FLAVA Conference Session Proposal acceptance is closed

2013 FLAVA Conference Award forms are online.

February Bulletin is online.

First Professional Development Workshop rescheduled

The FLAVA 2013 Conference Session Proposal Form is online

Professional Development Opportunities for the World Language Educator

The Foreign Language Teachers Workshop Series (FLTSW) continues its series under the umbrella of the Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA) during the spring term 2013. Four workshops are slated beginning in January and continuing through April.

FLAVA November 2012 Bulletin is online

2012 Conference Information Updates (See Conference at a Glance and FLAVA Conference 2012)

2012 Conference Information Updates (See Agenda, Conference at a Glance and Sessions with TELL Correlations)

2012 Conference Information Updates (See Agenda and Conference at a Glance)

2012 Conference Preview (pdf)

FLAVA/FLTWS Professional Development Workshops 2012-2013

The Foreign Language Teachers Workshop Series (FLTWS) continues to expand across the Commonwealth in an effort to provide useful, professional development opportunities to as many Virginia foreign language educators as possible. The FLTWS is partnered with the Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA) through its Professional Development Network (PDN).

Beginning in October 2012, the Series will institute five or more workshops whose topics will be determined from results of Virginia teachers' self-assessments conducted through the Teacher Effectiveness for Language Learning (TELL) Project which is being integrated as a part of the Virginia Foreign Language Professional Development Framework for 2012-2013.

All workshops will originate at Washington and Lee University (WLU) in Lexington and will be broadcasted live via the Internet to numerous host schools and divisions across the Commonwealth.

After September 25, 2012, check back at this site, or go directly to the registration site http://www.wlu.edu/x33602.xml to learn of workshop topics, presenters, dates, times, and host locations. As in the past, the FLAVA/FLTWS workshops can be used for receiving points toward teacher certification renewal at the discretion of the local school division.

2011-2012 FLAVA/FLTWS Professional Development Workshops recordings

List of Presenters (pdf)

Flava 2012 Conference Program Agenda (pdf)

• 2012 Conference At a Glance Information
  • Thursday (pdf)
  • Friday (pdf)
  • Saturday (pdf)

Conference Keynote Speaker: Yo Azama (pdf)

Jamestown and Beyond Description (pdf)

FLAVA 2012 Conference registration is online

FLAVA 2012 Conference preliminary information is available

FLAVA Creative Project Contest announcement

FLAVA Conference 2012 session proposal deadline extended until May 15.

FLAVA April 2012 Bulletin is online

The 2012 FLAVA Conference Award Nomination Forms are online
[Please Submit by Sunday, July 15, 2012]

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World Language Day at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA on March 24, 2012
http://worldlanguageday.umwblogs.com

FLAVA Conference 2012 session proposal submission form is now available.

FLAVA February 2012 Bulletin is online

Photos from the FLAVA 2011 Conference

Dear FLAVA Members,

It is with great pride and joy that I announce Marty Abbott's appointment as Executive Director of ACTFL: this just days after she addressed us at our conference so thoughtfully and thought-provokingly.

I am sending this letter to Marty--originally meaning just to thank her for speaking to us and celebrating with us, but now also to congratulate her on this coup!

Onwards and upwards!
Kathryn

Subject: U.S.-China Teachers Exchange Program is Recruiting Now!
From: "Hu Di" hudi@ncuscr.org

Dear To Whom It May Concern,

I would like to introduce to you and the teachers who are affiliated with your organization a unique opportunity to teach in China and learn about Chinese language and culture through the U.S.-China Teachers Exchange Program. Now in its sixteenth year, the program sends American K-12 teachers to China to teach English in Chinese secondary schools, and places Chinese secondary school teachers of English in American schools to teach Chinese language and culture, and where appropriate, English as a Second Language.

