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The
CARDINAL
Newsletter of the Ohio Foreign Language Association
Volume 44, Number 4
May 2006
OFLA Members Connect Language
to the Learner in Toledo!
By Mary Goodwin
I can’t believe the 2006 annual conference is over. This project that we had been
planning for two years was a big success. Those who attended were met with a
world of choices to enhance their teaching strategies and further their professional
development—some of the best we have ever offered. At a time when school funding
is in crisis and conference attendance is hampered by inflexible school professional
development policies, over six hundred Ohio teachers managed to be in attendance.
Bravo! I wish to acknowledge and sincerely thank the members of the OFLA Board
and the local Toledo committee who have unselfishly given of their time, energy
and resources to ensure the success of the conference.
You can imagine that a state conference providing quality professional development for its 1800 plus members requires a lot of intensive planning and organizing
by a multitude of volunteers. Davara Potel, Debbie Sehlmeyer, and Bob
White were models
of efficiency at the
registration booth
working smoothly in conjunction
with the Meeting
Connection. Right
across the way, the
hospitality table,
Participants enjoying the food at the Gala
under the direction of Kathleen
Attwood, was lavishly supplied with brochures and staffed with friendly volunteers. Lee Wilbershied unveiled the new OFLA poster (see page 15) at the Gala
and conducted a raffle during the evening.
Thanks to the efforts of Barb Andrews, our first annual Administrators
Breakfast (see page 6) was a hit. Dr. Susan Tave Zelman, superintendent of
public education in Ohio, who
addressed this elite group as
well as the entire membership
during the Keynote session,
stated her support for early
language acquisition. She also
proclaimed the ODE vision for
every school in Ohio to have a
link with another school somewhere else in the world.
Following her remarks,
Debbie Robinson, ODE
Dr. Zelman speaking to the membership
continued on page 7
The Cardinal
In This Issue…
OFLA News: Association
Letter from the President .................4
Election Results and By-Laws
Amendment ...................................5
Calling All Members .........................5
Conference Highlights
Two Special Breakfasts .................6
Keynote ...........................................8
Preview of OFLA 2007 ..................9
OFLA Awards ..................................10
OFLA on the Internet ......................15
New OFLA Poster ...........................15
Faculty
Cardinal Notebook..........................17
ACTFL Teacher of the Year ............18
Professional Development .............19
Mexico 2007 Study Scholarships ...20
Learner
Citizen Diplomacy ..........................24
Start Languages Early.....................26
LinguaFolio ......................................27
Advocacy & Affiliates:
Outreach
Central States Report ......................28
Is Your Program in Danger? ..........28
Advocacy Minute ............................29
Around the State .............................30
OCC ...................................................32
AATG ................................................32
AATF .................................................33
AATSP...............................................34
TESOL ...............................................34
Membership Form ...............35
Calendar of Events ............36
May 2006 • 1
Executive Board
President
Mary Goodwin
Southview High School
7225 Sylvania Avenue
Sylvania, OH 43560
pres@ofla-online.org
President Elect
Rita Stroempl
Early College High School
1935 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
preselct@ofla-online.org
Executive Vice President
Mark Himmelein
Department of Foreign Languages
Mount Union College
1972 Clark Ave.
Alliance, OH 44601
execvp@ofla-online.org
Immediate Past President
Barbara S. Andrews
Gateway Middle School
900 Gibbs
Maumee, OH 43537
pastpres@ofla-online.org
Executive Recorder
Kathleen Attwood
Owens State Community College
P.O. Box 10,000
Toledo, OH 43699
record@ofla-online.org
Executive Treasurer
Davara Potel
Solon High School
33600 Inwood Dr.
Solon, OH 44139
treas@ofla-online.org
Vice President of Public Relations
Lee Wilberschied
Cleveland State University
Department of Modern Languages
RT 1619, 2121 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44114
vppr@ofla-online.org
Vice President of Membership
Debbie Sehlmeyer
OFLA
P.O. Box 1342
Perrysburg, Ohio 43552
vpmem@ofla-online.org
Vice President of Publications
Jane Rauschenberg
Logan-Hocking Middle School
1 Middle School Dr.
Logan, OH 43138
vppub@ofla-online.org
www.ofla-online.org staff
Website Coordinator
Robert T. White
web@ofla-online.org
Web Consultant
consult@ofla-online.org
2 • May 2006
Ohio
Foreign
Language
Association
The OFLA Vision
Every Ohio student will be proficient
in a second language, which is essential to a world-class education.
The OFLA Mission
The Ohio Foreign Language Association is committed to world language
study beginning in the primary
grades, so that every learner, from
early childhood through adult, acquires a high level of communicative
and intercultural competence.
The OFLA
Strategic Plan
1. Establish clear expectations for
foreign language learners.
• Executive Vice President
• Early Language Learning
• Secondary Language Learning
• College
• Promotional Educational Activities
• State World Languages Consultant
2. Build the capacity of foreign
language teachers to prepare
learners to demonstrate their
proficiency.
• President Elect
• Teacher Education & Licensure
• Articulation & Curriculum
• Professional Development
• Scholarship
• State World Languages Consultant
3. Build support for foreign
language instruction among
parents, policy leaders, the
business community and opinion leaders in the media.
• Immediate Past President
• Awards
• Political Advocacy
• Public Relations
• the Affiliates
The Ohio Foreign Language Association is a member of the Central States
Conference (CSC), the American
Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages (ACTFL), and the Joint
National Committee for Languages
(JNCL).
Committee
Articulation & Curriculum Committee
Fred Toner
Ohio University
283 Gordy Hall
Athens, OH 45701
artncurr@ofla-online.org
Awards Committee
Marian Walters
5159 Sandra Drive
Toledo, OH 43613
awards@ofla-online.org
Beginning Teacher Committee
Lee Link
Ohio State University
327 Arps Hall, 1945 N. High Street
Columbus, OH 43210
oatj@ofla-online.org
By-Laws Committee
Lori Winne
Grove Patterson Academy
3020 Marvin
Toledo, OH 43606
bylaws@ofla-online.org
College Committee
J. Christopher Eustis
University of Akron
304 Olin Hall
Akron, OH 44325-1907
college@ofla-online.org
Early Language Learning Committee
Cheryl T. Ames
GATE-Manchester School
4420 Manchester Road
Middletown, OH 45042
erlylang@ofla-online.org
Nominations Committee
Barbara S. Andrews
Gateway Middle School
900 Gibbs
Maumee, OH 43537
pastpres@ofla-online.org
Political Advocacy Committee
Sarah Shackelford
Clermont Northeastern High School
5327 Hutchinson Road
Batavia, OH 45103
poladvoc@ofla-online.org
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Website:
www.ofla-online.org
• catch up with announcements and
events
• read The Cardinal online
• download forms and
applications
• register for the conference and pay
with a credit card
Chairs
Professional Development Committee
Patrice Castillo
Lexington High School
103 Clever Lane
Lexington, OH 44904
profdev@ofla-online.org
Promotional Educational Activities
Committee
Teri Wiechart
Delphos Jefferson High School
901 Wildcat Lane
Delphos, OH 45833
edactiv@ofla-online.org
Retired Teachers Committee
Michael Hauber
The
Cardinal
The Cardinal is published four times
per year by the Ohio Foreign Language
Association.
Deadlines:
August 1 (Fall issue)
October 1 (Winter issue)
December 1 (Pre-Conference issue)
April 1 (Post-Conference issue)
Submissions:
The editor welcomes:
• questions, comments, suggestions
• reviews of books, films, music, etc.
• announcements of events
• professional development
opportunities
• reflections on the profession
• classroom tips or anecdotes
• relevant advertisements (programs, tour
companies, books, teaching materials,
etc.—contact editor for pricing)
397 English Tern Dr.
Akron, OH 44373
retired@ofla-online.org
Send all submissions or queries to:
Scholarship Committee
Christine Monday
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Jane Rauschenberg, Editor
1266 Sheridan Drive #O
Lancaster, OH 43130
Sylvania Northview High School
5403 Silica Dr.
Sylvania, OH 43560
scholar@ofla-online.org
Secondary Language Learning
Committee
Michelle Garlock
Lima Catholic High School
720 S. Cable Rd.
Lima, OH 45805
secnlang@ofla-online.org
Teacher Education & Licensure
Committee
Susan Colville-Hall
University of Akron
C&I Studies
Akron, OH 44325-4205
ednlicen@ofla-online.org
Technology in the World Language
Classroom Committee—ad hoc
Theresa Minick
Kent State University
Modern and Classical Language Studies
P.O. Box 2150
Kent, OH 44242
techn@ofla-online.org
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vppub@ofla-online.org
Keep in mind that space limitations
may make it impossible to publish all
submissions, and that submissions may
be edited for the purpose of brevity and
clarity.
Moving?
Send notice of your
change of address to:
Debbie Sehlmeyer
Vice President of Membership
P.O. Box 1342
Perrysburg, OH 43552
Affiliate
Organizations
American Association of
Teachers of French (AATF)
Deborah K. Stout
Cambridge High School, Creek Road
Cambridge, OH 43725
aatf@ofla-online.org
Teachers of German (AATG)
Deborah Page
Raymond Walters College
9555 Plainfield Road
Cincinnati, OH 45236
aatg@ofla-online.org
Teachers of Slavic and
Eastern European Languages
(AATSEEL)
Irina Stakhanova
Department of GREAL
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0219
aatseel@ofla-online.org
American Association of Teachers of
Spanish and Portuguese
(AATSP), Buckeye Chapter
Denise Lepe-Perkins
Middletown High School
601 North Breiel Blvd.
Middletown, OH 45042
aatspbky@ofla-online.org
American Association of Teachers of
Spanish and Portuguese
(AATSP), Northern Chapter
Deborah W. Varga
6570 Palmer Dr. NW #7
Canton, Ohio 44718
aatspnrt@ofla-online.org
Ohio Association of Teachers of
Japanese (OATJ)
Lee Link
Ohio State University
327 Arps Hall, 1945 N. High Street
Columbus, OH 43210
oatj@ofla-online.org
Ohio Classical Conference (OCC)
Stergios Lazos
St. Edwards High School
1529 Waterbury Road
Lakewood, OH 44107
occ@ofla-online.org
Teaching English to Speakers
of Other Languages (TESOL)
Teri Mandell
Westerville Central High School
7118 Mt. Royal Avenue
Westerville, Ohio 43082
tesol@ofla-online.org
State World Languages
Consultant
Deborah W. Robinson
[email protected]
Ohio Department of Education
25 South Front St. #509
Columbus, OH 43215
May 2006 • 3
Letter from the President
Mary Goodwin
Welcome Spring—a new
beginning!
It’s hard to believe the year has passed so quickly. “Only yesterday” I
was planning the annual retreat to prepare the board for a prosperous
and positive year. It will soon be time to pass the gavel of the OFLA
presidency to Rita Stroempl and assume the role of Past President.
It has been a privilege and a pleasure to represent OFLA this year
at board meetings and at regional and national conferences. I was
always amazed at the quality and the dedication of the volunteers
associated with world language organizations. All of these encounters gave me a new appreciation of the high esteem in which OFLA
is held as one of the strongest state organizations in the country. May
we continue to ensure this status
for the future!
The Optimist Creed
I also gained a renewed
By Christian D. Larsen
appreciation of our own organiBe so strong that nothing can dis- zation, its executive board and its
members. Facing new challenges
turb your peace of mind.
Talk health, happiness, and pros- each year, the board seems to
perity to every person you come through the experience
stronger and wiser than ever. I am
meet.
Make all your friends feel there proud of each member’s dedication and good judgment and you
is something in them.
Look at the sunny side of every- should be, too. All board members in every office or committee
thing.
Think only of the best, work only are hardworking, professional
for the best and expect only volunteers giving of their precious time for the good of the
the best.
