The Mel & Cindy Yoken French Scholarship for Graduating HS Seniors
Amount:  $500
Due Date:  June 1, 2021

Requirements:  Applicant must have completed a minimum of 3 years of HS Level and make a committement to continue with French on the college level.
Include with the application a short essay in English on where they will be attending college, why they will be continuing with French, and the role that French will have in their future plans.  One reccommendation in French or in English from their current French teacher.

Nominating Teacher must be a MaFLA Member
Email the application to Joyce Beckwith – MmeJoyB@aol.com
Notification date:  June 8, 2021

 

 

Thanks to all MaFLA members who participated n a world language programming study last spring, lead by Catherine Ritz and Nicole Sherf! The initial study results have now been published in The Foreign Language Annals: “World language programming and leadership in K–12 Massachusetts public schools” (Ritz, C. & Sherf, N., 2021). You can find the article here.flan.12519 (2)

The Education Office of the Spanish Embassy in the U.S. and Canada is offering a series of workshops for Spanish teachers.  More information is located here – https://edelsa.es/territorioele/webinarrecursosyactividades.html

 

MaFLA’s statement in response to violence against the AAPI community:

Are you a language educator in Massachusetts looking to layer your leadership? The Leadership Institute for Language Learning has opened state nominations for Cohort 4. If you are interested, read the guiding documents on the ACTFL website and nominate yourself here by Feb 28: https://forms.gle/pk3FEgpjECiNJ77s5

Many MaFLA members are missing our annual Summer Proficiency Academy. To keep you motivated here on the path to proficiency here are the videos from the 2019 Proficiency Academy – Proficiency in My District

Due to the uncertainty and restrictions regarding COVID-19, MaFLA has cancelled the MaFLA Proficiency Academy for 2020 and the MaFLA Summer Institute for 2020.

Here is a Compilation of Resources for  Remote Learning from Colorado!

Here is a link to some great resources from CT COLT on Remote Language Teaching