We seek experienced American K-12 teachers of any level and any subject who will return to the U.S. committed to improving teaching about China in American schools. While in China, they teach English in Chinese secondary schools. The teachers leave the U.S. in late August for the school year that begins on September 1, and are generally finished with their teaching duties in late June. The Chinese school year runs through early July, but the students are reviewing for and then taking exams in which the American teachers have no role.

The exchange program also brings Chinese secondary school teachers of English to the U.S. They spend the school year teaching Chinese language, Chinese culture (history, literature, arts), and/or, where appropriate, English as a Second Language. It is not required that every school or district both send and receive. We are flexible, hoping to satisfy the needs and interests of individual teachers, their schools, and their districts.

Following this message you will find an announcement about the Teachers Exchange Program. We would appreciate it if you would disseminate information about the program through newsletters and online listservs, advising prospective applicants to write to e-mail tep@ncuscr.org for additional information and an application. They may also contact us by snail mail at:

Teachers Exchange Program, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations

71 West 23rd Street, Suite 1901, New York, NY 10010-4102

Interested teachers may also learn more about the program from our website:
http://www.ncuscr.org/programs/tep.
The application deadline for the 2012-2013 academic year is March 1, 2012.

Thank you for your interest in the U.S.-China Teachers Exchange Program. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Hu Di

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NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON U.S.–CHINA RELATIONS
Celebrating 45 | Promoting Constructive Engagement Since 1966

Hu Di
Program Officer

hudi@ncuscr.org | www.ncuscr.org

212-645-9677 x14|212-645-1695 fax
71 W. 23 Street, Suite 1901, NYC 10010

*****

U.S.-China Teachers Exchange Program

The National Committee on the United States-China Relations is now seeking applications for an exchange program for teachers in American and Chinese schools. This is an unusual opportunity for schools and districts wishing to begin or to strengthen Chinese language and culture programs and for teachers wishing to live and teach in China.
Since the beginning of the program during the 1996-97 school year, we have had American teachers from across the country in key (selective) secondary schools throughout China--in Beijing; Chengdu (Sichuan); Dalian (Liaoning); Anqing, Hefei, Ma.$B!G.(Janshan, and Tongling (Anhui); Hohhot (Inner Mongolia); Luoyang (Henan); Shijiazhuang (Hebei); and Changzhou, Jiangdu, Nanjing, Suzhou, and Yangzhou (Jiangsu). We anticipate continuing to work in some of these cities in 2012.

The American teachers in China teach English as a foreign language. The Chinese teachers, all of whom teach English as a foreign language in China, may teach Chinese history, language, and culture, and/or English as a second language at participating American schools.

The National Committee sponsors orientation programs in the United States and in China during the summer before the exchange year. For American teachers this covers "survival" Chinese, the teaching of English as a foreign language, and an introduction to China and its schools. The orientation session for Chinese teachers covers the teaching of Chinese as a foreign language, instruction on American teaching methodology, and an introduction to the United States and its schools.

Those interested in the exchange should write to tep@ncuscr.org or send a letter to the

Teachers Exchange Program, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations,

71 West 23rd Street, Suite 1901, New York, NY 10010

for more information and an application package. The application deadline for the 2012-2013 school year will be March 1, 2012.

The Supts. Memo announcing the 2012 Governor’s Foreign Language Academies (GFLA) was distributed on Friday, October 7, 2011. The memo is available on the Web here.
Information regarding the GFLAs has been updated to the VDOE Website and can be accessed here

FLAVA/FLTWS workshops registration site

FLAVA 2011 Professional Group Luncheon Information is online

FLAVA 2011 Conference Session Descriptions are online

Conference Exhibitor list is online

Preconference Workshop information now available

Conference at a Glance Updated

FLAVA Fall 2011 Bulletin is online

FLAVA 2011 Conference Sessions at a Glance (pdf)

Announcing the Professional Development Network - free PD - time sensitive information - FLAVA Professional Development Opportunities (pdf)

VOTE!!!! Join FLAVA as it enters into its second hundred years
Vote online!