Be as enthusiastic about the suc- entire membership.
But before we embark on this
cess of others as you are about
new beginning, I would like to ofyour own.
Forget the mistakes of the past fer a special thanks to those who
and press on to the greater will officially be leaving their spot
on the board. We could not have
achievements of the future.
Wear a cheerful countenance at survived the Year of Languages
all times and give every living and CSC in Columbus, among
other things, without the leadcreature you meet a smile.
Spend so much time improving ership of Past President, Barb
yourself that you have no time Andrews. Muchas gracias to
Christine Monday for headleft to criticize others.
Be too large for worry, too noble ing the Scholarship committee
for anger, too strong for fear, and making funds available for
and too happy to permit the the future of our profession. Our
Executive Treasurer and fiscal
presence of trouble.
watch dog, Davara Potel, will
Mary read this at the Awards Lun- be dearly missed. We appreciate
cheon at the conference. Many people all the efforts of Marian Walasked to have it printed in The ters, Awards Chair, in seeking
worthy candidates and preparCardinal.
4 • May 2006
ing the recognition ceremonies.
We will also miss the invaluable
input from Lori Winne, By-Laws
chair, who kept us on the straight
and narrow.
You, the OFLA members,
also merit a big round of applause.
Your financial support in the
form of dues provides funds for
the budget; your presentations
and willingness to serve on committees and as presiders make
our conferences successful; your
submissions add to the richness
of The Cardinal.
Yes, we’ve made progress, but
we still have more to accomplish.
Political advocacy still needs to
be a priority in order to make the
OFLA vision, second language
proficiency for every Ohio student, a reality. We must continue
to work with ODE to promote
early language learning and international education. Following the
Optimist Creed (see left), we can
work to achieve this task. During
this beautiful season of the year,
I am reminded of this quote: ”an
optimist is the human personification of spring.” Let us all personify
spring throughout the year to get
the job done.
In closing, I won’t say “adieu”
but “à la prochaine.” Have a relaxing productive summer being
“Spring.”
Mary Goodwin
The Cardinal
Results of the Annual
Election
Congratulations to the following successful candidates:
• Martha Pero will be the new Executive Vice President, to serve as OFLA President 2008–2009.
• Kathy Lewton will become the new Executive Treasurer, to serve for the next three years.
• Lee Wilberschied will serve a second term as Vice President for Public Relations.
• The following slate of standing committee chairs was approved:
Articulation and Curriculum Committee .............. Fred Toner
Awards Committee ................................................... Marian Walters
Beginning Teacher Committee ................................ Lee Link
By-Laws Committee .................................................. Philippa Brown Yin
College Committee .................................................... J. Christopher Eustis
Committee on Early Language Learning ............... Cheryl Ames
Political Advocacy Committee ................................ Sarah Shackelford
Professional Development Committee................... Patrice Castillo
Promotional Educational Activities Committee ... Teri Wiechart
Retired Teacher Committee ...................................... Michael Hauber
Scholarship Committee ............................................ Paula Apostolou
Secondary Language Learning Committee ........... Michelle Garlock
Teacher Education and Licensure Committee ....... Susan Colville-Hall
• Through absentee balloting and voting at the annual Business Meeting, the proposal recommending
a new position of Web Coordinator was approved. As stated in the previous issue of The Cardinal,
this position shall function in the same manner as a standing committee chairperson and exercise the
same voting privileges.
Calling All Members
By Debbie Sehlmeyer, OFLA VP Membership
Invoices will be mailed out in August or early September for your 2007 memberships. Check the back
of your Cardinal to see what year your membership
expires. If it says 2006 on the label to the right of your
name, you will be receiving an invoice. Please send
it back as soon as possible, with updated information. You may wish to upgrade your membership
to a three-year or a lifetime membership.
If you move, change your name, or have
any other changes, it is important that you send
your updated address or name change to me at
vpmem@ofla-online.org so that I may update the
records. This saves us money when we do not have
returns from the post office! Thank you in advance
for keeping me updated! By updating your information, you ensure that you will continue to receive
your Cardinal newsletter.
Also, there will be another contest this year for a
free OFLA one-year membership. Simply fill out and
return your invoice and check to me, postmarked on
or before October 31. If you invite a colleague who
The Cardinal
has never been an OFLA member to join, you will
be entered in the contest a second time, when your
colleague joins. Start thinking now of whom you
can invite to join! If you pay through OEA you can
participate in the contest by inviting a new member
to join, but you will not be able to join the contest
by sending in your invoice. Often I do not receive
an OEA list of members until December.
If you have paid through OEA in the past, and
decide to pay directly, please check with your local
association representative to make sure that your
dues will not continue to be deducted from your
check. If paying through OEA is easier for you,
it is fine to continue with OEA. However, please
return the invoice with any updates and check the
box stating that you will be paying through OEA.
Thanks again for all your patience and cooperation.
If you have questions, comments, or suggestions,
please feel free to email me. I enjoyed the opportunity to meet so many of you at the conference!
May 2006 • 5
Conference Report
40 Attend
the First
Annual OFLA
Administrator
Breakfast
The First Annual OFLA Administrator Breakfast was attended
by 40 administrators, guidance
counselors, and the teachers who
invited them. Most were from
the Toledo area, but also present
were some from Cleveland and
Detroit.
The gathering was welcomed
by Dr. Susan Tave Zelman, Superintendent of Public Instruction,
who spoke on the importance
of foreign language learning
in the 21st century. Deborah W.
Robinson, World Languages
Consultant for the Ohio Department of Education, demonstrated
how standards-based foreign
language programs reinforce
concepts and skills in Ohio’s
standardized tests of achievement while enabling students
to gain proficiency in another
language and culture.
A highlight of the event was
a performance of second graders
from Grove Patterson Academy
(Toledo Public Schools), who
demonstrated their ability to
speak German to the honored
guests. Many administrators
stopped to talk to Grove Patterson’s principal, Gretchen Bueter,
about specific questions relating
to the school’s language program
(see interview page
26).
It is anticipated
that this event be continued in the future,
with the expectation
that more and more
administrators from
different parts of the
state will be given the
opportunity to learn
about the benefits of
language learning.
6 • May 2006
First High School Student
Breakfast a Success At OFLA
This year at the OFLA conference in Toledo, a new tradition was started.
Debbie Sehlmeyer, membership vice-president of OFLA, applied for a
grant from Central States
and matching funds from
OFLA to sponsor the high
school breakfast. She was
working on a special project for Central States, and
chose to try to encourage promising foreign
language students at the
high school level to become foreign language
teachers. She wishes to
thank both Central States
and OFLA for the grants
so she could carry out
The students in attendance for our first high school breakfast were
her idea!
Brittani Boston, Gabrielle Frasure, Sophia Lucarelli, Ashley McNair,
Sara Myles, Melissa Pottenger, Becky Seigneur, Amanda St. John,
The breakfast was
and Julie Vandesommers (listed alphabetically).
held on Saturday morning, with high school
students, nominated by their teachers, as the special guests. Each
student was encouraged to invite her teacher and parents to attend
the continental breakfast. There were nine students who were able to
attend with their teachers. Many parents also attended. In all, there
were 37 people in attendance!
After eating, participants from four universities presented their
foreign language programs to the students, including their study
abroad programs. The university participants were Carol Slater from
Ashland College, Cynthia Lepeley from Heidelberg College, Caren
Kindel and Theresa Minick from Kent State University, and Linda
Rouillard and Debra Stoudt from the University of Toledo. They were
all very informative and gave the students an overview of their college/university programs!
Three high school teachers, Laraine Bunck, Laura Helpman, and
Davara Potel answered questions about the “real world” of being a
teacher, and added their personal insights on foreign language teaching. Thanks to these teachers, the students were provided with very
upbeat thoughts about becoming foreign language teachers.
Each student received an OFLA tote bag, an expandable portfolio folder, and a free t-shirt.
Special thanks to Learning
by Design for helping to
sponsor the gifts. It was a
delight to see the enthusiasm
and excitement these students, our future colleagues,
had! Hopefully they will
become OFLA members
soon, and follow their dream
to become foreign language
teachers!
Dr. Zelman listening to Grove Patterson Academy students
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Conference Report, continued from page 1
World Language Consultant, showed
how standard based foreign language
programs reinforce the concepts and
skills in the state assessed areas. The
second successful innovation was
a special breakfast session for high
school students interested in a FL
teaching career (see left—page 6).
Kudos to Debbie Sehlmeyer for
bringing together university and secondary classroom teachers to discuss
our profession.
Other highlights include our keynote speaker, Ellen Shrager, who
touched the hearts of all in attendance
OFLA President Mary Goodwin with Barbara Andrews (OFLA Past
(see page 8). In a dynamic and de- President), Dr. Teresa Kennedy, and Rita Stroempl (OFLA President Elect)
lightful way, she shared
her practical solutions to the many professors under the leadership of Dr. Debra
barriers to learning in the classroom. Stoudt, who were responsible for fourteen presenOFLA members are better equipped
tations. Participation in our featured workshops
to reach all learners.
and in all the workshops for that matThe alphabet soup of affiliates,
ter, was the highest
AATF, AATSP, AATJ, AATG,
ever.
OCC, TESOL were all well
represented at their individual
business meetings to recount
the events of the year and
make plans for the future.
Marian Walters effectively organized the
Awards Luncheon (see
pages 10–13) to recognize the best in Ohio. In
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Chris Monday recognized the University Conedish
ference scholars. Two very special plaques were
For those
presented in memory of Charles Conway. His who were not able to be with us
parents and sister Louis, Margaret and Terri Conway, this year, never fear…there’s always next year!
and his partner, David Sherrod, were honored by this We are already planning some exciting events for
remembrance of Charles’
2007 (see page 9). The
impact on the foreign lanonline proposal form
guage community.
should be up and runParticipants openly
ning by the time you
remarked about the qualireceive this publication.
ty, depth and variety of the
If those proposals come
107 workshops and sesin early, we’ll be able
sions over the three days
to send out the conferof the conference. The trio
ence information early as
of featured workshops led
well, so you can get you
by Teresa Kennedy, Jan
requests in promptly to
Kittok, and Ellen Shrager,
school administration.
had standing room only.
See you in CleveOf special note was the
land, March 22-24,
strong involvement by the
2007!
Participants in an Immersion Workshop at the Toledo
University of Toledo
Museum of Art
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May 2006 • 7
Ellen Shrager’s Mission:
Helping Others Deal Successfully With “Today’s Kids”
by Barbara S. Andrews
If you’ve found yourself shaking your head in dis- with concern and kindness.
belief at the type of student attitudes you’re seeing
“Yes? Then, will you do me a favor and write on
in your classroom these days, you’re not alone.
the test that you were cheating because of X?”
Hardly a day goes by when we don’t marvel
Then Ellen gives them two days to tell someone
over some of the problems we’re having with some at home about the incident before she calls home
of the eighth graders on our team. It seems to get herself and informs the parent about the incident and
worse every year, and ours is a suburban school!
tells them that they need to take it from there because
Ellen Shrager teaches
“it’s a family problem, not
Spanish at Abindgton Jua school problem.”
nior High in a suburb of
But having a confesPhiladelphia. She believes
sion in the student’s own
that many low-performwriting gives her the creding students and reluctant
ibility she needs to force
learners are a product of
the parents to take the issociety: television shows,
sue seriously.
advertisements, video
And then there are the
games, dysfunctional
constant requests for EXfamilies, distrust, overinTRA CREDIT. The kid who
dulgence, and more.
can’t go on a ski trip unless
But she also believes
he brings his grade up, but
that these students, as
can’t be bothered to actuwell as their dysfuncally do his homework and
tional families, are salvageable. And although study. Yep, you know the one. Actually, you may
teaching Spanish is her primary function, she know quite a few of them. Ever cave under the presbelieves training the students and their parents is sure? This is Ellen’s strategy:
just as important, if not more so.
