🍁 Fall 2025 🍁
Executive Board News
Welcome Back to School Year 2025-2026!
Deborah Varga, President
Building Bridges: Why Higher Ed Faculty Should Join Local Language Associations Like OWLA
Nicola Work, President-Elect
It’s Time to Shine!: Why Your Colleagues (and Maybe You!) Deserve OWLA Recognition
Megan Brady, Immediate Past President
Reclaiming the Narrative: Why We Must Encourage Future Educators
Teri Wiechart, Parliamentarian & Bylaws Chair
The Dunning-Kruger Effect in Language Learning: Why Students Might Feel Like They’re Getting Worse When They’re Actually Getting Better
Lauren Shaffer, Executive Recorder & Editor of The Cardinal
Digital Literacy Done Right: Practical Approaches for Today’s Educators and Learners
Megan Frate, Membership Chair
Tips for Staying Organized with More Classes Than Ever
Kaleigh Baker, Editor for Electronic Media
Passing the Vibe Check
Alexis Blum, Professional Development Chair
What is the Future of World Language in Ohio?
Lesley Chapman, Public Relations & Advocacy Chair
What to Teach During the First Couple of Days of School Using Immersion
Megan Helgeson, Beginning Teacher Chair
Suggestions to Parents in Teaching World Language to Their Elementary Children
Jonathan Harris, Early Language Learning Chair
World Language Teachers Working with Multilingual Learners
Jessica Burchett, Multilingual Learning Chair
Advocacy & Affiliates
Around the State
Ryan Wertz, Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
AATSP Exams Announces Rising Educator Scholarship for Virtual Courses at the University of Salamanca
Alondra Pacheco, AATSP
OWLA Member News
Vivent les Métis du Manitoba!
Dr. Roger Anderson
Teaching World Language Through a Postcolonial Lens
Rachel Chapman
Ten Reasons to Take that Teacher Trip
Sarah Ross Van Gorder
What I Learned in My First Year Teaching Spanish: Culture, Games, and Active Participation Make All the Difference
Claribel Timmins
Negotiating Meaning with AI
Kyle Young
The Cardinal 