FLAG ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Pre-Conference Workshops & PLU (SDU) Classes
| Workshops and PLU (SDU) Classes require pre-registration and additional payment! |
PLU (SDU) CLASS
8:00 a.m. 12:00 noon & 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(will meet again on Saturday from 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.)
| "TPRS Storytelling" | |
| Presenter(s): | Mary Ann Pina, Tracy Bulostin, Karen Dean, Kris Muir, Amie Laporte, Lourdes Nieves, Mike Donaldson, and Elizabeth Loewecke, Whitewater High School |
| Focus: | All Language |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| This workshop explores the rationale for utilizing language in context in the foreign language classroom. It discusses the three steps in language acquisition and allows time for demonstration and practice. | |
WORKSHOPS
Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
| #1: "Georgia Organization of Language Supervisors" | |
| Presenter(s): | David Jahner, Gwinnett Co. Board of Education |
| Focus: | All Languages |
| Audience: | K-16, Supervisors, Department Chairs, Coordinators |
| This workshop is designed specifically to meet the needs of professionals in charge of language programs, which include but are not limited to, curriculum coordinators and directors, department chairs, lead teachers, and so on. We will review major trends and policies in language education and share initiatives in our schools and districts. Special consideration will also be given to assessment and articulation issues. Since this is an inaugural meeting to found a state wide supervisor organization, we will also discuss next steps and further networking opportunities. | |
| #2: "Despierta America/Wake up America. (Make Learning Come Alive) " | |
| Presenter(s): | Isadora Arzu, Hamilton E Holmes Elementary |
| Focus: | All Languages |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| This workshop will focus on learning a language through action, including music, role-playing, games, poetry, cooperative learning activities, and hands-on activities. The lesson will be applicable to different learning styles. This session will incorporate vocabulary and grammar, verbs and sentences. The participants will learn to make their learning come alive and captivate the attention of their students. Don't miss this workshop - it is guaranteed that you will leave the session longing for more activities. | |
Friday, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
| #3: "Pourquoi enseigner le Québec?" | |
| Presenter(s): | Dr. James K. Chesnut and Dr. Elizabeth Combier, North Georgia College & State University |
| Focus: | French |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| Malgré le fait que le Québec est mieux connu par les professeurs de français qu'auparavant, il reste néanmoins de loin derrière la France dans les salles de classe. Cependant le Québec offre une riche ressource en Amérique du Nord pour l'enseignement du français et de la culture. Cet atelier vise à enseigner aux participants l'essentiel sur la complexité historique, politique et culturelle du Québec et à leur donner quelques outils pour enseigner le Québec à leurs élèves et étudiants. | |
| #4: "60 - 368: Selling Your Program: Advocacy for All" | |
| Presenter(s): | Alyssa Villarreal, Memphis City Schools |
| Focus: | All Languages |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| In this extended session we will look at components of advocacy campaigns and how they can be used to increase numbers in our World Language Programs. We will look at processes, marketing, and positive effects on numbers and students. Participants will begin work on an advocacy campaign they can use in their classrooms. Time permitting we will even make sample products for teachers to take. | |
| #5: "Linguafolio" | |
| Presenter(s): | Dr. Gregory Barfield, Fulton County Schools and Susan Crooks, Georgia Department of Education |
| Focus: | All Languages |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| In our performance-based world, wouldn't it be wonderful to have a way to show what our students know and can do? LinguaFolio is a tool teachers and students can use to document a student's progress in language learning. Based on the European Common Scale of Reference, LinguaFolio is the result of a project developed by a consortium of states: Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky and Virginia. During this workshop teachers will learn about the major components of LinguaFolio and how to use it to aid their students as they go through middle school, high school, college, and into the world of work. | |
| #6: "Centers: Creating a Student-Focused Classroom" | |
| Presenter(s): | Lee Nettles, Mary Lin Elementary, and Allyson Hage, Sarah Smith Elementary |
| Focus: | All languages |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| Looking for ways to engage all students? Tired of doing the same old song and dance? Come see how using student-focused "centers" (originally developed for first language literacy and mathematics) lends itself to foreign language instruction and may increase student engagement, address multiple learning styles, and incorporate other content areas while providing the teacher with an opportunity to assess performance and work with small groups. Participants, divided into four groups, focusing on literature, science/technology, art, and math, move though the centers and create four thematic center activities appropriate to their students' proficiency level. | |
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