1. Do you want me to say that your prior actions are
A key element of her strategy is to prepare the
meaningless?
parents at the annual opening night. In addition 2. If you want me to say that you are meaningless, I
to the expected spiel about the class and how it is
can’t, as I respect and love my students too much
run, she talks to parents about adolescent behavior
to do so.
and how to handle it. Preventative measures like 3. I have observed over the years what happens to
this can make everyone’s life more pleasant the
students who are told that they are meaningless;
rest of the year.
they indulge in risky behaviors with serious conHave you ever noticed how some students
sequences. I don’t want that for you.
constantly interrupt and don’t seem to know when 4. Appeal to the student’s bright destiny/future.
to ask a question? Ellen has this down to a science.
Express confidence that the student will learn
Foreign
Language
Association
She trains the students to learn the most approprifromOhio
this and
discuss
their learning
experience
ate time and place to talk: during a transition, raise
at college interviews.
hand now, walk up now for a private chat, or wait 5. Leave student with in
dignity;
reality without
cooperation
withcomthe
until the end of class.
passion is judgmental and wounding.
What about
when a student
comes up toCommunity
you
Atpresents
Ellen’s workshop,
weseminar
actually PRACTICED
Cemanahuac
Educational
a travel
in Mexico
has to have his grade RIGHT NOW? Ellen trains doing this, with teachers alternating as desperately
everyone to expect grades on Tuesdays so that she manipulative students. Not
as easy June
as it sounds,
Saturday,
17 to
doesn’t have to waste valuable time figuring grades since many of these kids have been practicing the
at a moment’s notice.
art of manipulation all their
lives! July 1, 2006
Saturday,
What does Ellen do when she catches someone
Ellen’s speech was received with a standing ovacheating? She takes them aside for a private chat.
tion by the audience, and those who attended her
“You know, hon, I saw you were cheating on session and her workshop gave her rave reviews.
the test, and I’m worried about you. Are you hav- Now if we could just have her around all year round
ing some problems or under a lot of stress that is to help inspire us to find ways to reach “these kids
causing you to feel you need to cheat?” Voice oozing nowadays”…
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Widening Horizons with
World Languages
Rita Stroempl, President Elect
Hello Ohio Foreign Language Association colleagues, and welcome to early summer. As I type
this, the wonderful 2006 OFLA Conference in Toledo
has just ended, and we Board members are voluntarily gathering around breakfast tables and email
networking messages, starting to plan for next year’s
conference. It will be in Cleveland, with the theme of
Widening Horizons with World Languages. Mark
your calendars, for March 22–24, 2007 is
approaching.
As you pause this summer, sipping a lemonade
at home or abroad, please dream of writing down
that session proposal that you’ve been meaning to
share. You know the one: It’s the lesson or theme
which magically—read: after hours of learningobjective focused thought, material gathering,
collegial discussion, fine tuning in front of the “live
audience” called the world language and culture
learner—has been gathering in your thoughts. The
fall Cardinal as well as our website, www.
ofla-online.org, will provide you with the
official session proposal form. Please become
an active part of our association.
The Crowne Plaze Hotel Cleveland, site of the
2007 OFLA Annual Conference, March 22–24
Our association is known nationally for its exceptional conferences. Socializing is part of the mix.
You can be sure that offered entertainment and cultural enrichment within and within a short radius
of Cleveland’s Crowne Plaza Hotel downtown will
reflect the city’s rich multicultural ethnic heritage in
food, art...in cultural products and practices. By the
time we meet, the Cleveland Museum of Art will
have undergone a multimillion-dollar renovation.
The conference is around the corner from the Science Museum, and from the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame. If you choose to go around the corner, you’ll
be on the Ninth Street Pier, by Lake Erie. There,
most probably, the little hairs on your head will be
blown about. Cleveland’s ethnic landmark, the
West Side Market, is located in Ohio City. With 180
vendors, I invite you to take the tour of the sights,
tastes, smells of fresh foods.
Happy summer vacation! Make
plans now for the March 22–24,
2007 OFLA Conference!
The Cleveland skyline at night
Program Cover Design Contest
OFLA will once again have a contest to design the cover for next year’s conference program. The
design should feature the conference theme:Widening Horizons with World Languages and consist of original artwork on standard letter-size paper. The deadline will be November 15, 2006. Full
details will be provided in the fall newsletter.
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May 2006 • 9
Annual OFLA
Special Recognition Award:
Charles Conway 1963–2005
C harles Conway’s legacy is his work with so many foreign language teachers throughout
the country as well as the state of Ohio. Charles began college as a business major, but
soon fell in love with languages. He worked as a teaching assistant at The Ohio State
University as he pursued his teaching credentials. Charles spent 10 years as a middle
school French and Spanish teacher in Dublin City schools. He also earned a master’s
degree in Spanish linguistics from OSU before moving to Holt Publishers. With Holt,
he traveled the northeast and beyond to provide inservice on Holt’s foreign language
products. Along the way, he honed the dance workshop with partners Sherri, Libby, Kelly, and Toma for which he is
nationally renowned. In 2002, Charles joined the Ohio Department of Education as a World Language Consultant.
Charles embodied what is serious and what is fun about foreign language teaching. As a teacher, researcher, and
public servant, he was serious about making his fellow Ohioans into top-notch language teachers and language learners.
His was an honest, informed, and constructive voice for moving our
programs to a new level of effectiveness. Charles showed us how the
effective classroom could engage every single student in dynamic
ways. He didn’t just tell us; he showed us. He got up and danced, and
he made us dance. He studied abroad with us, and he encouraged us
to keep traveling. He served as master teacher at summer institutes
and visited migrant workers and urban immigrant communities. In
service to OFLA, Charles was the Awards Committee Chair during
the 1995–1996 school year and he created the OFLA website.
Charles touched novice and veteran educators alike in K–postsecondary settings. We miss his humor, his people skills, his
professionalism and his enthusiasm. OFLA is proud to salute Charles Mary Goodwin with Charles’ family, Margaret, Terri and
Conway’s legacy with this Special Recognition Award.
Louis Conway, and his partner, David Sherrod
Charles
Conway
Scholarship
Winners
OFLA would especially like to recognize the
winners of the Charles Conway Scholarship,
who also received a free conference registration, a free Awards luncheon,a special stipend
check. Congratulations to Jennifer Harcar and
Elaine Susteric.
In addition, the Charles Conway Memorial
Fund will be awarding one full scholarship and
two partial scholarships to Camp OFLA this
summer.
Contributions to the Memorial Fund are still
being accepted for future scholarships.
10 • May 2006
Outstanding Program:
Lori Winne, Past President of
OFLA and current Chair of the
OFLA By-Laws Committee and
Cheryl Ames, Chair of the OFLA
Early Language Learning Committee, both have experience
teaching world languages at the
elementary, middle and high
school. Lori is currently working in the Toledo Public Schools
and Cheryl in Middletown City
Schools. The idea for a state-wide
language camp for elementary
students took root from a discussion at an OFLA Board Meeting
about ways to celebrate ACTFL’s
Year of Languages.
Created as part of the ACTFL
2005 year of Languages celebration, Camp OFLA provided 4 th
through 6th grade students the
opportunity to attend a oneweek sleep-away camp where
they experienced language and
culture activities in Spanish,
French and Japanese. Cheryl and
Lori engendered the participation of upper-level high school
students, pre-service teachers,
and licensed teachers. The high
school students, as counselors,
served as role models for the
younger campers. Pre-service
teachers honed their new skills
and veterans were exposed to
new methods and the enthusiasm of novice teachers.
Lori and Cheryl worked
tirelessly prior to the camp to
secure the camp grounds, recruit
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Award Winners
Outstanding Foreign Language
Technology Award: Colleen Blaurock,
Spanish Teacher, Perry Public Schools
Colleen Blaurock received her
BS Secondary Education degree
in Spanish/Sociology/Psychology from Youngstown State
University, her MS in Education
–Curriculum and Instruction/
Computer Uses from Cleveland
State University and is currently
a doctoral student in Curriculum
and Instruction/Teaching Studies at Kent State University.
Through the use of PowerPoint, her custom designed web
page, and with the web tool
Quia, Colleen’s students have
access 24/7 to differentiated,
individualized learning. This
allows Colleen to pre-assess her
students’ needs and abilities, assign students specific activities
to meet their needs and then
offer immediate feedback about
their progress, and she shares
her expertise in the integration of
technology with other teachers.
Colleen created her own website to organize her units, provide
drill and practice opportunites and
to allow students to hear Spanish
at home. She uses spellmaster.com
to help students become acquainted with new vocabulary. She puts
all of her homework online and no
longer spends time in class going
over homework. This gives her
more time for dialogs and skits in
class—a common practice in her
classroom. Colleen initially used
SmartBoard to present grammatical concepts and introduce new
vocabulary but her best use so
far was to create a click and drag
activity to show small groups
how to use direct object pronouns
in a sentence.
She creates
communicative activities
that authentically engage
the students.
Her Backpack
Activity and
Operation Guy
are two of her students’ favorites as well as a shopping spree with specific, well-designed guidelines.
Because of her hard work, creativity and
diligence, students are able to connect with the
target culture at the click of a mouse and teachers
are able to share the activities she has created on
the following website: http://www.perrylake.
k12.oh.us/high/classrooms/language/spanish/index.php. Her many other activities include
Praxis III assessor, coordinator for the school-wide
Bloodmobile and Advisor for the Freshman class.
Congratulations, Colleen Blaurock!
Lori Winne and Cheryl Ames, Camp OFLA
campers, obtain outside funding,
garner teacher participation,
and plan the daily program.
They created and organized a
schedule for 60+ campers, in
different areas of study, along
with all of the other “necessary”
camp events, such as flag raising, meals, whole-camp hikes,
swimming, etc. They responded
to parent inquiries and bought
supplies. They developed the
myriad activities to keep the
campers engaged from 8:00 AM to
10:00 PM, based on good second
language pedagogy and standards-based instruction.
French campers created intricate marionettes, Spanish
campers created Pinatas, and
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Japanese campers created rock
gardens and made traditional
Japanese kites. All campers sang,
danced and played throughout
the week in their target language
and mealtimes were conducted
(as much as possible) in the target
language. Campers prepared a
program for parents and others
that included story presentations
in all three languages, songs and
graduation activities.
Camp OFLA was truly an effort from the hearts of Lori Winne
and Cheryl Ames, an effort that
has touched all who participated.
The Camp OFLA experience has
created passionate foreign language learners of 60+ elementary
students, re-vitalized a group of
high school foreign language learners, and has
inspired many to continue our efforts to support
foreign language education at all levels in the state
of Ohio. Well done, Lori and Cheryl!
Cheryl Ames, D. Robinson (presenter), and Lori Winne
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OFLA Awards, continued from previous page
Beginning Teacher Awards:
Aimee Lynn Dria
Spanish Teacher, Jackson High School—Massillon
“Stolen” from student teaching last April to finish the year as a permanent substitute, with a B.A.,
major in Spanish and minor in French, Aimee Dria is now in her first full year teaching. Aimee took
over some Spanish I and II classes which had experienced many substitutes. One of the former
students writes: “With sub after sub, many students in the class were growing frustrated. Mrs. Dria
eliminated all senses of failure and […] every person in the class understood what she was saying. I
was filled with a renewed hope that I could succeed in Spanish III.”
Aimee has a natural ability to create a fun learning environment for her students while
maintaining high expectations for their academic performance. She is truly a beginning teacher
who is teaching like a veteran. She is able to challenge her successful students while watching
closely over those who are struggling. Aimee is adept at varying the methodology and activities
she uses to keep the students’ interest. She is well organized and travels from class to class (since she does not have her
own classroom) with a very attractively decorated cart. Everything is well-documented and labeled. She calls parents
often for positive and negative reasons.
