Our Seal of Biliteracy Website is up!
NBCT PD Offerings
2018 Navidad Commercial Madness returns!
Creative Langauge Class - Winter Celebration as a Department!
As we near scheduling season, its always great to make our languages programs visible. What better way than a Winter celebration that includes all languages? Read the post from Creative Langauge Class that profiles a school who did just this!
APPL Conversation BUilder from ACTFL
ACTFL has launched a virtual Interpersonal Communication tool for Teachers to use with students. You can create a class, assign materials that are aligned with Proficiency Level, vocabulary, create your own or choose from already created tasks. . Students create an account, find their tasks and complete. The teacher can then listen and critique within the tool.
Fluency Matters Webinar Series
Fluency Matters is offering a webinar series titled: Reading: Before, During and After.
Grant to Attend 2019 ACTFL Conference & Expo
ODE Standards Revision Working Group
ODE is currently accepting applications for educators interested in being part of the working group for the updating of our current World Languages Standards. Click here for more information. December 16 is the application deadline.
Central States - OFLA Joint Conference Registration Now Open
Professional Development Opportunities
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.
OSU Outreach Courses - Spring, 2019
Registration opens Monday, October 29 at 4pm and closes Friday, November 9 at 11:59pm.
Ashland Outreach Courses
- 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.
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
Will be rescheduled - December 4 - Buckey MS, Marion Franklin HS, South HS, Ft. Hayes, CNIS and Columbus Scioto
Will be rescheduled - 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
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.
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
December 9-10 - OSU Heritage Language Summit
December 12, 2018 - Early Release PD
December 19, 2018 - HS Department Chair Meeting
December 21, 2018 - Early Release
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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