are welcomed with the statement “Beginning Sept. 1, 2013, a new test series (Ohio Assessments for Educators), will replace the Praxis II series as the required Ohio educator licensure tests, except for world languages.”1   Continue reading →

New Teacher Tips

Lucas Hoffman, Beginning Teachers Committee Chair

I trust that you’ve all settled into your school year by now.   A new school year provides a wonderfully fresh start but can be frankly overwhelming as we try to implement the new ideas and best practices we learned about over the summer.  Be careful, and do this all in stride.  Nicholas Provenzano, via Edutopia, shares 3 strategies to avoid teacher burnout (a problem to which beginning teachers are commonly susceptible): Continue reading →

Jody Ballah, Assistant Professor of French, University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash

OFLA Scholarship Chair

It is time to begin gathering your materials together to apply for one of the OFLA sponsored scholarships for the coming year.  This year, OFLA is pleased to offer the following scholarship opportunities: Continue reading →