In addition to her six Spanish I and II classes, Aimee is co-advisor of the National Honor Society. She asks for advice,
collaborates beautifully with colleagues and truly cares about improving. Because of her enthusiasm, caring, knowledge
and fluency in Spanish, and motivation, OFLA recognizes Aimee Dria as an Outstanding Beginning Teacher.
Audra Jurmanovich
Spanish Teacher, Stow-Munroe Falls High School
Audra Jurmanovich has a BA with a major in Spanish from the College of Wooster. After one year
teaching Spanish I and II at Wooster High School, she was hired at Stow-Munroe Falls. Many at
Wooster remember her enthusiasm, energy and creativity. In her first year she planned a student
trip to Spain and France and together with the physical education teacher taught a cross-curriculum
unit, which the PE teacher still remembers as her favorite teaching experience.
Her professionalism, creativity and involvement have continued at Stow-Munroe Falls. She uses
knowledge from professional readings and discussions to increase student learning and integrates new
findings in second language acquisition research and cultural learning into her instruction. Audra is
creative. She worked with the restaurant management class to plan a Mexican buffet. With the help
of the assistant director of technology, her students created a newscast that was captured in digital
video, imported into their computers, edited and exported out to VHS tape. She plans learning centers, games and other learning activities with ease. She’s hosted a Costa Rican teacher in her home and her presentation on the past tense included slides
of her honeymoon in Mexico! She spends extra time tutoring students and has given a great deal of support to her students
with special needs. Audra Jurmanovich is a member of the Faculty Advisory Committee and the Technology Committee at her
school and serves on the OFLA Teacher and Licensure Committee. She is an excellent model for the kind of beginning teacher
our profession needs and OFLA enthusiastically presents her with the Beginning Teacher Award.
Conference
Scholarships:
University Students: Ashley Cowoski, Rahmiah Dysle,
Larissa Fedorko, Jennifer Harchar, Meghan Hendershot,
L i n d s a y M a y,
Alison Rolf, Emily
Schnur, Elaine
Susteric (listed
alphabetically)
High School
Conference
Scholarship
Recipients shown
page 6
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OFLA Study Abroad
Scholarship
The recipient was Molly Stoll, of Ohio University, who is studying in Salzburg, Austria.
Mexico Study
Scholarship Winners
We had three winners this year for summer study in Mexico.
Photos and an article will appear in the fall Cardinal.
For information about these scholarships, see pages 20–23.
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OFLA Awards, continued from previous page
Educator Friend of Foreign Languages
Award: Kathy Wells
Library Media Specialist, Unioto High School, District
Library Coordinator, Union-Scioto Local Schools
Kathy Wells received her BS in
Home Economics Education
and her Elementary Education
Certification from The Ohio State
University and her Master of
Library Science from Kent State
University. As the library media
specialist at Unioto High School,
she has taken the initiative to
build professional relationships
with foreign language teachers in
the school and in the region. In
1999 she developed a workshop
based on the use of technology in
the foreign language classroom
and followed up with a similar
workshop for the South Region
Foreign Language Network,
instructing foreign language
teachers on the multitude of
resources on the internet for
their content area. The reference
notebooks prepared by Kathy
and presented to the workshop
attendees were incredibly well
put together and enable language
teachers to quickly find sites on
the internet to aid in teaching their
classes, to find research sites, to
find sites for e-pals, practices and
grammatical sites.
Recently, Kathy invited Debbie McCorkle and Stacy Knipp,
two teachers in her school, to
spend three days at Kent State University, developing a collaborative
unit as guests of the Institute for
Library and Information Literacy
Education. They then team-taught
that unit, “Probing Perspectives
through Proverbs,” which addresses Ohio’s academic content
standards for technology, information literacy and foreign language.
They are also presenting this
session at this OFLA conference.
Using library funds, Kathy has
subscribed to three periodicals
Kathy Wells with presenter Debbie McCorkle
aimed directly at students of Spanish classes and
has also used library funds to purchase a set of
encyclopedias in Spanish. She has created a special
section in the library just for Spanish students. And
last year, Kathy purchased head sets so that Spanish students could listen to international news in
Spanish at individual computers.
Kathy Wells has provided excellent support
to the foreign language program at Union-Scioto
Schools. Her influence has been felt at the regional
and now at the state level. She is a true Educator
Friend of Foreign Languages.
Outstanding Service Award: Model
Curriculum Writing Team
Names are listed alphabetically. All team members are listed, though not all were able to attend, and therefore not all are
pictured.
Elementary
Kay Almy, Cheryl Ames, Judith Brown-McCombs, Sonja Cojocaru, Gayle
Fiorenza, Patricia Ryerson Hans, Geraldine McManamon, Elizabeth Rehlinger,
Deanna Robeano, Pascale Scoyez, Carolyn White, Lori Winne
Middle School
Cecilia Beltran, Richard Emch, Nancy Jackson, Cheryl Johnson, Sara Klein, Stacy
Knipp, Denise Lepe-Perkins, John Meadows, Kimberly Normand, Martha Pero,
Chad Schneider, Elizabeth Swartz
High School
Faith Andrus, Elizabeth Bedinghaus, Aimee Brown, Parthena
Draggett, Justin Ehrenberg, Dan Foley, Michelle Garlock, Gretchen
Gonzalez,Laura Vincek-Helpmen, Mark Ingalls, Deana Kramer, Misael Martinez, Nancy Moffitt, Hillel Myer, Zena Sandy, Roslyn Terek,
Lori Winne
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Web) to Know About You!
Most, if not all, of The Cardinal readers are aware of the existence of www.ofla-online.org, the official
website of the OFLA. On the other hand, not that many Cardinal readers are aware yet that we also run
an electronic mailing list, via Yahoogroups, which you can join by registering at
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ofla/>.
However, what I’d like to stress here is that both the website and the mailing list exist to serve you,
the FL teacher, as an excellent opportunity to publicize yourself, your program, your school and your
organizations to the State and beyond.
For example....
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Have you received any recognition for your work in the classroom?
Are your students doing something worth boasting about?
Is there an open FL position at your school or in your district?
Are you hosting, either as a school or an alliance, any kind of FL meeting or workshop?
If at the post-secondary level, are you offering courses or programs at any time of the year that
would be of interest to FL teachers?
If so, then we want to know—in fact, we want the whole state of Ohio to know what’s going on!
Please feel free to send any and all pertinent material to the OFLA mailing list. We also will be happy
to post flyers and invitations on the ofla-online.org website, since Yahoogroups won’t accept attachments
of any kind!
Bob White
OFLA Web Coordinator
web@ofla-online.org
Launching the new OFLA Poster
Postage is one price, so you can buy several for gifts.
Each poster costs $4, postage and packaging cost $3,
whether you buy 1 poster or 10.
Dr. Piper Yin, OFLA Past President (left) asked
her daughter, Laurie, to design the poster she had
in mind. Together, their creativity has produced
an image of OFLA that we can be proud to display. If you’d like a poster, or 10, please send $4
per poster + $3 for postage to
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Cleveland State University
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Cleveland, OH 44115-2214
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Notebook
Janet Irvin
Contributing Editor
A Tribute to My Colleagues
My dear OFLA members,
Congratulations! You’ve made it...to the end of but you also have a judgment about what it takes to
yet another year of grading papers, wrestling with raise a child. It’s not easy to forgive those who shirk
curriculum, wading through regulations, arguing their duties as parents in an attempt to be friends
about assessments, planning parent conferences, with their children. They don’t need another friend,
creating new ways to teach those pesky verb con- you proclaim silently. Perhaps you have been lucky
structions and all those confusing pronouns, and enough to travel, to take students to see the wonders
meeting students each day with a smile and a of the world whose culture you share each day.
greeting...in another language! Please accept these Perhaps you have pursued an advanced degree of
accolades. You’ve earned them.
your own, improving your skills as you struggle to
Hats off to those of you completing improve those of your students. You’re not tired yet,
your first year of service. I have a feeling but you welcome the release that summer provides,
you’ve learned many things, only a small part of unless you teach year-round, in which case your
them taught in methods classes. I
year’s rhythm is different. Have
hope you have been lucky enough
a great vacation, whether you
to work with a kind and caring To all of you who spend spend it at home, abroad or sitting
mentor. I hope that mentor has your time, your money, your in a classroom once again.
guided you with the memory of
I salute those of you at
emotions, and your efforts in
her first year of teaching firmly
the end of your careers.
fixed in each line of coaching. I spreading language literacy You have weathered the course,
have served in the role of mentor and culture among the youth held hands against the tide,
and much has changed since I of Ohio, happy summer.
waded into the surf daily and
began my career: the expectations,
sent each child sailing out from
the accountability issues, the volyour mooring. You may or may
ume of paperwork, the motivation of students, the not be exhausted from the effort. You may or may
technology available. You newbies come prepared not carry a seed of bitterness. The long years of
to use computers, intimate in the ways of the inter- salary negotiations, administration disagreements,
net, undeterred by the S-video cable and the LCD parental contacts and grading, grading, grading
projector. You may not come prepared to face the can take a toll. But you have carried on. Language
reality of students involved with drugs or living breathes inside you, the swell of words and phrases
out of cars because they were kicked out of their and cultural differences have enriched your life in
houses. Idealism smacks up against reality. I pray untold ways. You are a treasure to be uncovered,
your idealism has survived the assault. Enjoy the a wealth of anecdotes and antidotes to whatever
summer. You’ve earned it.
happens. I hope you have had the opportunity to
I applaud those of you in the middle of share your knowledge before you head toward your
your careers. You have the system worked out, next adventure. May it be a great one!
but your own family responsibilities and emotional
To all of you who spend your time, your money,
commitments pull on your time. Organization is your emotions, and your efforts in spreading lanprobably your strong suit at this point: if you are guage literacy and culture among the youth of
a parent, getting your own children to ball games Ohio, happy summer.
and music practices competes with attending school
Email me at [email protected] or check
events where you teach. You have an empathy for out my web site: www.Janet-Irvin.com . I look forparents that wasn’t there when you started teaching, ward to hearing about your adventures.
What’s happening with YOUR organization?
Do you have a world language event planned for this summer, or even early fall? Don’t forget you can
post the information in an announcement on the website. And don’t forget to take pictures to submit
with your reports for the fall issue of The Cardinal (submission deadline is August 1)
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May 2006 • 17
ACTFL National Language
Teacher News
By Rita Stroempl, President Elect, and Patrice Castillo, Chair,
Professional Development
ACTFL, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, offers its members a new challenge.
If you are a member, or would like to become one (www.actfl.org), a new salute to hard-working colleagues is off and running. The second annual search campaign for the most outstanding world language
teacher in the nation is underway now, a continuation of the very successful “2005: Year of Languages”
initiative. To become informed of the ten-year “Discover Languages” national movement, visit the new
Web site, http://www.discoverlanguages.org.
ACTFL Executive Director Bret Lovejoy and President Paul Sandrock, and the entire Board of Directors
and staff are helping to further unite the teaching profession by focusing on high standards in teaching.
You’ll see by reading the details of how to engage in this challenge, representing Ohio, by reading Patrice
Castillo’s, OFLA’s Professional Development Committee Chair, description below. And yes, the standards
are high, even for entering this competition.
What’s the benefit of this time and energy-consuming effort? Ultimately only you know the answer
for yourself. You could be the national representative of the 8,000 ACTFL language educators, serving as
THE ambassador promoting the importance of language learning. Best wishes!
ACTFL Teacher of the Year 2007
The American Council of Foreign Languages Teacher of the Year represents us all as an ambassador
for foreign languages promoting our profession
and serving as an example of the best of who we,
as global educators, can be.
