Martha Pero, Professional Development Chair
What a year we have had with the news of the new OTES (Ohio Teacher Evaluation System), the SLOs (Student Learning Objectives) and the SGMs (Student Growth Measures). The OFLA Professional Development Committee has researched this information and has presented 11 workshops helping over 400 foreign language teachers make sense of our state legislature. We look at this as a silver lining for our members. Since we must align the SLOs with the state standards, our hope is that we will become one of the leaders in the nation with proficiency-based assessments. Continue reading
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