December 2015

Volume 16, Issue 4

2016 Conference Edition

Dear Colleagues in World Language Education,

Since 1993 LFLTA has shaped who I am and I am so thankful to be a part of this

excellent organization. Now it’s our 50th anniversary and we’re coming back to

where it all began in 1966, Baton Rouge. We invite you to participate in this

unique professional development opportunity that brings together ALL world

language communities:

- Elementary and Secondary Foreign Language Education

- Foreign Language Departments in Higher Education

- Immersion Education

In this newsletter you will find the Conference at a Glance that lists all of the

wonderful events offered in January. Thank you to ALL of our presenters! We so

appreciate you sharing your ideas, your successes, and your growth experiences!

We are excited to welcome so many exhibitors to this year’s conference. We

encourage you to take advantage of the exhibit breaks and explore the wide variety

of amenities our exhibitors offer.

We are proud to include two new opportunities to network with others Friday

night. This year we will have a “Meet the Board” followed by a movie night

offered in the Marriott Hotel. Come meet leaders in World Language Education

including national leaders like David Jahner, Executive Director of SCOLT, and

Toni Theisen, 2013 ACTFL President and 2009 ACTFL Teacher of the Year.

Whether you choose to hang out at the hotel, or coordinate something with the

Welcome Hostess, Baton Rouge promises a fun time… Come for the excitement

and comradery of networking with likeminded professionals and leave with new

ideas, new products and new friends.

If you haven’t yet registered for the pre-conference, conference, or hotel, then

please do so right away to secure the best prices. I can’t wait to see you in January!

Michèle Braud

LFLTA Interim Vice President

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Letter from the Vice President ...1

2016 Keynote Speaker……..2

2016 Conference info……….2

Conference at a Glance……..3-6

EF Tours ………………………...7

CODOFIL Scholarship………….7

LFLTA Board………………………8

The Communicator the Newsletter of the Louisiana Foreign Language Teachers Association

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Toni Theisen, the 2013 ACTFL President and the

2009 ACTFL Teacher of the Year, teaches French at Loveland High

School in Loveland, Colorado where she is also the district WL Cur-

riculum Representative. Theisen is a National Board Certified Teach-

er with a M.A. in Foreign Language Teaching and a M. A. in Educa-

tion of Diverse Learners. She is also a Google Certified teacher.

Very active in the foreign language profession, Theisen has presented

many workshops, keynotes and webinars for national, regional, and

state conferences and has authored articles on Multiple Intelligences,

Differentiated Instruction and Technology for the 21st century learn-

er. Theisen presented “Activating Communication” as part of the first

ACTFL Webinar series and also presented at the 2011 LARC STAR-

TALK Institute at San Diego State University.

Theisen has participated on many committees including the revision

of the World Languages teacher standards for licensure. She chaired the 2009 revision of the Colorado

World Languages Academic Standards. She served on the committee for the National Board for Profes-

sional Teacher Standards in 2000 and was the co-chair for the revision committee of the NBPTS Teacher

Standards for WLOE in 2009. Most recently she chaired the ACTFL 21st Century Skills Map committee

in collaboration with the Partnership for 21st Century Learning.

Toni served as President of the Colorado Congress of Foreign Teachers in 1988-89. As an ACTFL Execu-

tive Board member from 2001-2005, Toni served as the program chair for the 2004 and 2005 confer-

ences. She was the Local Chair for the CSC, SWCOLT and CCFLT Joint Conference in 1988 and the Pro-

gram Chair for the 1991 Central States Conference.

Toni has received many honors including the ACTFL Nelson Brooks Award for the Teaching of Culture,

The Colorado Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, the SWCOLT Excellence in Teaching Award

and the Genevieve Overman Memorial Service Award from the Colorado Congress of Foreign Language

Teachers.