Candidates are chosen from all fifty states and
the selection criterion is rigorous. You do not have
to be a National Board Certified Teacher, but those
of you who have gone through the process of national board certification will recognize similarities
in the application procedure. Although the deadline for the 2007 Teacher of the Year applications in
January seems a long time from now,
you will see why candidates need to
start preparing now.
Candidates are required to submit
a portfolio binder limited to fifty pages,
which must include several letters of
recommendation, including one from
your state organization, OFLA. The
cover page is a nomination letter from
the regional organization, CSC. The
candidate must prepare a DVD/video
of a teaching lesson in the target language. He or
she must submit samples of student work along
with parental consent forms as well as evidence of
students’ exposure to culture experiences outside of
the classroom. The candidate must submit written
reflection statements as well as document professional involvement and classroom competency. The
teacher must provide a list of contact information
for press releases.
In addition to the portfolio, you will be required to write a 500-word statement about a
18 • May 2006
language-related topic, participate in an oral interview, and meet and greet the selection committee
in a mock press conference or a mock address to a
civic group.
It is important that your school administration
understands that if you are chosen as Teacher of the
Year, your responsibilities will include travel and public speaking in addition to your excellent teaching.
So, you see, it is a bit intimidating, but character
building. From the feedback that we have gotten
from the National Board teachers, the process has
made them better teachers, more conscious of what
they do well, more thoughtful about
everything they do, why and how they
do it. They consider the ramifications of
how their professional development affects their teaching, how involvement in
professional organizations affects others
as well as themselves. These teachers
have reflected about the involvement
of students in community service and
have seen lives change. It really does
take a global village! And teachers in
this village work really hard!
We have Ohio teachers who are up to this challenge! For the complete and up to date guidelines
visit actfl.org and download the application packet
in the PDF format. Devote time to this journey.
If you know someone you want to nominate, or
who needs a little prodding to apply contact me
at [email protected] or Rita Stroempl at
preselc@ofla-online.org
Patrice Castillo, Chairperson,
Professional Development Committee
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Development
OFLA Annual Fall Workshop
OFLA will once again be having a Fall Workshop, as an extension workshop from the Central States
Conference. Fred Toner will be leading the workshop.
The title of the workshop is “More Self-Directed Students through Learning Strategies.” This year,
the workshop will be held in Athens, deep in the heart of the south-eastern Ohio hills. What a beautiful
part of the state to spend time in the fall!
More details forthcoming on the website and in the fall issue of The Cardinal.
Immersion française à Wright State
(18-19 août, 2006)
Attention French teachers and professors! What better way to prep your school year and earn recertification points than by spending two days immersed in French, while connecting with colleagues from across
the state of Ohio? The fun will begin on Friday, August 18 at 10:00, and will end the following afternoon.
Participants will attend sessions on music, technology, literature, film, pedagogy and program building
(recruitment and retention). Bring your questions, concerns, successes and ideas to share with fellow
Francophiles, et participons ensemble à la renaissance des études de français en Ohio. Interested? Want details
on registration, fees, lodging? Contact Kirsten Halling at [email protected]
Don’t Forget these Upcoming
National Conferences
Have you ever attended a national conference? Maybe this should be the year! Many world language
organizations schedule their annual meetings during the summer so that teachers can attend, even if their
districts won’t let them out, pay for a sub, etc.
For some people, the cost seems prohibitive, but consider the value you get for your dollar: sessions
and workshops specially targeted for your language or skills, a wider range of presenters, experts from all
over the nation, the crème de la crème as it were; and an exhibit hall full of items with that specific targeted
audience. Then consider that expenses directly related to the trip are tax-deductible.
Plan a family vacation around a summer conference. When I was a child, my father was a history
professor, and every winter, we took a Christmas Break trip to wherever the national history conference
was. Mom took us sight-seeing while Dad attended sessions. This summer, I’m visiting my sister in Chicago on the way to Milwaukee for the AATF conference, then taking the ferry across Lake Michigan to
meet my brother (with his wife and kids) and my other sister for a family camping trip.
Not in the cards for this year? Think about the summer of 2007. I can attest that these national conferences can be a great buy for your personal professional development dollar!
Jane Rauschenberg, VP Publications
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June 23–25
American Classical League (ACL) Philadelphia, PA
Information: www.aclclassics.org
June 28–July 2
The American Association of Teachers of Spanish (AATSP), Salamanca, Spain
Information: www.aatsp.org
July 5–8
The American Association of Teachers of French (AATF), Milwaukee, WI
Information: www.frenchteachers.org
July 18–22
National TPRS Conference, Burlington, VT Information: www.blaineraytprs.com
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Cemanahuac Educational Community
2007 in Mexico Scholarship
The Cemanahuac Educational Community is generously offering a scholarship opportunity for
an Ohio Spanish teacher to study in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
This scholarship will be awarded to a teacher in a Spanish program at any level, elementary
through secondary, in a public, private or parochial school. The dollar value of this award is
approximately $870.00 and includes registration, tuition for two weeks of intensive Spanish
language study; double occupancy family housing with all meals, and one field study trip. The
recipient can attend Cemanahuac any time during 2007.
To be eligible for this scholarship, the applicant must:
• be a full-time Spanish teacher who has taught for three years and plans to teach for the next
three years in the state of Ohio
• be a member of OFLA
• be willing to present a 50-minute session at the 2008 OFLA Conference.
• complete and submit the application (see page 23) and written statement of how this experience will impact his/her teaching by the deadline (November 30, 2006)
• be prepared to meet expenses not covered by the scholarship. These expenses, in addition to
airfare, that the recipient would have to cover on his/her own would be: transfer to Cuernavaca
to and from Mexico City (about $12 US each way), a textbook ($30) and personal expenses.
Ohio colleges and universities with study programs at Cemanahuac include Xavier University,
the University of Dayton, The Ohio State University, and Wittenburg College.
For more information on the Cemanahuac Educational Community in Cuernavaca, Mexico, visit
their website at http://www.cemanahuac.com/
OFLA would like to thank Vivian Harvey and the Cemanahuac Educational Community for making this Professional Development opportunity available to Ohio foreign language teachers.
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Cuauhnáhuac Spanish Language
School 2007 Mexico Scholarship
OFLA is pleased to announce a scholarship opportunity for an Ohio Spanish teacher to study at
the Cuauhnáhuac Spanish Language School in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
This scholarship will be awarded to a teacher in a Spanish program at any level, elementary
through secondary, in a public, private or parochial school. The scholarship includes registration,
tuition for two weeks of intensive Spanish language study; double occupancy family housing
with all meals, and one field study trip. The recipient can attend Cuauhnáhuac anytime during
2007.
• be a full-time Spanish teacher who has taught for three years and plans to teach for the next
three years in the state of Ohio
• be a member of OFLA
• be willing to present a 50-minute session at the 2007 OFLA Conference.
• complete and submit the application (see page 23) and written statement of how this experience
will impact his/her teaching by the deadline of November 30, 2006 (postmark deadline).
• be prepared to meet expenses not covered by the scholarship. These expenses, in addition to
airfare, that the recipient would have to cover on his/her own would be: transfer to Cuernavaca
to and from Mexico City and personal expenses.
Cuauhnáhuac works with many US colleges and universities in providing quality study abroad
programs. Ashland University has had a highly successful program with Cuauhnáhuac for the
past 16 years.
For more information on the Cuauhnáhuac Spanish Language School in Cuernavaca, Mexico,
visit their website at www.cuauhnahuac.edu.mx.
OFLA would like to thank Marcia Snell and David Cano for making this Professional Development opportunity available to Ohio foreign language teachers.
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K – 12 Spanish Teacher
Scholarship Opportunity
Learn, Live & Love the Spanish
Language in Cuernavaca, Mexico!
OFLA is pleased to announce a scholarship opportunity for an Ohio Spanish teacher to study at
the Universidad Internacional—The Center for Linguistic and Multicultural Studies.
Founded as a small school of Spanish 25 years ago, Universidad Internacional is an institution of private higher
education located in Cuernavaca, Mexico, that offers
Spanish courses to satisfy your academic, professional and
personal expectations through its Center for Linguistic
and Multicultural Studies, which is affiliated with more
than 100 universities, colleges and other educational
institutions in the U.S. It has been recognized for its
quality approved programs through a formal agreement
with SUNY-Brockport, an American institution accredited
by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle
States Association of Colleges and Schools, Philadelphia,
PA, USA.
Our Intensive Spanish programs are open to everyone. You can earn credits, or you can improve
your skills in the Spanish language within your field of study or professional interest. The value
of our outstanding courses is supplemented by our excellent lodging services with Mexican
host families as well as a variety of lively activities, including excursions to archaeological sites,
museums and cultural events. www.uninter.edu.mx
This scholarship will be awarded to a teacher in a Spanish program at any level elementary
through secondary, in a public, private or parochial school. The scholarship includes registration,
tuition for two weeks of intensive Spanish language study; double occupancy family housing
with all meals, and one field trip. The recipient can attend Universidad Internacional-The Center
for Linguistic Multicultural Studies any time during 2007.
• Be a full-time teacher who plans to teach for the next three years in the state of Ohio.
• Be a member of OFLA.
• Be willing to present a 50-minute session at the 2008 OFLA Conference.
• Complete and submit the application (see page 23) and written statement of how this experience will impact his/her teaching by the deadline (November 30, 2006).
• Be prepared to meet expenses not covered by the scholarship. These expenses, in addition
to airfare, that the recipient would have to cover on his/her own would be: transfer to
Cuernavaca to and from Mexico City and personal expenses.
Contact person for questions or more information: Piper Brown Yin: [email protected]
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OFLA 2007 Mexico Scholarship
Application Form
I wish to apply for the
______Cemanahuac Educational Community Scholarship (see page 20)
______Cuauhnáhuac Language School Scholarship (see page 21)
______Universidad Internacional—The Center for Linguistic and Multicultural Studies (see page 22)
______ All Scholarships ( Please number schools in order of preference if applying for all three)
Name____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Home Address____________________________________________________________________________________________
Phone_______________________________ E-mail_______________________________________________________________
School____________________________________________________________________________________________________
School Address____________________________________________________________________________________________
FAX __________________ Phone ______________________E-mail_________________________________________________
Classes taught in 2005-2006
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Number of years of full-time teaching __________ Part-time teaching __________
Experience in a Spanish-speaking country or immersion experiences in the U.S. (Include dates of undergraduate and
graduate study, personal and school-affiliated travel, and work)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I have read the scholarship descriptions and requirements on the preceding pages and agree and comply with them.
yes ________
no__________
1. Written statement: Include with your application one page stating how this immersion experience will enhance
your teaching and benefit your students.
2. Resume: Include with your application a current resume or curriculum vitae listing professional activities as well as
other standard information.
3. Recommendation: Include with your application a letter of support from your department chairperson, principal
or other immediate supervisor.
Submit five (5) copies of each of the following: the application form, the written statement; the
resume, and the recommendation to:
Patrice Castillo
OFLA Chairperson, Professional Development Committee
44 Delaware St.
Lexington, OH 44904
419.884.9821
profdev@ofla-online.org
Applications must be postmarked by November 30, 2006, for consideration.
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Citizen Diplomacy: Are We There Yet?
Maria Verderico, French Teacher Candidate, University of Akron
Susan Colville-Hall, Teacher Education, University of Akron
Theresa Minick, Teacher Education, Kent State University
In the Age of Information, the world continues
at a rapid pace to become more internationally
intertwined. Where vast distances and natural
barriers once impeded the study of other cultures
and languages, today we have instantaneous access
to these resources. As Americans, can we afford
to live as if we were isolated from the rest of the
world? As teachers (and future teachers) of world
languages and of America’s children, what should
be our role in this changing world? Are we satisfied
with our classroom reach to the world through the
languages we teach? Or is there a more powerful way to impact the way Americans feel about
world cultures and languages? How can we help
ordinary American citizens feel a link to the rest
of the world?
