Each May MaFLA offers its Diversity Day. This professional development opportunity features high-quality presenters in a variety of languages. It is an intensive day that always proves to be enriching for participants.
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Here is a preview of this year’s program
MaFLA DIVERSITY DAY – May 5, 2012
Winslow Academic Center – Lasell College -Newton
10 Content PDPs French/ Spanish/Latin
Program
8:00am – 9:00am Registration & Continental Breakfast – Glow Lounge
9:00am – 12:00pm Session A (Break between 10:15 – 10:30)
12:00pm – 12:45pm Immersion Luncheon – Glow Lounge & Classrooms
1:00pm – 3:00pm Session B (Break between 2:00 – 2:15)
3:00pm – 5:00pm Session C (Break between 4:00 – 4:15)
FRENCH STRAND Facilitator: Josué Cabral, MaFLA Board/Brookwood School
Sponsored by AATF E. MA Chapter
Session A) Andréa Javel, Boston College, “Métissage des cultures, Couleurs du Maghreb: l’histoire, la musique, le cinéma, la cuisine et la littérature maghrébine de langue française”
Luncheon: Entretien avec Emilie Rey, Nouvelle Attachée Educative aux Services Culturels de France
Session B) Nadiège Bartin-Yansen, Boston College, “L’Hospitalité, race et post-colonialisme: Réflexion sur la diversité culturelle en Martinique”
Session C) Emmanuelle Vanborre, Gordon College, “L’anse créole: découvrir les Antilles francophones”
SPANISH STRAND Facilitator: Beatriz desLoges, MaFLA Board/Concord-Carlisle HS
Session A) Esther Sanchez, St. Mark’s School, “Convivencia: judios, cristianos y musulmanes en la España medieval”
Session B) Sara Sancoucy, Hamilton-Wenham HS, “Project-based Learning through Spanish Language Film”
Session C) Ana Rivera, Springfield Public Schools, “El Feminismo en la literatura latinoamericana”
LATIN STRAND Facilitator: Madelyn Torchin, MaFLA Membership Coordinator
Co-Sponsored by the Classical Association of Massachusetts
THEME: Teaching Latin through Ovid and Mythology
Session A) Prof. Pat Johnson, Boston University, “The Myth of Arache in Ovid and in Renaissance Art ˮ (Metamorphoses 6.1-145)
Luncheon: CAM Meeting: Presiding, CAM VP Kenneth Rothwell (UMASS/Boston) “What is LIMC? An Essential Tool for Teaching Myth in Art”
Session B) Klara Sands, Wayland MS, “Teaching Aphrodite in the Middle School”
Session C) Prof. James Dobreff, UMASS/Boston, “Reading Ovid and Expanding Your Latin: Active Latin Pedagogy”
CHINESE STRAND Facilitator: Shan-Lee Liu, Ed.D, MaFLA Board/Boston Latin School
LOCATION: Culture Center of Taipei, 90 Lincoln St., Newton Highlands, MA 02461
Sponsored by the Culture Center of Taipei Economic
and Cultural Office in Boston
THEME: The Legend of the Dragon: A Highlight of Chinese Culture
Receive 10 content PDPs with the completion of classroom lesson plan!
Session A) Yueh-Er Wang, President, Association of Chinese Schools – Region 1 &The Taiwan Lion Dancing Association
Session B) Yuan-Zhi Zhang & 4 other artists: Chinese children’s arts and crafts: Hands-on activities
Session C) Yi-Fang Gong & 3 other artists: Chinese arts and crafts: Hands-on activities for sculpture & pottery
Pricing
Full-day Program 10 PDPs/All Sessions/Breakfast & Lunch $150.00
Half-day Program AM 5 PDPs/Breakfast/Session A/Lunch $80.00
Half-day Program PM 5 PDPs/Lunch/Sessions B & C $80.00
DEDUCT $10 – Early Bird Registration – postmarked by April 1, 2012.
ADD $15 LATE FEE if postmarked after APRIL 27th.
NB Membership must be paid through May 05/12
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