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National Association of District Supervisors of Foreign Languages
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Our mission is to promote excellence in foreign language education for all learners through professional development of foreign language supervisors. The organization supports supervisors by facilitating member networking and communication, by promoting knowledge of current initiatives, trends and research, and by encouraging advocacy for foreign language learning at all levels. Download our brochure to learn more!
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Events
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Summer Leadership Academy
July 12, 2012 at 6:30pm to July 15, 2012 at 11:30am – Princeton University
Greetings from Greta
NADSFL Supervisor of the Year Nominations are now OPEN!
Dossiers are due June 10, 2012.
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NADSFL Mini-Grant Application - Due May 1, 2012
Registration for the 2012 NADSFL Summer Leadership Academy is now OPEN.
Download the flyer: 2012%20SLA%20flyergreta.pdf
For registration go here:
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Deadline for registration is May 15, 2012. Deadline for payment is June 15, 2012.
Congratulations to 2011 District Supervisor of the Year Thomas Sauer of Jefferson Co. Public Schools, KY
Thanks for a great NADSFL 2011!
For resources (including the Twitter#nadsfl11 transcript, the materials from November 16 & 17, and materials from the Learn With NADSFL sessions) please look here:
NADSFL News
Come join us at the Regional Conferences!
Learn with NADSFL: 21st Century Learning
How do I move my world languages department into the 21st Century? What are the first steps? Using the 21st Century Skills Map as a basis, this session will be a forum for conversation, discussion, and collaborative problem solving as we support each other in developing a world language department committed to preparing learners for the future.
Forum
Proficiency Levels? 6 Replies
This coming fall I will begin the process of reviewing/revising our existing curriculum documents for our foreign language classes. My district has us on a seven year cycle where we review and revise…Continue
Started by James R. Yoder in Curriculum. Last reply by Leslie Baldwin Apr 20.
"world language" or "foreign language", is it semantics? 9 Replies
How do you refer to your department "world language" or "foreign language"? It seems that different professional organizations, states or school districts adopted one version or the other but to me…Continue
Started by adina alexandru in Miscellaneous Discussions. Last reply by Jeremy Aldrich Apr 20.
FSI Languages by Categories of Difficulty for speakers of English 5 Replies
Dear Colleagues,I have been searching high and low for the FSI table that lists the FOUR categories of languages according to their difficulty for English-speakers. (The World Language Content…Continue
Started by William Chang in Miscellaneous Discussions. Last reply by William Chang Mar 13.
Middle school language courses
I'm curious what different divisions do with languages in the twilight years between elementary and secondary. In our division, middle school covers grades 5-8. Grades 7 and 8 fit pretty well with…Continue
Started by Jeremy Aldrich in Curriculum Mar 13.
The Characteristics of 1999--is an update necessary? 3 Replies
As an older person without portfolio and retired, I have lots of time on my hands to ask "thought questions" such as the title of my note today implies. I would like to ask those presently in NADSFL…Continue
Started by Paul A. García in Professional Development (for teachers). Last reply by Paul A. García Mar 7.
Essential Questions
Do your districts have common EQ's and are teachers asked to use/post them in the L2? Arguments for/against doing so?Continue
Started by Leslie Baldwin in Curriculum Dec 19, 2011.
Latest Activity
Leslie Baldwin replied to James R. Yoder's discussion Proficiency Levels?"Those are higher than the exit proficiency expectations we have set in NC. We also differentiated expectations by mode of communication and language type. You can see what we did by looking at the tables in the intro part of the…"
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