Citizen diplomacy is not a new idea. It is the
concept that the individual citizen has the right, in
fact, the responsibility, to be engaged as a global
citizen in promoting international relations. As a
citizen of the world, each of us bears the responsibility to better understand global diversity, cultures,
religions, and issues. Citizen diplomacy provides
an opportunity for all Americans to begin to understand the rest of the world, and for the rest of the
world to learn more about America.
Brief History
Fifty years ago, President Eisenhower convened
the historic White House Summit on Citizen Diplomacy. Following WWII, he had a vision of lasting
peace generated by thousands of internationally
engaged citizens. It was his hope that personal
relationships, fostered through sister city, county
and state affiliations, would lessen the chance of
future world conflicts.
This past year, the Coalition for Citizen Diplomacy was formed to raise awareness of the citizen
diplomacy movement, to examine its critical role
in advancing U.S. foreign relations, to promote
world peace and understanding, and to increase
international activism at the grassroots level. This
group is made up of national leaders representing
organizations including Sister Cities International,
The Fulbright Program, Councils of World Affairs,
the National Council for International Visitors,
People to People International and others from sectors including non-profit, business, and academic
communities. The Coalition has called upon communities across the U.S. to hold summits focused on
citizen diplomacy and to issue reports to contribute
to a National Summit on Citizen Diplomacy to be
held in Washington D.C. July 12–14, 2006.
The Northeast Ohio Summit
on Citizen Diplomacy: Sharing
International Perspectives on
Citizen Diplomacy
As one of the first community-wide summits, The
Northeast Ohio Summit on Citizen Diplomacy attempted to bring international awareness to the local
level. The summit was organized under the leadership and local sponsorship of Akron International
Friendship, The University of Akron, Kent State
University, Center for Conflict Management, City of
Akron, and many other local supporters.
The theme of the summit, “Building Global
Bridges Between Northeast Ohio (NEO) and the
World,” recognized the region’s global relations and
proposed strategies to establish more international
connections. Speakers at the summit included the
Honorable August Pust, member of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage
Abroad, Dr. Schuyler Foerster, President of the World
Affairs Council of Pittsburgh, and Harriet Mayor
Fulbright, a founding member of the Coalition for
Citizen Diplomacy and a leader of the Fulbright
Program.
Panel sessions topics included International
Civic Exchanges and Community Initiatives, International Humanitarian Outreach, Diversity and
Multi-Cultural Community, International BusinessGlobal Corporate Citizenship, and Internationalizing
School Curriculum K–16 & Experiences in International Living. The results of these discussions
involving so many people from different fields coming together for a common cause will be submitted
to the National Summit on Citizen Diplomacy in
Washington, D.C., summer 2006.
Loan Forgiveness for World Language Teachers
Did you know that world language teachers may be entitled to federal loan forgiveness if they teach
for five years? Depending on the type of loan you secured, $5000–$10,000 may be forgiven. Share this
with colleagues and future teachers in your high school and college classes!
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Citizen Diplomacy, continued from previous page
Taking Citizen Diplomacy to World
Language Teachers
The 2006 OFLA (Ohio Foreign Language Association) Conference in Toledo provided an opportunity
to take the issue of citizen diplomacy to world
language teachers. During the conference session,
teachers and professors discussed the possible role
of world language teachers in the light of this effort
on citizen diplomacy. Here are the results of their
small group deliberations.
World language teachers see these connections
between world language study and the concept of
citizen diplomacy:
• Prepare students as citizen diplomats in the community, business, politics, education and other
professions.
• Include student-created projects that go beyond
the school to show how children are being raised
as citizen diplomats from their community.
• Discuss world connections and include concepts
such as global perspective, culture of language
regions, and service learning activities.
• Incorporate current events into world language
curriculum and general education curriculum to
help students achieve sensitization.
• Establish close connection to immigrant communities, world language instruction, and general
education. This could include the study of migrant workers through interviews.
• Offer scholarships for exchange programs.
• Create a mock government dealing with issues
such as immigration.
OFLA teachers suggested the following partners
within and outside the academic community:
• University faculty, primary grade students
• Representatives of global companies and business
careers
• Media representatives
• Sister Cities and People to People organizations
• Immigration organizations and immigration attornies
• Mission projects
• Rotary Club
• City government
• Hospital professionals
• Neighborhood people
• Parents from another country coming to read a
story
• Music and arts collaboration
Suggestions to build citizen diplomacy structure
within world language study:
• Cultivate open-mindedness by incorporating
current events and consulting articles on current
topics. Discuss this relationship to students’
lives and national concerns.
• Teach students to think of themselves as citizen
diplomats.
• Bring foreign visitors to the classroom.
• Involve ACTFL. They represent us in all, including LCTLs (see Lee Wilbershied’s article in the
January 2006 Cardinal, page 43).
• Give students a historical/political perspective
on the immigration influx of the Latinos in our
communities as part of the introduction to Spanish class and bring in ESL students to introduce
themselves and tell their stories about why and
how they came to the U.S.
• Stress aspect of Citizen Diplomacy in pre-service
teacher training.
Conclusion
Understanding international issues is essential to
creating a more peaceful world, and world language education is indispensable in accomplishing
this goal. Learning a second language helps students gain a better cross-cultural understanding.
Acquiring this understanding is best accomplished
when language learning begins at an early age. It
is, however, not a given that every teacher is teaching students to be citizen diplomats. This effort
has to be articulated, repeated and validated both
within and beyond the language classroom. As
world language educators, we want our teacher
candidates and our students to know how to be
world citizens. We encourage all educators to
promote international perspectives that will enhance the learning experience for all students. By
participating in events such as a Summit on Citizen
Diplomacy or teaching the concept of citizen diplomacy, we can perhaps make a greater difference
in how Americans view the world and how the
world views us.
***Acknowledgement to Ms. Michelle Wilson,
Executive Director, Akron International Friendship (AIF) for sharing some of the background
information.
Need copies of the purple K-12 Academic Content Standards book?
Contact [email protected]. Colleges and universities, please order through your bookstores.
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Start Languages Early
Lori Winne
The following interview was given after the Administrator Breakfast (see page 6) at the 2006 OFLA Conference. Mrs. Gretchen Bueter is principal of Grove Patterson Academy, an elementary school in Toledo
Public Schools. Second graders from her school demonstrated for administrators their ability to speak
German. The German teacher for Grove Patterson is Lori Winne, OFLA By Laws chairperson.
Winne: How long have these students been studying German?
Bueter: All students at our elementary school study
a language (Spanish or German) for a half an
hour every day. These students have been learning German since Kindergarten.
Winne: After the Administrator Breakfast, several
principals approached you who were curious
about the GPA program. What questions did
they ask?
Bueter: Principals wanted to know two things;
1) which language to pick, and 2) how to schedule.
Winne: Let’s take the first question. How did you
determine the languages for Grove Patterson?
Bueter: Our school decided to split into two languages so that half of our children study Spanish
and the other half study German. I think it’s
important to look at languages that are viable
and useful for the future. Toledo is the home of
Jeep, which is now owned by Daimler-Chrysler, the German-based company. Spanish is,
of course, our nation’s second language. The
future for our students includes a strong international background. Companies currently hire
overseas to get employees with both a business
and a language background. It’s not the specific
language, it’s the fact that our children need to
study any second language for a well-rounded
education.
Winne: What about scheduling? How do you get
another subject into the school day?
Bueter: Flexibility and collaboration are the key. The
school has to be willing to look at connecting a
second language with the regular curriculum.
A well-trained teacher who knows curriculum—both the regular curriculum and the
second language curriculum—can incorporate
math, reading or science benchmarks into their
German lessons.
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Winne: That sounds like making strong use of the
Connections standard in the foreign language curriculum. But how does it look in the schedule?
Bueter: I think there are ways to make it fit no matter
the school, the length of the day, etc. Flexibility
is the key. We have a half an hour every day for
every child, K–6. However, if your school could
only schedule three days a week in the early
years and increase the time to four days in the
intermediate levels, that would also work. The
more you connect the regular subjects with the
second language, the more time you’ll find for
the second language.
Winne: Have you seen results?
Bueter: I think our students are better readers as a
result of their second language study. I also think
they are more confident about their ability to
understand and use the (German) language, as
was evident during the breakfast.
Winne: Would you recommend a second language
in the elementary school?
Bueter: Definitely. German and Spanish have been
a great draw to our school. (Grove Patterson is a
lottery-based public school). Parents want language study for their children. The phone calls
to our office and the waiting list for our school
attest to that.
Winne: Thanks for taking
the time to answer these
questions for more elementary principals.
Bueter: Bitte.
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LinguaFolio Comes to
Ohio
Have you heard about the latest assessment idea to arrive in the U.S.? An import from Europe, LinguaFolio
is a self-assessment program for learners to document their progress in learning a language. It includes a
language passport for language learning, a language bibliography, as well as a dossier for recording language acquisition and progress. Seven states have already begun piloting the portfolio and the National
Council of State Supervisors for Languages adopted LinguaFolio USA! as their project for 2005.
The language passport is an overview of experiences and abilities with different languages. The
students can update it frequently and record formal qualifications and self-assessments. The language
biography is a record of personal language learning history that helps to evaluate learning goals and
reflect on language learning and cultural experiences. The dossier is a collection of evidence chosen by
the students to document language skills. It is student-driven in that the students self-assess their level
of competency and then set goals based on the chapter content. They determine their tasks for achieving
their goals; as they complete work, they place it in a folder. At the end of the chapter they choose their
best work for each goal. The last step is to write a self-reflection based on their work.
The language educators who presented this portfolio project at Central States Conference in March
are very enthusiastic about it. Let’s build on what they have started and work to make LinguaFolio an
option here in Ohio! There are already a number of teachers willing to participate; thank you to the following OFLA members who have already volunteered: Casey Brown, Parthena Draggett, Marian Epperly,
Judi Fowlkes, Michelle Garlock, Margarita Glen, Deana Kramer, Vicki Krancevic, Christine Monday,
Nancy Munoz, Rebecca Taylor Norton, Martha Pero, Heather Ramsey, Sarah Shackelford, Paula Shafer,
Roz Terek, Lori Winne. Are you interested? Please let us know if you are willing to work to adapt the
materials for use in Ohio or to pilot the portfolio process in the future.
Debbie Robinson: [email protected]
Carol Eiber: [email protected]
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Central States Conference
Chicago Delegate Assembly
As always it is a joy to represent the OFLA membership at regional meetings. At the March CSC delegate
assembly, representatives from the seventeen states
in the region met to share accomplishments and
challenges of their associations. This provided an
opportunity for vital organizational networking.
You should be pleased to learn that many look to
OFLA as a model of an effective organization. I was
proud to accept many compliments on our excellent
professional quarterly newsletter, The Cardinal and
the biannual brochure sent to your administrators,
Cardinal Points.
Let me take a moment to remind you of some
of the CSC services available to you. A special
workshop by application only is planned each year
as an Extension Workshop. This year’s topic, “More
Self-Directed Students through Learning Strategies,”
will be presented at OFLA’s 2006 Fall Workshop (see
page 19). In the CSC Leadership workshop, “Hot Issues in Foreign Languages,” state foreign language
professional organization leaders and special project
leaders plan the implementation of projects that address the needs of their states.
OFLA has recently participated in a membership project (part of which included the High School
Student Breakfast at the conference, see page 6) and
is initiating a LingaFolio project for the coming year
(see page 27). Look for more to come.
