"Denver here I come. Anxious to catch up with colleagues/friends from around the country. Also can't wait to hear some great speakers."
National Association of District Supervisors of Foreign Languages
Barbara Hanna's Page
Latest Activity
Barbara Hanna commented on Greta Lundgaard's event 2011 Annual Meeting"I hope to attend NADSFL in Denver and look forward to catching up with colleagues.
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Barbara Hanna replied to Greta Lundgaard's discussion Performance Assessment"My burning issue is the teachers who think this is just another new fad and it will go away. We are going whole hog with performance assessments this fall and implementing it across levels and across languages. Had a great summer session with Peggy…"
Profile Information
- Name of District, City, & State
- Garland ISD, Garland, Tx.
- My regional FL conference is:
- SWCOLT
- My primary supervisory K-12 responsibilities are at this level:
- District
- Number of Teachers that I supervise:
- 100-150
- Do you have a website for your program?
- No
- What is the current focus of your work?
- Curriculum Development, Teacher training, Teacher support
- What are your three areas of expertise (for sharing with other members)?
- Brain research methods, hands-on activities, foldables
- What is your greatest area of concern for your district?
- That we spend too much time talking in the classroom and don't provide enough time for the student to be practicing and using the language. That is our goal this year as we are implementing proficiency based assessments througout the district.
Latest Activity
Karen deFur commented on Greta Lundgaard's event Summer Leadership Academy"I agree! It was wonderful and I look forward to participating again this year.
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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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