Central States - OFLA Joint Conference Registration Now Open
Spotlight on Feeder Pattern Visits
Katy and I had our first round of school visits on Tuesday and saw amazing things happening!! Here are some of photos we took. You can click on the photo for a larger view! Thank you to everyone we visited!
French Now the 5th most spoken Language in the world
Professional Development Opportunities
Central Ohio TCI
Register here for the November 10, 2018 Central Ohio - 9:00 - 12:30. Hilliard Darby High School. This PD is FREE!!
OSU Outreach Courses - Spring, 2019
Registration opens Monday, October 29 at 4pm and closes Friday, November 9 at 11:59pm.
Resources from Becky Searls PD Session on 10/19
PD Day Resources
Resources on the Common Instructional Framework, Pictures of our list of activities for the CIF and a document listing John Hattie's 250 Influences (I used the term activities/strategies) on Student Achievement) can be found in the WL Team Drive -> Professional Development -> 2018-2019 -> District PD Days -> Day 2 10/19/18
New PD Opportunity
Feeder Pattern/School Visits
After looking at the testing calendar for this spring, Katy and I moved a few dates around for the Feeder Pattern/School Visits. Please reference the list below.
Feeder Pattern Visits
Katy and I are planning on doing Feeder Patter visit days this year. You can find our tentative schedule below. Although it is our goal to visit each school on the list, we may not make it to all. These visits are not evaluative and are an opportunity for us to listen to your feedback, tell us support you may need and to see the amazing things you all day everyday. Katy will be reaching out to principals to inform them of our visits. I will send a reminder email the week prior to the schools.
Tentative Visit Schedule
November 7 (Changed from 11/20) - Dominion MS and Ridgeview MS, Whetstone HS and Centennial HS
December 4 - Buckey MS, Marion Franklin HS, South HS, Ft. Hayes, CNIS and Columbus Scioto
January 24 - Johnson Park MS and Sherwood MS, Berwick Alternative, Walnut Ridge HS, and Eastmoor Academy
February 12 (Changed from April 9) - Columbus Africentric Early College, CAHS, Columbus City Prep School Boys and Girls and Linden McKinley STEM Academy
February 26 -Yorktown MS and Champion MS, Independence HS and East HS
March 14 (Changed from March 26) - Hilltonia MS, Westmoor MS and Wedgewood MS, West HS and Briggs HS
Columbus City Schools - National Board Certified Teachers PD - October Click here for course offerings. This listing includes a workshop on GLAD Foundations - strategies used in many Immersion schools but has applications in second langauge teaching. Click here for more information on GLAD.
2019 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in combination with the Ohio Foreign Language Association: March 14 - 16 at the Hilton Downtown Columbus. Preliminary materials have been posted to the OFLA website for planning purposes. Click here to access the site.
Early Release PD Recordings: Find the links to the recordings to our Early Release Virtual PD here. If you are interested in participating in future Early Release Virtual PD, please consult your administrator. If approved, sign up in PDS - Course number 33368.
ODE PD - Register through STAR
- ODE PD - ASL Learning, Instruction and Collaboration - 11/9 9:45 - 3:30 pm Old Worthington Library - 820 High St. Worthington Ohio.
CCS and Ashland University
- CCS and Ashland University have a partnership to offer 1-2 semester hour courses to CCS teachers for free (unless you no-show, then there is a fee). Click here to see the courses offered and registration information. FYI - registration opened September 20.
- If a course is full, please use this form to be added to the waitlist.
PD Shared by ODE:
- Symposium on Indigenous Languages and Culture of Latin America (ILCLA). More information can be found here.
Sans - Instructional Technology for Language Learners
In case you missed it, resources for World Languages Teachers. Click here to access.
When using items from the Team Drive for instruction - Please make a copy of the file first, and place in your own My Drive. Only member of the Team Drive can access the files, and I will receive access requests when documents are shared with anyone outside of the Team Drive members try to access the documents.
This will also allow you to make changes to documents without changing them for everyone!
For directions on making a copy of a document and moving it to your own drive, click here.
OFLA AWARDS FOR 2018 - The window has opened for nominations for the 2018 OFLA awards and will close on November 1, 2018. More information here. This is a great way to recognize those that advocate, support, promote and excel in the World Languages field.
Registering for a CCS activity - CCS has adopted a new PD planner. Click here for instructions on how-to register for a CCS Professional Development Opportunity.
Upcoming Dates
November 6, 2018 - Professional Development day
November 7, 2018 - World Languages Best Practices PD
November 12, 2018 - Interim Grading window Opens
November 14, 2018 - Early Release Day/PD
November 20, 2018 - Interim Grade Entry
November 27, 2018 - Interim Grade Verification to Teachers
November 28, 2018 - HS Department Chair Meeting
November 29, 2018 - Interim Grade Window Closes
Lending Library
Use the sign-up sheets below to reserve copies of lending library titles. I will deliver the books to your school by the requested time frame. Please contact me with any questions.
Want a book not listed? Submit your suggestions here.
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Created with images by Manasvita S - "Life Quote"