The workshop aims to strengthen effective
leadership skills as well as provide a mentor to put
the plan in action. Grants not to exceed $1000 are
available for these special projects. There are many
scholarship opportunities for CSC members for study
abroad. Consider becoming an advisory council
member. Membership provides free registration to the
annual conference. Pay a visit to their website for all
the necessary details www.centralstates.cc. Part of the
assembly was devoted to the discussion of advocacy
with J.David Edwards’ JNCL report which you’ll see
in our advocacy section. CSC has helped its member
states by providing templates for advocacy.
The ACTFL representative reminded us of the
revisions of the position statements on general principles, early language learning, which languages
schools should offer, and class size. Check the ACTFL
website for the final version after May 1. Save the
date for 2007 Central States Conference: “Learning
Languages in a Digital World,” March 8–10, 2007, in
Kansas City, MO. I hope to see many you there.
Mary Goodwin, OFLA President
Is your program in
danger of being cut?
Use the following rules
in Ohio Administrative
Code to bring
stakeholders together
to save your program.
No unilateral decisions
on program cuts
should be allowed!
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Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) Rule 330135-04(B) expressly requires that “[T]he district’s
curriculum shall be developed with input
from and dialogue with parents, community
members and other stakeholders.” OAC Rule
3301-35-01(B)(17) defines “stakeholder” as follows: “those who directly affect or are affected
by the educational success of a school district and
school. Stakeholders may include, but are not
limited to, colleges and universities, district and
school staff, employers, parents, students, and
other individuals or groups in the community.
For nonpublic schools, the governing authority of
the school identifies ‘stakeholders’.” (Emphasis
added).
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Advocacy
Minute
Sarah Shackelford
Political Advocacy Chair
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The language community continues to experience media attention and consideration by policy
makers. This has given rise to new and increased
policies and funding for languages and international
studies. On January 5, 2006, for example, President
Bush announced the National Security Language
Initiative (NSLI). This $114 million program has
fourteen components intended to “expand the number of Americans mastering critical need languages”
starting at an earlier age; “increase the number of
advanced-level speakers of foreign languages”; and
“increase the number of foreign language teachers
and the resources for them.”
Of special note to Ohioans, Governor Taft’s recent proposal for more rigorous education in Ohio
includes two years of mandatory foreign language
at the high school level. In her address to 2006 OFLA
conference attendees in Toledo, Susan Tave Zelman,
State Superintendent, made clear that she too is
“on board” and ready to push for enhanced foreign
language education.(To keep current of recent developments, visit http://www.languagepolicy.org/
and also sign up to receive email via the OFLA listserv, where advocacy news is frequently updated).
Foreign language teachers must mobilize in
order to ensure that the programs created are sound
and that the money spent benefits students, teachers, and communities! Among other issues, we must
insist that a variety of languages remain available to
our students and that opportunities increase for
early language learning as well as for well articulated courses at upper levels.
As experts in our field, we must be proactive
and educate the public. Too often we wrongly assume that almost everyone understands the value
of foreign language education, even when faced
with the reality of cut or downsized programs.
A number of teachers have already signed on
for a new Ohio Advocacy Network, and by the
time this newsletter goes to print, the network
will be up and running! It is a system not only for
quick notification and pleas for assistance (with
phone calls, letter writing, meeting attendance, etc.)
when an OFLA member’s language program is in
trouble, but will also serve as a forum for sharing
information, ideas, and experiences. One person in
each corner of the state will be contacted whenever
an alert goes out, and he/she will then contact (by
email or phone) all those currently on the network
in that region.
Please join this new network by sending me
your name, email address, and phone number. Our
message is strong, and we need to shout it out with
a collective voice.
OAC Rule 3301-35-02(C) states that “[T]o be
responsible to the stakeholders they serve, the
board of education and superintendent shall:
(1)Assure that the mission and educational goals
of the school district or school reflect the
educational needs identified by a broad representation of stakeholders;
(2)Assure that board policies and the district’s
educational goals are available to stakeholders;
(3)Listen to and appropriately respond in a timely
manner to stakeholder concerns about current
and future school operations;
(4)Model and promote ethical behavior among all
stakeholders.” (Emphasis added).
OAC Rule 3301-35-03(A)(1)(a) is in accord re
strategic planning as follows: “Effective strategic
planning is: (a) Based on the needs of current
and future students and other stakeholders of
the district.” (Emphasis added). If students are
required to take foreign language as an elective,
and students are stakeholders, then schools need
to incorporate these student needs into their strategic planning, which presumably would include
cutting required courses and programs from their
curriculum. Similarly, OAC Rule 3301-35-04(B)
also expressly requires that “[T]he school district
or school shall implement a comprehensive district-wide curriculum and instructional program
that is characterized by systematic planning, articulation and evaluation.” (Emphasis added).
Sarah Shackelford, Chairperson,
Political Advocacy Committee
(poladvoc@ofla-online.org)
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Around the State
Deborah W. Robinson, Ph.D.
World Language Consultant, ODE
World Languages and International Education
in the Spotlight
For those of you who attended either the Administrator Breakfast or the Keynote at the spring OFLA
Conference, you know that ODE is committed to
world languages and international education. Dr.
Susan Tave Zelman, superintendent of public instruction, gave passionate (and lengthy!) testimony
about the need for increasing language offerings,
beginning in preschool, and continuing in long,
uninterrupted sequences.
Our strategic plan has as its main objectives:
• building awareness of the need for many
languages to Ohio’s economic strength and
security;
• increasing student access to a wide variety of
language offerings;
• increasing the number of teachers to staff programs; and
• seeking funding for foreign language programs.
Let me assure you that my goal is to maintain
and expand current language offerings while adding the critical languages outlined in President
Bush’s National Security Language Initiative. Allow me to explain.
Only 45% of Ohio high school students
study world languages. Rather than sniping
at each other about stealing students, we need to
get the message out that all students, regardless of
whether they are going to college or to the world of
work, need to study a language other than English.
There are 55% more students out there
that should be enrolled in our classes. I’m
sure we all have stories to share about “grown ups”
who lament not taking a language when they had
the chance. I met a man from rural Michigan on
my plane back from Spain whose company was acquired by a German firm. He met with his German
directors on Spanish soil (where the German company also had acquired companies). He is intent on
listening to German tapes on his one-hour commute
to his office each day to make up for his inability to
communicate in his director’s language.
Seventy percent of Ohio high school
world language students study Spanish.
While Spanish is an important language given
NAFTA, the European Union, and our heritage
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speakers in Ohio, we must entice students to study
other languages. We need to encourage students
who start with a language such as Spanish to layer
on another language such as Japanese, Chinese,
Arabic, French, or German. This strategy has proven
successful in communities where early language
programs exist in Western languages and critical
language offerings begin in middle and high school.
We should encourage students who begin with a
language such as Spanish in middle or high school
to continue study in that language and to add a third
language as upperclassmen or in college.
Use Postsecondary Education Options,
distance learning, and web-based delivery
methods to increase language offerings.
From elementary school through high school, many
opportunities for language learning exist if we
just think outside the box. I was surprised when I
searched college and university language departments and found that many offer Chinese, Arabic,
and Japanese. Contact a program near you to see if
your highly motivated students might be able to take
advantage of this opportunity. Ohio State University
has a web-based Chinese program where students
videoconference once a week with an instructor.
Contact Dr. Galal Walker at [email protected] for
further information. Dr. Zelman has promised to
address the disincentive for districts to use postsecondary options. Currently, money follows the
student from the home district to the university.
ODE is in dialog with the creators of Sesame
Street to see if we can collaborate on a Chinese
program for children. Kentucky and Utah are developing TV-based Chinese language programs for
adolescents. We will keep a close watch on their
development.
Ensure that high school students
know that if they become foreign language teachers, and teach for five years,
their college loans will be forgiven. World
language teachers have been in short supply for a
number of years. We need to entice our most motivated students to follow in our footsteps and pursue
a career in language teaching. Loan forgiveness
applies to ALL languages. If the National Security
Language Initiative is funded, further dollars will
flow to students.
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Recruit educated heritage language speakers
to become world language
teachers. Many Chinese heritage speakers have already called
ODE to learn about alternative
licensure given the press about
the need for Chinese language
programs. We have Arabic, Japanese, Russian, Korean, Hindi,
Farsi/Persian, and Urdu heritage
speakers right here in Ohio who
might wish to become language
teachers. ODE is committed to
helping them earn their teaching credentials. With shortages
in Spanish too, we are recruiting
both at home and in Spain. ODE
recently signed a memorandum
of understanding with the Ministry of Education and Science to
bring visiting teachers from Spain
to Ohio for up to three years.
M o n i t o r f u n d i n g fo r
world language programs.
The College Board added Italian,
Japanese, and Chinese to French,
Spanish, German, and Latin. In
order for students to be prepared
for the AP, there will be funding
for long sequences of language to
build the pipeline in critical languages. If Congress supports the
National Security Language Initiative, there should be money for
critical language programs. ODE
also will seek funding for curriculum development by submitting
a Foreign Language Assistance
Program (FLAP) grant.
All of these strategies are
designed to preserve and expand
language offerings in Ohio. As a
local control state, however, it is
up to each and every one
of you to “sell” the need for
diverse languages in your
own communities.
The Ohio Department Of
Education Hires Ryan Wertz As
New World Languages Consultant
The Ohio Department of Education recently named Ryan Wertz to
fill the vacancy that resulted from the tragic and unexpected passing of State World Languages Consultant Charles Conway. Ryan is
slated to assume the post at the end of May. Currently he is wrapping
up his duties as a member of the foreign language team at Hilliard
Davidson High School.
Wertz earned his B.A. from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio,
and his M.Ed. from the Ohio State University. He has also completed
significant post-graduate work at OSU in the areas of global education
and multi-cultural learning.
Ryan brings nearly a decade of classroom teaching to the position
as well as an impressive resume of related experiences. He began
his teaching career at Columbus Public School’s Mifflin International Middle School. There he received the Ohio Foreign Language
Association’s Beginning Teacher Award. More recently, Wertz was
named as a Wal-Mart Educator of the Year for his achievements both
in and out of the classroom at Hilliard Davidson High School. Ryan
is particularly proud of his accomplishments as one of that district’s
diversity coordinators.
Additionally, Ryan has chaired OFLA’s Committee on Early Language Learning and served as a writer on the joint ODE-OFLA Model
Assessment Project. He has also presented at past OFLA conferences
on a variety of topics.
Prior to becoming a teacher, Ryan served as a US Peace Corps
volunteer in the Philippines (1989–90) and in Panama (1990–94). He
also spent a year providing technical, linguistic and cultural training
to Peace Corps volunteer trainees in Costa Rica (1996).
Ryan’s goals as a World Languages Consultant include:
• Learning the “ins and outs” of the ODE bureaucracy while advocating and seeking funding for more early language programs
throughout the state.
• Helping the ODE attain its vision of higher achievement for all
students in the area of foreign language by assisting educators statewide to raise expectations, build capacity, and improve results.
• Recruiting and retaining FL teachers, mentoring novice teachers, and
working with foreign language departments at the post-secondary
level to improve passage rates on Praxis II and III.
• Helping Ohio’s 613 districts align their curricula with the state’s
Foreign Language Content Standards.
• Continuing to acquire knowledge about teaching, learning and
assessment in our field by reading the literature and traveling
throughout our state and beyond to visit and report on model
programs and new initiatives.
Ryan states “I am both thrilled and honored to be selected to
serve Ohio’s foreign language community in this capacity. I will do
my very best to advocate for foreign language at the ODE. I am also
very pleased to have the opportunity to work closely with a tireless
champion of foreign language learning in Ohio: Debbie Robinson.
Finally, I am energized to once again be able to work in concert with
the OFLA board.”