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What: 2016 LFLTA Confer-

ence

Where: Marriott Hotel

5500 Hilton Avenue

Baton Rouge, LA 70808

225-924-5000

When: January 15-16, 2016

Conference-at-a-Glance

Marriott Hotel, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 15-­­­16, 2016

Friday, January 15

9:30 a.m. – 11:30 Free Pre-­­­conference Workshops (*separate registration required*)

Salon III

Integrate Interactive Technology in your

Class

Dr. Michael Dettinger

Louisiana State University

Salon IV

Developing a Discourse Classroom

Michèle Braud – Baton Rouge Magnet High School

Melissa Monroe – Alexandria Country Day School

8:30 – 12:00: Registration/Exhibits (onsite registration is open throughout confe rence )

12:05 – 12:45: Lunch

12:45 – 1:35: Keynote Address – Mrs. Toni Theisen

”Activating Chaos to Invigorate Learning”

1:35 – 2:05: Coffee & Exhibitor Visits

2:10 – 4:35: Lecture presentations (lectures listed are for ALL languages unless otherwise de­

noted)

2:10 – 2:55 Lectures: Session 1

Title Presenter Level Establishment Room

Technology Integration for

Interactive Notebooks

Tia LeBrun All levels All

languages

Henry Heights Elemen-

tary Salon III

Using Student Narratives to

Transform Language Learning

Lindsey Fleming All levels

All languages

Immersion

EF Tours

(exhibitor) Salon IV

Bilingualism and the Brain Nicole Boudreaux

Dr. Michelle

Haj----Broussard

All levels All

languages

Lafayette Parish

University of Louisiana

at Lafayette

Magnolia

Connections Between High

School and University

Dr. Kevin Bongior-

ni

All levels All

languages

Louisiana State Universi-

ty Azalea

Ladies and Gentlemen…

Let’s Dance at School

Daniel Gonzalez All levels All

languages

Frasch Elementary Camellia

Title Presenter Level Establishment Room

Create Your Own Video Tutori-

als!!!

Carmen Garcia All levels All

languages

CODOFIL

Salon III

Engaging and Motivating All

Learners

Norah Jones

All levels All

languages

Vista Higher Learning

(exhibitor)

Salon IV

Exploring Culture While

Practicing Grammar Using the

Target Language

Christine Merchant All levels All

languages

EBR Schools Supervisor Magnolia

Multiculturalism and the For-

eign Language

Jerry Parker All levels All

languages

Southeastern Louisiana

University

Azalea

ART, a magic tool to explore

all content areas

Luz Hernandez All levels All

languages

BRFLAIM Im-

mersion

Camellia

4:40 – 5:00 Coffee & Exhibitor Visits

Title Presenter Level Establishment Room

Free Web Tools To Help

Assess Student Knowledge

Jesus Garcia

All levels All

languages

Barbe Elementary Salon III

Successful Implementation of

Common Core Math Strategies

Pablo Pato All levels

All languages

Immersion

Boudreaux Elementary Salon IV

90% in the Target Language Georgina Cutrone FLES All lan-

guages

Baton Rouge Magnet

High

Magnolia

Parla Southeastern:

Using foreign language radio

broadcasting

Francesco Fiumara All levels

All languages

Immersion

Southeastern Louisiana

University

Azalea

The Game Is On… Adriana Spicer Elementary All

languages

Frasch Elementary Camellia

3:00 – 3:45 Lectures: Session 2

3:50 – 4:35 Lectures: Session 2

5:05 – 7:00 Roundtables (10 maximum per table, please)