The window for voting for the officers for 2011-2013 has arrived!!
Voting opens on September 1 and closes September 29

FLAVA 2011 Conference registration is online

The FLAVA 2011 Executive Committee election will be conducted online beginning September 1st. Candidate submitted biographies are available here.

The conference session proposal submission deadline has been extended to May 31, 2011.

NECTFL is right in our backyard for 2012!
Session and workshop proposals for NECTFL in Baltimore are due June 3.
For information and forms, go to www.nectfl.org

FLAVA Spring 2011 Bulletin is online

Foreign Language Teachers Workshop Series

Workshop 3
Synchronous and Asynchronous Tools: Language Learning's Evolving Pedagogy
Speaker: Joyce Dittrich
March 17, 2011
Refreshments at 3:30. Workshop 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM.
Lynchburg College
Modern Language Resource Center
Schewel 366
Lynchburg, Virginia

Joyce Dittrich, a former NBCT in World Languages, has taught Spanish for more than thirty years. An advocate for 21st century educational reform, her interests include utilizing the best that the Internet and software have to offer language instruction today. As more and more online language courses come on the academic scene, she wonders if these environments can achieve the same proficiency levels that traditional programs have demonstrated. How instructors adapt to the online environment is crucial.

Workshop 4
FLIPping the Language Coin: Increasing Speaking Proficiency Through the Use of Technology
Speakers: Patricia Hardin and Ivelise Faundez-Reitsma
April 7, 2011
Refreshments at 3:30. Workshop 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM.
Virginia Military Institute
401 Scott Schipp Hall
Lexington, Virginia

This workshop with Professors Patricia Hardin and Dr. Ivelise Faundez-Reitsma will discuss the benefits of FLIP cameras (and other compact digital movie cameras) as a novel technological tool available to instructors teaching language courses with twelve or more students who wish to increase opportunities for their students to practice their speaking skills outside the classroom. The workshop will showcase the results of using the FLIP camera in three over-enrolled sections of intermediate Spanish, and relate the technical and pedagogical aspects of this project.

Go to http://www.wlu.edu/x33602.xml to register and find out more about the workshop series.

These workshops are sponsored by the Foreign Language Teachers Workshop Series (FLTWS), the Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA), and Washington & Lee University.

Questions should be directed to Dr. Dick Kuettner, Workshop Series organizer at kuettnerd@wlu.edu or (540) 458-8995.

NECTFL 2011 Conference Information, April 1-4, 2011, Baltimore

FLAVA Needs You!!! Volunteer Application Form

The 2011 FLAVA Conference Session Proposal Submission form is available for download

February 2011 VDOE Report

National Foreign Language Week. March 7-13, 2011

February is Discover Languages Month
Find Ideas for Celebrating Languages
See What Others Are Doing

Dear FLAVA Member,

Do you know anyone who is worthy of being named a SANS, Inc./MEAD Leadership Fellow? This person would have to be foreign language teacher from Virginia who has demonstrated leadership potential at his or her institution and/or in a professional organization at the local, state, regional or national level.

Per additional information found on the NECTFL website, the SANS, Inc./Mead Leadership Program supports individuals in the development of a project that contributes to the foreign language teaching profession and advances quality language instruction. The Mead Program was created to develop future leaders for the profession at the state, regional, and national levels.

The instructions for applying (whether for yourself or for someone you recommend) can be found on the FLAVA site at http://flavaweb.org/index.php using the link titled SANS, Inc./MEAD Leadership Program.

Completed applications should be sent electronically (.doc/.pdf) to Dick Kuettner, Professional Issues Committee Chair. kuettnerd@wlu.edu The Executive Committee of the FLAVA Board will select one individual to represent our state organization in this competition. Dick must receive the completed applications by 9 PM EST, on 5 January 2011. The Executive Committee will in-turn select FLAVA’s representative and submit that person’s name to NECTFL by close of business on 7 January 2011. Thank you all for you continued support as we, as an organization, continue to grow professionally.

