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Do You Know What JNCL-NCLIS Is?

ALL ABOUT JNCL-NCLIS 

 

 JNCL-NCLIS is The Joint National Committee For Languages and the National Council for Languages And International Studies

Who are they?

The JNCL-NCLIS leadership understanding the multifaceted language landscape, from education to industry.  Together with its members, JNCL-NCLIS forma a network or language professionals raising public awareness and profile of the positive benefits of language learning.

The JNCL-NCLIS team analyzes federal and state legislation, provides policy recommencations to decision-makers on Capitol Hill, and tracks the budget and apporopriations process in Congress.  JNCL-NCLIS empowers its stakeholders by connecting ethem with members of Congress to advance the language agenda in the U..S.

Do you want to get involved?

By becoming a member of JNCL-NCLIS you not only support our shared missions, you actively shape it.  Whether you are an individual support or the leaders of your organization, you have a place at the table.

Learn more about JNCL-NCLIS membership here.

Tips for Grassroots Advocacy

Empowering Local Changemakers!

As a language educator, you share important resources with your students, their families, your colleagues, and the greater community every day. Beyond providing language instruction, you help individuals to connect more profoundly with others, celebrate varied perspectives, develop problem-solving skills, and take advantage of new opportunities—whether they are academic or professional, in town or half a world away!

Learn more here!

Resources for the Start of the School Year

Leslie Grahn has been sharing some resources to help teachers start the school year off on a positive note.  Check them out.

Kick off the new school year by starting with the “why.” Why learn another language? What are the benefits? How do you plan to start the conversation with your students? Here are some curated resources for you.  Click here to access the resources.Check back for more resources!

How will you provide a supportive learning environment for your language learners in the new school year? Support them with word walls, chat mats, expression lists, and more! Curated resources for you here.

As we are building relationships with our students and creating classroom community in the new school year, consider having students reflect on their strengths and talents and how they can contribute to the classroom community. Resources for multiple languages here

As we focus on building relationships and classroom community in the new school year, consider designing communicative tasks that have an affective element- tasks that create connections with and between students. Lean on instructional strategies like find someone who, speed friending, inside-outside circles and more.  Click here for a link to building relationships and Learning Environment!  Here are some resrouces for Speaking and Writing in World Languages.

Get your language learners out of their seats and moving with brain breaks in the TL! Zumba, Yoga, Dance, and more! Resources for multiple languages here

Check back often for more resources.  I will add them as I find them!  Thanks so much Leslie Grahn!

August Is Here and Soon It Will Be Back To School

Here I am going to list resources as I peruse the Internet for ” Back to School.”  Check back often!

Refresh your Syllabus and Teach About Proficiency! – Thanks Leslie Grahn!

Need some ideas for refreshing your Syllbus – Here are some ideas from The Creative Language Classroom.

Resouces to Build Relationships with Your Students.   Thanks Leslie Grahn

Positive , encouraging message in varfious Languages – Thanks Leslie Grahn!

Don’t miss these Class Opening Slides – Thanks Leslie Grahn!

Do yout need resources to  gauge your students’ language proficiency at the start of the school year and build classroom community at the same time? Here are some resources for you.  Thanks again, Leslie Grahn!

Here are some visuals to help you gauge your studens proficiency at the beginning of the school year.  Thanks for another great resource Leslie Grahn!

Here is another interesting resource I have found.  How to respect my ethnic name  Thanks @AnpuLondon.   Anpu has added You’re welcome to share this with your workplace etc. Please credit me. A PDF is available to download. – Download the resource here (free PDF): https://www.anpu.london/name

Liues lie Grahn suggests the following – Make yourself a warm fuzzy folder (real or digital) for all positive messages, cards, notes, emails, etc. you have received. When you experience a rough day, it’s your go-to place to focus on the positive, remind you how you have made a difference and how appreciated you are! Read more here!

What scaffolds and supports will you provide your students? word wall? chat mat? expressions of the day? Here are some resources for you.  Thanks Leslie Grahn.

Are you a Spanish teacher in search of a word wall? Here’s a free downloadable one,   Thanks again Leslie Grahn!

What are your class norms/expectations? Will students collaboratively create them (ex. class constitution)?  Here are some resources.  Thanks Leslie Grahn!

Are you planning to share the benefits of being proficient in another language with your students? Here are some resour.  Thanks Leslie Grahn.

Need some brain breaks and mindfulness activities for your students? Here you can find some. Thanks Leslie Grahn

All of Lesalie Grahn’s resources and tips for starting the new year are here on her blogpost.

Be sure to check out these Brain Breaks. Fun

Here are 10 Nifty Starters for Languge Lessons from Language Teacher Toolkit: Steve Smith’s Blog!

 

DESE UPDATE

At the beginning of March the Massaachusetts DESE released Modules 1, 2, and 3 of the Online Learning Modules to support workd language teachers, directors, coordinators, and supervisors to advance their understanding of the Massachusetts 2021 World Languages Curriculum Framwork. The moduels are asynchronous and can be complete independently or with a group/department.  Module 1 is about the Organiztion of the World Languages Framework: Overview of the Implementaion Series.  Module 2 incorporates The Framework through the Lens of Proficiencyand Module 3 treats the topic of The FRamework through the Lens of Equity.  The modules are very informaitonal and provide excellent resources. If you haven’t completed these yet, we recommend that you do.

On April 1 Modules 4, 5 and 6 were relased. Module is an Overview of Communication Standards and ACTFL Proficiency. Module 5 focuses on Interpersonal Communication Standards and Module presents Presentational Communication Standards.  Be sure to take advantage of these excellent resources.

The DESE is also offering Curriculum Alighment Lebs.  The first series was held in March but more are being scheduled for April.  Be sure to stay tuned for them and sign up to attend.  More inforamtion here.

 

NECTFL News

Call for Proposals NECTFL.  The 2023 NECTFL Conference will be held March 2-4, 2023 at the NY Hilton Midtown. Conference Chair Margarita Dempsey, the Chair of the Conference, inviess you to submit a proposal for a session.  The conference theme is Reimagining the World Language “Classroom”:  The Future Starts Today.  For more information.

Additionally NECTFL seeks its next executive director.  For more information and the accplication form!

Resources for Winter Olympics and National Foreign Language Week

Planning small group tasks for your students?-Check out these resources for group roles, group norms and instructional strategies for groups in English and the target language Posted on Facebook by Leslie Grahn. Thanks Leslie for these great supports for teachers.
Find them here!

Are you going to incorporate the Winter Olympics into your classes.  Here are some great rsources from Leslie Grahn.  You can find them all here.

In March we wil be clebrating National National Foreign Language Week from March 6 – 12,2022.  To learn more about how this celebration came about and its history click here.

Proficiency Academy Videos

Check out the videos which have the “Proficiency In My District” presentations from the 2018 Proficiency Academy.  Kudos to Norwood, North Reading and Duxbury for all you have accomplished on the path to proficiency.  These are great resources.