New Visions in Action

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New Visions in Action
Foreign Language Education
ACTFL 2004 PRESENTATIONS
curriculum, instruction, articulation assessment
Session 93 Friday, November 21, 2003 130 p.m.
245 p.m. Convention Center 201-B
Session 138 Friday, November 21, 2003 415 p.m.
530 p.m. Convention Center 201-B
New Visions in Action Teacher Recruitment And
Retention Presenters Duarte Silva, Stanford
University, CA Ann Tollefson, Wyoming Department
of Education As part of New Visions, the
profession identified the recruitment and
retention of teachers as an area of critical
concern. This session focuses on providing an
overview of the initiatives currently underway by
the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Task force
and seeking input from the participants to inform
and guide current and future work of the Task
Force. Individuals who would like to collaborate
or propose initiatives to be considered by the
Task Force are especially encouraged to attend
this session. Sponsor ACTFL Policy/Issues App
licable Languages All Applicable Levels All
Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, And
Articulation Defining Excellence Presenters
Thomas Perry, Defense Language Institute,
Monterey, CA Rita Oleksak, Springfield Public
Schools, MA. Working Groups of this New Visions
task force are defining excellence and finding
successful examples in the key areas of
curriculum, assessment, materials, use of
technology, reaching diverse student populations,
program models, and articulation. Teachers and
administrators will benefit from these practices,
resources, models, and evaluation tools. Sponsor
ACTFL Methods/Techniques Applicable Languages
All Applicable Levels All
Session 272 Sat., November 22, 2003 945 a.m.
1100 a.m. Convention Center 201-B
Session 270 Sat., November 22, 2003 945 a.m.
1100 a.m. Convention Center 114
Establishing a National Language Research
Agenda Presenters Rebecca Kline, Northeast
Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Rebecca Fox, George Mason University, Fairfax,
VA Richard Donato, University of Pittsburgh,
PA With the implementation of No Child Left
Behind, how can we establish a research agenda
that will support scientifically-based research
on language learning and its benefits for all
students all levels. A panel of experts will
suggest approaches to establishing the agenda and
supporting the needed research. Sponsor ACTFL
Professional Development A National
Priority Presenters Robert Terry, University of
Richmond Frank Medley, West Virginia
University Presenters will report on the results
of a national survey conducted by the NFLRC at
Iowa State University, and on professional
development initiatives growing out of the New
Visions Task Force on Professional Development.
Transparencies, handouts, and discussion of data
gathered by the survey will be shared by
participants. Participants will have a greater
awareness of a possible need for changes in our
programs of professional development-both
pre-service and in-service-and of the impact that
standards, legislation, leadership, leaner
characteristics, and other factors are having on
the way professional development is viewed.
Sponsor ACTFL Professional Development Applica
ble Languages All Applicable Levels All