Most sincerely,

Norah Jones, President
FLAVA

Please encourage your teachers of all languages to add rich examples to the ACTFL 21st Century Skills Map for Languages. The deadline is rapidly approaching, but perhaps the winter break will be an ideal time to do this. Details and a link are in the ACTFL SmartBrief blurb below. As a reminder to those who may not be used to working with Wikis, one must click the “Edit” tab at the top before one can type into a page.

Add your examples to the ACTFL 21st Century Skills Map for Languages
K-16 language teachers -- How are you integrating 21st Century Skills into your language instruction? Share your knowledge in communication, collaboration, critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, innovation, information literacy, media literacy, technology literacy, flexibility, adaptability, initiative, self direction, social and cross cultural skills, productivity, accountability, leadership and responsibility. See what others are doing and add your examples directly to the ACTFL 21st Century Skills Map for Languages.

The deadline is Dec. 30.

Subject: New Series of EU Lesson Plans for Secondary Schools

Dear Colleagues,

The EU Delegation is pleased to announce a new series of free online lesson plans about the European Union designed by educators to support History and Social Sciences curricula in the United States at the secondary school level, primarily high school.Each lesson is accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation and can be used as a stand-alone lesson or in combination with others.

Please find attached a promotional flyer that can be downloaded and printed. You may also want to check out our newly designed web pages under the Academic Resources tab: 1) EU Educational Resources and 2) Delegation Grant Programs at: http://www.eurunion.org

Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

Sandi Auman
Cultural Affairs Officer
Press and Public Diplomacy
Delegation of the European Union
2175 K Street NW
Washington DC 20037
T: 202-862-9541
F: 202-429-1766
sandi.auman@ec.europa.eu

teacheurope_Teachers.doc

From: J. David Edwards jde@languagepolicy.org Subject: FW: More Information on the Dec. 8 Foreign Language Summit Here are links to additional information about the Foreign Language Summit last week that was sponsored by the CIA and the Center for the Advanced Study of Languages (CASL) at the University of Maryland. The International Business Times story quotes a number of our colleagues who are JNCL/NCLIS members. ========================================= Secretary Duncan's Remarks http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/education-and-language-gap-secretary-arne-duncans-remarks-foreign-language-summit CIA Press Release https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-2010/foreign-language-summit.html International Business Times By Joseph Picard | Thursday, December 9, 2010 4:32 PM U.S. falls behind in foreign languages http://hken.ibtimes.com/articles/90684/20101209/.htm

SANS, Inc./Mead Leadership Fellows Program Applications due January 7!!!

Foreign Language Teachers Workshop Series
Workshop 2

Title:	Impacting Today's Curriculum with Evidence-Centered Teaching
When:	November 4, 2010 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Where:	Language Resource Center, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia
Register:	Here
Contact:	Dr. Dick Kuettner

Wow, it's hard to believe that the annual conference is only a few short weeks away! As the new Exhibits Chair, I am amazed at how I seemed to blink and now it's suddenly time to get all our wonderful vendors set up! We have quite an extensive list this year, with a number of new exhibits that I know will offer added variety to an already great selection of innovative ideas we need to motivate our kids to learn. If you have never attended the FLAVA Conference, you need to make it a priority. It is an awesome opportunity to meet other colleagues and come away refreshed and armed with the tools to breathe new life into your teaching. If you have attended before, but haven't registered yet, what are you waiting for? I am very much looking forward to renewing old friendships and making lots of new ones! And be sure to take advantage of the special room rates for FLAVA members when you stay at the Koger Center! You can register on line at http://www.flavaweb.org/flava_conference_2010.php

See you soon,
Becky McQueen
FLAVA Exhibits Chair

FLAVA 2010 PreConference Friday Workshops

Foreign Language Teachers Workshop Series - Fall 2010 (pdf)

FLAVA Fall 2010 Bulletin is online

FLAVA 2010 Conference Registration is online

FLAVA Spring 2010 Bulletin is online