5:05 – 5:30 Round 1

5:35 – 6:00 Round 2

6:05 – 6:30 Round 3

6:35 – 7:00 Regional Meetings

Title Level/Lang. Presenter Table #

Comic Creations LFLTA Teacher of

the Year

Secondary /

All

Bonnie Baxter 1

The ABCs of Immersed Instruction All / All Craig Bilbrew 2

Seal of Biliteracy All / All Nicole Boudreaux 3

Les mots et les opposés Elementary /

Immersion

Bamba Fall 4

State Certified Immersion Program All /

Immersion

Peggy Feehan Michele Haj---

-Broussard 5

The Sandwich Restaurant Program All / All Candace Grivet 6

Compass: Observational Feedback

“Look For” Document

All / All Terri Hammatt 7

Programs, resources and materials

for the teaching of French

All / French Ray Hinz 8

Mindfulness and Yoga in School Elementary /

Immersion

Susana Ilanes 9

Service Learning Garden for a

Healthier Curriculum

All / All Tia LeBrun 10

Classroom Management in Early

Grades

Elementary

/ All

Lova Moreno 11

Programs, resources and materials for

the teaching of Spanish

All /

Spanish

María Amparo Calvo Muñoz-

Spanish Education Project

12

Step Outside the German Classroom

in Class

All /

German

Corinne Nutt 13

“Plickers” All / All Pablo Pato 14

TPRS – our failures and successes Secondary /

All

Blair Richards Beth Lemoine 15

Network, Resources, Advocacy, and

Funds for Teachers of French

All / French Dr Marie Schein AATF 16

Learning Debates in the Foreign Lan-

guage Classroom

Secondary /

All

Isabelle Shirazi 17

Taking Students to State Club Con-

ventions (JCL, French, Spanish

Secondary /

All

Yuri Weydling 18

7:00 – 8:00 Meet Your Board Reception – cash bar in Exhibitors’ Hall

9:00 – 10:30 Movie Night with popcorn

Authentic Film: Spanish Magnolia

Authentic Film: French Azalea

ACTFL Keynote Speaker: Rick Steves Camellia

5:05 – 7:00 Roundtables Continued

Saturday, January 17

***Reminder: Check out must be done by 11:30 a.m. ***

7:00 – 8:00 Coffee and Exhibitor Visits

7:20 – 7:55 AATF Breakfast and Meeting

8:00 – 11:00 Workshop (with coffee/exhibitor break from 9:30-­­­9:45)

Mrs. Toni Theisen

“Activating Communication:

Designing Learning and Creating Meaningful Assess­

ments”

11:30 – 1:30 Business Luncheon with Awards and Prize Drawings

PLEASE VISIT WITH OUR EXHIBITORS THROUGHOUT THE CONFERENCE

PLEASE VISIT WITH OUR EXHIBITORS THROUGHOUT THE CONFERENCE

Friday

10:oo am- 12:00 pm

1:35 pm-2:05pm

4:40 pm-5:oo pm

Saturday

7:00 am- 7:55 am

9:30 am -945 am

11:00 am-11:30 am

The Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL)

announces that

The Bureau Wallonie-Bruxelles International is offering

one scholarship

to a Louisiana teacher of French who is a LFLTA member

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The scholarship covers:

registration fees

conference/workshop fees

housing in the university dorm and meals

Eligibility requirements:

You must be an American citizen or a permanent resident in the United States.

You must be a full time French teacher in a Louisiana

Steps for applying for this scholarship:

Please mail the following to CODOFIL before January 8, 2016:

1) A scholarship application (downloadable at: www.codofil.org

2) Your letter of motivation in French

3) One letter of recommendation from your supervisor

All candidates must be present for an interview during the LFLTA conference

and the recipient of this scholarship will be announced during the conference.

Executive Board

President Scott Harris

University Laboratory School Baton Rouge, LA sharri9@lsu.edu

Vice President Michelle Braud

Baton Rouge Magnet High School mbraud@ebrpss.k12.la.us

Secretary

Sarah Young West Monroe High School

West Monroe, LA sarahyoung@opsb.net

Treasurer

Melissa Monroe Alexandria Country Day School

Alexandria, LA mmonroe@acdsonline.org

Newsletter Editor

Juan Álvarez Benton High School

Benton, LA juan.alvarez@bossierschools.org

Website Administrator

Melissa Monroe mmonroe@acdsonline.org

The Communicator

The Communicator is published six times a year by the Louisiana Foreign Language Teachers Association. Send all submissions or queries to Juan Álvarez juan.alvarez@bossierschools.org

Keep in mind that space limita-tions may make it impossible to publish all submissions and that submissions may be edited for brevity and clarity.

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Region 1

Leah Morton-Gittens leahmortongittens@gmail.com

Andrea Ruiz aruiz@isl-edu.org

Region 2

Lilian Carver lcarver@lsu.edu

Region 3

Soazic Pougault soazic.pougault@free.fr

Region 4

Valérie Thériez valerie_theriez@saintmartinschools.org

Pauline Neto pkneto@lpssonline.com

Region 5

Melanie Dees deesmelanie@yahoo.com

Herbert Earnhest hrbrte@gmail.com

Region 6

Donna Grimes dgrimes@acdsonline.org

Region 7

Laura Addington addington.laura@gmail.com

Stacy Clark stacy.clark@bossierschools.org

Region 8

Angela Shephard angshep21@hotmail.com

Annie Rivera arivera@lincolnschools.org

Please visit our website:

www.lflta.net

State Department of Education

terri.hammatt@la.gov

France

pascale.seignolles@la.gov

Spain

mamparo.calvo@mecd.es

CODOFIL

clarroque@crt.la.gov

AATF

Jacqueline Labat