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Strengthening World Language Education: Standards for Success

The 63rd Annual Northeast Conference February 9-11, 2017

at the New York Hilton Midtown

 

The Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Carole Smart, Newmarket High School (NH), Chair

You won’t want to miss: • our workshops and sessions for

language educators pK-16 • our topic-specific strands to explore the

theme of standards in WL education • the exhibit hall of publishers and vendors

with something for everyone • the opportunities to network with

professionals from around our region

 

 

All conference registration information available at: www.nectfl.org.

 

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Pre-Convention Workshops: November 17

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NYSAFLT Webinar Series 2016-2017

Register now at http://www.nysaflt.org/webinars!

October 24 -- 7:00 p.m. (1 hour) Social Media for Professional Development Not sure what a hashtag is? A Facebook group? How about "#langchat"? Many educators are now using social media as a professional development tool. There are many options for growing your Personal Learning Network (PLN) online. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and other "Web 2.0" tools will be presented in detail, from joining to getting involved in professional conversations online. Participants will also learn how to use hashtags to get more input on Twitter posts and be included in discussions on social media.

Jenny Delfini, New Paltz CSD

November 15 -- 7:00 p.m. (1 hour) Primer on Proficiency This webinar will provide an introduction to the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines and how they relate to the World Readiness Standards for Learning Languages. Participants will be able to identify the characteristics of each proficiency level, with special emphasis on Novice, Intermediate and Advanced; identify reasonable learner targets for instruction for a variety of programming structures; explore some ways to translate these learning targets from the ACTFL/NCSSFL Can Do Statements document into unit and lesson planning; and discuss ways to help students and parents understand the "path of proficiency."

Bill Heller, SUNY Geneseo

December 14 -- 4:00 p.m. (1 hour) NYS Seal of Biliteracy In the spring of 2016, the NYS Board of Regents approved the NYS Seal of Biliteracy and the criteria students will need to earn this award. It is now available to students in your district or school. This webinar will give a background on the program and the criteria along with links for guidance documents and forms. The presentation will also go over some of the steps you will need to take in order to set up the program in your school district which would include communications to students, advisement, and end of year activities. Additionally, there will be time for Q & A at the conclusion of the webinar.

Ricardo Constantino, NYSED

January 10 -- 7:00 p.m. (1 hour) 100% Target Language Use: Yes, We Can! Research consistently suggests that the best way to learn a language is through 100% use of the target language. Our job as educators is to make sure that we are providing proper comprehensible input so that students feel successful in language classes. This webinar will discuss various techniques to maintain a 100% TL class, including classroom management and developmentally appropriate activities. Marissa

Coulehan, The Dalton School

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Co-sponsored by NYSAFLT and the NYS Language Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network at NYU

All live webinars are free to NYSAFLT members.

February 1 -- 7:00 p.m. (1 hour) CORE Practices for the WL Classroom Ball and Forzani state that the “work of teaching” involves the “core tasks that teachers must execute to help pupils learn”. What are these core practices in the world language classroom? What is the difference between best practice and core practice? Together we will explore the ACTFL Core Practices for increasing language acquisition. After a brief overview of the core practices, the presenter will share practical examples for their implementation in your classroom.

Beth Slocum, Genesee Comm. College

March 22, 7:00 p.m. (1 hour) Teaching for Transfer Have you ever encountered a situation in which your second language learners fail to apply knowledge and skills acquired in one context to a new situation or context? If so, you might have run up against the concept of transfer. In order for our language learners to progress from Novice to Intermediate, transfer of knowledge and skills has to happen. What does transfer look like in the world language classroom, and what strategies are particularly effective as we plan instruction to lead to transfer? Join this webinar, explore this concept, and learn with colleagues.

Greta Lundgaard, Independent Consultant

May 10, 7:00 p.m. (1 hour) Speaking Out for Languages: Leading the Way (This webinar is also open to FLENJ and ICTFL members) As teachers we help others find their voice in the language they are learning. As leaders in the language profession, we have to learn to use our voices to speak out for languages. Advocacy begins long before a need or situation develops. Join Amanda Seewald from New Jersey and Todd Bowen from Illinois who are experienced voices for language education on a state, regional and national level share some of their experiences.

Todd Bowen and Amanda Seewald

The NYSAFLT webinar series offers professional development throughout the 2016-2017 school year that addresses multiple facets of world language education. You are encouraged to register early for any of the webinars above or for past webinars, which are available “on demand” at http://www.nysaflt.org. Group rates are available for department professional development.

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Holiday Inn Syracuse-Liverpool Conference Center

 

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Table of Contents

Webinar Series 2016-17 4 Convention Center and Hotel Diagrams 6 NYSAFLT & LECNY Officers, Board and Past Presidents 9 Annual Conference Planning Committee 10 NYSAFLT Regions 11 Exhibitor Listing 12 Program Overview 14 Conference Schedule at a Glance 15 Program of Events 16 Three-hour Ticketed Workshop Friday 20 Session A Friday 22 Session B Friday 25 Keyword Listing 27 Workshop and Session Overview 28 List of Presenters 30 Session C Friday 32 Session D Saturday 36 Session E Saturday 39 Session F Saturday 42 Session G Saturday 45 Pages from our History 1976, 1986, 1996, 2006 50 NYSAFLT Award Histories 54

