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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!

 

NECTFL News

NEW for 2023! A super-early-bird registration rate. $150 for both conference days: Friday and Saturday March 3-4, 2023 at the New York Hilton Midtown. 

The Board feels that this is a tremendous bargain for the breadth and depth of the experience of the two days of the conference. This rate launches July 1st and is available until August 1st. PLEASE do promote this in your circles of influence! The Board appreciates your support to get the word out about this new option for conference participants.

Call to Action

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!

JNCL-NCLIS is pleased to announce that Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) is leading a Dear Colleague letter that urges the Senate Appropriations Committee to support funding the World Language Advancement and Readiness Grant Program (WLARA) at $15 million in Fiscal Year 2023. We are thankful for Senator Booker’s leadership and commitment to world language education.

We need your help to attract as many bipartisan co-signers as possible to the Dear Colleague before the May 18th filing deadline. Please take action today and send an email to your Congressional Senate members to urge them to add their signature to this Dear Colleague as soon as possible.

Click here to share this action alert with your networks on social media. Thank you for your continued advocacy!

TAKE ACTION NOW

World Languages Curriculum Alignment Lab #2

The Massachusetts DESE has announced that the second round of Curriculum Alignment Labs for the World Languages Framework Implementation are available for registration.  In response, to feedback, the DESE has decided to slow down the pace of the Alignment Labs. This second round of labs will take place during the final 2 weeks of May, instead of the final week of the originally scheduled first week of April. This will provide more time to complete the most recent Online Learning Modules (4-6) now available on the World Languages Implementation webpage as well as to begin to collaboratively align a unit or units in your department using the Curriculum Alighnment Guide (also available on the Implementation webpage.

The Curriculum Alighnment Labs are 90 minutes. Be sure to complete Modules 4-5 prior to atttending. See the links below for dates, times, and registration details.

Urge Your House Member To Sign On – Support the Language and Readiness Grants Program.

JNCL-NCLIS is pleased to announce that Representative Young Kim (R-CA) will be joining with Representative David Price (D-NC) to lead a bipartisan “Dear Colleague” letter that urges the House Appropriations Committee to support funding the World Language Advancement and Readiness Grant Program (WLARA) at $15 million in Fiscal Year 2023. We are thankful that Rep. Kim, a native of South Korea and a fluent Korean speaker, has agreed to serve as the Republican lead on this letter, thereby https://www.votervoice.net/JNCL/Campaigns/94052/Respond?vvsn=BNwDAgh-ACk9WAViQ6Z7EAAhonoring the memory of the late Representative Don Young (R-AK), whose vast legacy includes co-authoring the legislation that created WLARA.

We need your help to attract as many bipartisan co-signers as possible to the Price-Kim WLARA Dear Colleague before the April 22nd filing deadline. Please send an email to your Congressional Representative that asks for their signature on this Dear Colleague as soon as possible.

LINK to Legislative Action Center!

https://www.votervoice.net/JNCL/Campaigns/94052/Respond?vvsn=BNwDAgh-ACk9WAViQ6Z7EAA

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.

 

World Languages Curriculum Alignment Lab #1

The first round of World Language Curriculum Alignment Labs, part of the World Languages Framework Implementation Series, begin the week of March 28th. Labs are online and 90-minutes in length; they are organized into groups of elementary, classical, and secondary modern world language educators. Multiple sessions, before and after school hours, are available. We recommend that those who participate in this first round of labs (Curriculum Lab 1) complete the World Languages Implementation Modules 1-3 (available on the World Languages Implementation webpage) prior to attending the lab. The Department invites all world language educators and school/district curriculum leaders who will be part of the school or district’s World Languages Curriculum Alignment Team to register for a Curriculum Alignment Lab and to bring a unit from their current curriculum that they wish to align to the new standards. All implementation information, including registration links for the labs and access to the free, online Modules 1-3 are available on the World Languages Framework Implementation webpage. Curriculum Alignment Labs 2-5 will be held during the final weeks of April, May and October of 2022 and January 2023, respectively – exact times TBD. Each lab will be 90 minutes, and PDPs are available at the end of the series. Contact Andy McDonie at d.andrew.mcdonie@mass.gov for more information.

March Music Madness – LOVE IT!

My students love music.  Do yours love it as well?
I know I always enjoy incorporating music into my classes.

Do you want to participate in March Música Madness 2022? Here is information for MMM22

How about Manie Musical?  Here is the information about Manie Musical.

Thanks to Nathlie Gorey for sharing with us the March Music Program in German.

Are there other March Music Programs in other languages?  Let me know. Email me at ronie@mafla.org

World Languages Framework Implementation Series Announced

World Languages Framework Implementation Series.

Implementation is Live!
The Office of Language Acquisition has launched the Implementation Series for the new Massachusetts World Languages Curriculum Framework. The first 3 modules introducing the framework our now available on our Implementation Webpage. We are pleased to invite you to complete these modules at your convenience or collaboratively in your world languages departments. Please visit the webpage to learn more about the Implementation Series, complete the modules, register for a Curriculum Alignment Lab, or download the Curriculum Alignment Guide.

Better Together
The World Languages Framework Implementation Series has been designed to be accessible to individual educators, but it is optimized for local, departmental collaboration. The entire series is designed to be implemented in fewer than 15 hours over the next 11 months. See our Message to School and District Leaders on the World Languages homepage for a more detailed schedule

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