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May 2006 • 31
Ohio Classical Conference
Sterg Lazos, OCC Representative
The Ohio Classical League is proud to announce that Jane Ulrich, teacher of classics at Shaker Heights
High School in Shaker Heights, Ohio, was awarded the 2005 American Philological Association Award
for Excellence in Teaching at the Precollegiate Level. Beyond the classroom, Ms. Ulrich has served as
President of the Ohio Classical Conference and organized its 2004 meeting. She sponsored a chapter of
the Junior Classical League, which in 2005 came in second in the state (out of 45 schools) in the Academic
Per Capita division. Everyone at the OCC is proud of Jane and her accomplishments.
The 59th Annual American Classical League Institute will be held June 23–25, 2006, in Philadelphia,
PA. If you would like additional information, go to www.aclclassics.org.
The 53rd Annual National Junior Classical League Convention will be held on the campus of Indiana
University from July 31 to August 5. For more information, go to www.njcl.org.
At the recent OCC business meeting held at the OFLA conference in Toledo, the focus of the discussions centered around student scholarships, dissemination of information through websites and mailing
lists, and themes for the annual conference. A full report of this meeting will be given at the October 2006
OCC meeting in Cincinnati.
This report is respectfully submitted by Stergios Lazos, OCC representative to OFLA.
Ohio AATG
Deborah Page, AATG Representative
Call for Nominations
The chapter will be electing a new Second Vice
President this fall. The position rotates between
individuals who teach K–12 and those employed
by colleges and universities. This election requires
that the nominee be a K–12 teacher of German.
The term begins November, 2006 as Second Vice
President for two years, followed by a term as First
Vice President (2008-2010), and finally as President
(2010-2012).
Duties include planning events, building and
maintaining membership, helping to build/maintain German programs, and attending ACTFL
conference during the presidency. If you have any
questions about this position, please contact Tricia
Fellinger, the current president at fellinger2@yahoo.
com. You may submit your own name in nomination.
Thank you, members!
A special thank you to all the AATG members
who presented sessions/workshops at the 2006
OFLA conference in Toledo. There were ten sessions that dealt with German grammar, culture and
pedagogy, and an additional eleven sessions that
32 • May 2006
included German examples, so there were plenty of
choices. Everyone enjoyed hearing presentations
from new and experienced classroom instructors.
Please plan on what you want to present at the OFLA
2007 conference (in Cleveland).
Book Club
It’s not too early to start thinking about what
book you would like to read for the OFLA Book
Club 2007. If you would like to make a suggestion,
please email me.
Reminder to Renew Membership
It’s not too late to renew your membership for
2006. AATG membership runs from January to
December, and may be renewed online at:
http://aatg.org/
Fall Meeting Dates Set
Keep the weekend of November 3-4, 2006
open for the annual Ohio AATG fall meeting. The
details for the meeting have not been finalized at
this point, but details will appear in the next issue
of The Cardinal.
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AATF News:
Petit Coin Français
Deborah Stout, AATF Representative
Kirsten Halling et Richard Emch élus nouveaux officiers de l’AATF-OH à Toledo !
Lors du Congrès OFLA, les membres présents
à la réunion annuel d’AATF-OH ont élu Kirsten
Halling, de l’Université Wright State, Vice-Présidente, et Richard Emch, du Lycée North Royalton,
Secrétaire Trésorier du 1er juin 2006 au 1er juin 2008.
La Présidente actuelle, Rita Stroempl, a reconnu le
travail valable et bien estimé de Judith Baughin,
lauréate du prix d’AATF Nationale pour son travail comme administratrice du Grand Concours
—National French Contest—dans l’Ohio. Depuis
beaucoup d’années, Judith s’occupe de cette tache
énorme pour notre état, et c’est sa dernière année
à ce poste. Nous lui remercions et la louons pour
un travail extraordinaire ! Merci beaucoup, Judit!
Bravo et bien fait !
Notre représentante régionale, Randa Duvick,
prof de français à Valpariso a assisté à notre congrès,
et elle a parlé à tous
ceux présents des occasions et opportunités
impressionnants fournis de notre association
au niveau national. La
voici en photo avec
Rita Stroempl lors du
Congrès à Québec.
En plus, la Secrétaire Trésorière actuelle,
Jean Morris, a partagé
avec nos membres la nouvelle constitution adaptée
et améliorée pendant le week-end au Parc Mohican.
Les profs de français ont adopté cette nouvelle constitution, qui sera soumise à l’AATF National.
Debra Watzman, prof de français au Lycée
Massillon Washington, a obtenu une bourse
d’AATF-OH pour $500 pour créer un bistro français
au même temps que leur département de musique
présentait la comédie musicale, Les Mis. Elle y a
bien réussi. Félicitations, Debra !
Tous les membres d’AATF sont invités et encouragés à assister au Congrès Mondial qui aura
lieu à Milwaukee cette année, du 5 au 8 juillet, 2006.
Consultez le site Web, www.frenchteachers.org,
pour en apprendre tout. Si vous avez le temps et
l’argent, c’est une expérience fantastique. Pensez-y.
Et n’oubliez pas d’encercle la Semaine du Français
du 2 au 8 novembre, 2006. Visitez le site Web pour
obtenir des idées là-dessus..
Jean Morris finira son travail de Secrétaire
Trésorière après deux ans, en juin, 2006. Elle a déjà
servi AATF-OH avant comme VP et Présidente, et
nous la remercions pour avoir contribué tant à notre
organisation. Puisqu’elle y est active depuis longtemps, nous comptons continuer à nous revoir.
Rita Stroempl, elle aussi, finira son poste en
juin, et l’AATF-OH lui doit beaucoup. Elle a beaucoup travaillé pour nous, les profs de français dans
l’Ohio, et nous lui disons aussi, merci mille fois,
merci. Nous continuerons à voir Rita car elle devient présidente de l’OFLA 2006-2007.
Considérez Milwaukee du 5 au 8 juillet cet été et
marquez vos calendriers pour notre week-end français au Parc Mohican. A bientôt ? Je l’espère bien.
Week-end français au Parc Mohican du 27
au 29 octobre, 2006 !
Calling all current and future AATF members! Please join us for an exciting weekend of music, nature,
and advocacy. OFLA Chair of Advocacy, Sarah Shackelford, and Jane Rauschenberg, OFLA Cardinal
Editor, will present a workshop that will enable us to highlight the work we are doing in our French
programs across the state. This portion of the weekend will be presented in English, as Sarah and
Jane will base it on the session they presented at the Toledo OFLA meeting session, “Cookies and
Kazoos: Toot Your Own Horn!” The presentation includes OFLA’s new Advocacy Manual, “worth,”
as Sarah and Jane stated, “its weight in gold!” All those who attend must be AATF-OH members,
or add the cost of membership to the weekend cost, currently projected at $50-$75. We will also
be listening to some favorite French musical selections accompanied with lyrics and a CD to take
back home with you. Participants are invited to bring along a favorite poem or song to share with
those assembled. As of this writing, there will only be 15 spaces at the lower price. Any additional
attendees would have to stay at the lodge at a much higher rate per night. Reserve your space soon
by emailing Deborah Stout at aatf@ofla-online.org.
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May 2006 • 33
Ohio AATSP News
Deborah W. Varga, Northern Chapter Representative
Denise Lepe-Perkins, Buckeye Chapter Representative
Remember to check out the official AATSP website: www.aatsp.org. You will find up-to-date information
regarding the annual AATSP conference being held June 28–July 2, 2006 in Salamanca, Spain. There is
also a listing of several award, scholarship, and travel stipend opportunities available to current members of the AATSP. Members may now pay for their 2006 membership dues online by using a link for
an online tutorial.
IMPORTANT: There is also a link for national job postings in Spanish and Portuguese! Be sure to check
it out!
During the annual OFLA conference in Toledo, OLAA (Ohio Latino Arts Association) conducted a session
regarding the mission of their organization. Founded in May 1993, OLAA states, “The mission of the Ohio
Latino Arts Association, a network of Latino cultural arts organizations and Latino artists, is to identify,
preserve, promote and develop Latino cultural expression in Ohio, while encouraging the development
of a ‘First Voice’ for Latinos in the arts.” OLAA is currently seeking educators in the state of Ohio who
would like to partner with them as a part of their outreach as they strive to bring Latino Arts to as many
communities as possible in the areas of the visual, performing, literary, and culinary arts. They are willing to assist any educator in bringing the Latino culture to your classroom! For more information, please
contact Karol Marchevsky at 513-759-2559. By email: [email protected]. Also: OLAA, 5706 Selu Drive,
Liberty Twp., Ohio 45011.
Ohio TESOL
Teri Mandell and Lillian Acker, TESOL liaisons
Ohio had a large representation at the National TESOL Convention in Tampa, FL from March 14–18,
2006.
Many ESL Consortiums are getting together throughout the state, so look for further information on our
website: www.ohiotesol.org.
On April 29, 2006, we held our first Annual Summit for universities granting TESOL certification to meet
with K-12 representatives. This meeting was held at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio.
ODE is still working on a definition of Highly Qualified for our K–12 teachers and we are waiting to
hear the results.
OTESOL is once again proudly sponsoring the Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana (OKI) English as a Second
Language Conference to be held on Saturday, May 20, 2006 at the Clarion Hotel & Suites. Please use the
links on our website for further information.
We are seeking proposals for our Annual Conference at this point so, if you are thinking of presenting a
session, check our website where the proposal forms are already online. The deadline for proposals is
June 16th.
Submitted by: Teri Mandell and Lillian Acker, TESOL liaisons
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—An Invitation to Join—
The Ohio Foreign Language Association
Serving the Needs of Foreign Language Educators in Ohio
www.ofla-online.org
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records current and up-to-date, and ensures that you will receive your issues of The Cardinal on a timely basis regardless of when your membership
information is received from the O.E.A. You can also accomplish this by visiting our website: www.ofla-online.org
Membership Status
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Professional Member ................................... $30.00
❑ Professional Member .................................... $75.00
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Joint Professional Member (for two members
residing at the same address) .....................$40.00
❑ Joint Professional Member (for two members
residing at the same address) ...................$105.00
❑
Associate Member (for those not currently
in the FL classroom or supervision;
retired members) .......................................... $20.00
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Student Member...........................................$10.00
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Associate Member (for those not currently
in the FL classroom or supervision;
retired members) .......................................... $45.00
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❑ I would like to make a voluntary contribution to the OFLA Foundation in order to help OFLA provide assistance to
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Spread the Word! Copy this form and
pass it on to your colleagues!
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Mark Your Calendar Now!
June 23–25
American Classical League Institute (ACL) Philadelphia, PA Information: www.aclclassics.org
June 28–July 2
The American Association of Teachers of Spanish (AATSP), Salamanca, Spain
Information: www.aatsp.org
July 5–8
The American Association of Teachers of French (AATF), Milwaukee, WI
Information: www.frenchteachers.org
July 18–22
National TPRS Conference, Burlington, VT Information: www.blaineraytprs.com
July 31–August 5
National Junior Classical League (NJCL) Indiana University Information: www.njcl.org
October 27–29
Ohio AATF Immersion Weekend Information: www.aatf-ohio.org
November 2–8
National French Week La Semaine du Français Information: www.frenchteachers.org
November 3–4
Ohio AATG fall meeting
November 16–19
American Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL), Nashville, TN
Information: www.actfl.org
American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), in conjunction with ACTFL
Information: www.aatg.org
December 26–29
Modern Language Association (MLA), Philadelphia, PA Information: www.mla.org
AATSELL/AATSEEL, in conjunction with MLA Information: aatseel.org
March 4–10, 2007
National Foreign Language Week
March 8–10
Central States Conference (CSC), Kansas City, MO Information: www.centralstates.cc
March 20–24
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Seattle, Washington
Information: www.tesol.org
March 22–24
Ohio Foreign Language Association (OFLA) Annual Conference, Cleveland
Information: www.ofla-online.org
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