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99th Annual Conference of the

New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers

co-sponsored by the Language Educators of Central New York

Candace R. Black NYSAFLT President

Joshua Cabral Keynote Speaker

Michelle Shenton Conference Chair

John Carlino Executive Director

Virginia H. Sobota LECNY President

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2016 NYSAFLT Executive Committee

President: Candace R. Black, Eastridge High School President-Elect: Marie J. Campanaro, Cosgrove Middle School

First Vice President: Michelle Shenton, Midlakes Central Schools Second Vice President: Elizabeth Slocum, Genesee Community College and Alexander CSD

Secretary-Treasurer: Maureen Geagan, Mohonasen Central Schools Executive Director: John Carlino, Buffalo State College

2016 NYSAFLT Board of Directors Capital-East: Melinda Barnes, Niskayuna CSD (‘17) and Susan Frost, Lake George CSD (‘16)

Central NY: Marisol Marcin, Sidney CSD (‘18) and Rosanne Perla, East Syracuse-Minoa HS (‘16) Mid-Hudson/Westchester: Leslie Kudlack, Greenville CSD (‘18) and Sally Barnes, Croton-Harmon Schools (‘16)

NYC/Long Island: Tara Tassani, Cold Spring Harbor CSD (‘16) and Nora Diaz Guevara, Edward R. Murrow HS (’17) Western NY: Megan Fleck, Mt. St. Mary Academy (‘16) and Heidi Connell, Canandaigua MS (‘18)

Consultants to the Board Joanne O’Toole, SUNY Oswego, Editor, Language Association Journal

JoAnn Thomasson, Hamburg CSD, Editor, NYSAFLT News

2016 Headquarters Staff John Carlino, Executive Director

Kenneth Hughes, Director of Technology Administrative Assistants: Kaetlin McGee and Christiana Palladino

Language Educators of Central New York 2016 Officers President: Virginia H. Sobota Vice President: Pamela Russell Second Vice President: Cindy Elliott Treasurer: Susan Draves Secretary: Susana Senties-Nevin

Immediate Past President: Diane Tyminski Membership Manager: Denise Mahns Newsletter Editor: Diane Tyminski Webmaster: Stewart Smith Member at Large: Rachel Reid

Presidents of NYSAFLT, 1963 – present

1963-69 Robert J. Ludwig 1986 Shirley S. Zimmer 2002 Joan Militscher 1969 Sr. Rose A. Caimano 1987 Anthony DeNapoli 2003 Dawn Santiago-Marullo 1970-71 Sharon Moore 1988 Brenda Benzin 2004 Patricia Ryan 1972-73 Joseph Tursi 1989 Nancy McMahon 2005 Linda Zusman 1973-74 Gladys Lipton 1990 John Webb 2006 Louis Baskinger 1974-75 Paul Cincinnato 1991 Nancy Wallace 2007 Joanne E. O’Toole, Ph.D. 1976 Warren Born 1992 Mary Champagne Myers 2008 Paul Sabatino 1977 Maryalice Seagrave 1993 Al Martino 2009 Susan T. Barnes 1978 Marcella DeMuth 1994 Helene Combopiano 2010 Susanne Hochmuth 1979 Robert Sherburne 1995 Carol Reed 2011 Nancy H. Ketz 1980 Patricia Sweet 1996 Elizabeth Bossong 2012 Mary G. Holmes 1981 Kay Lyons 1997 Michelle Bloom 2013 Deborah Carlson 1982 George Castellanos 1998 David Graham 2014 William Anderson 1983 Anthony Papalia 1999 Janine Manley 2015 Francesco L. Fratto 1984 Russell Webber 2000 Don King 2016 Candace R. Black 1985 Paul Wood 2001 Marie Guillet

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Annual Conference Planning Committee

Planning Committee Michelle Shenton, Midlakes MS, Chair Candace R. Black, Eastridge HS Tracy Brady, Hastings on Hudson CSD Marie J. Campanaro, Cosgrove MS John Carlino, Buffalo State College Marissa Coulehan, North Shore CSD Joy Anne Cumming, S. Jefferson CS Jenny Delfini, New Paltz CSD AJ Ferris, Saratoga Springs HS Lucy Ferruzza, East Irondequoit CSD Maureen Geagan, Mohonasen CSD Brigitte Kahn, Massapequa Public Schools Leslie Kudlack, Greenville Jr.-Sr. HS Virginia Levine, Ph.D., SUNY Cortland Michael T. Mitchell, Bethlehem CSD Joanne O’Toole, Ph.D. SUNY Oswego Françoise A. Piron, South Jefferson CS Elizabeth Slocum, Genesee CC and Alexander CSD Virginia H. Sobota, Mexico Academy and CS Tara Tassani, Cold Spring Harbor CSD Diane Tyminski, West Genesee HS Registration Volunteers AJ Ferris, Saratoga Springs HS Co-chair Leslie Kudlack, Greenville CSD, Co-chair Barbara Allen, Vernon-Verona-Sherrill CSD Nora Diaz Guevara, Edward R. Murrow HS Maria Fenton, Solvay UFSD Mary Goetz, Argyle CSD Suzanne Rayome, Burnt Hills-Ballston Spa CSD Awards Committee Françoise A. Piron, South Jefferson CS Jenny Lynn Delfini, New Paltz CSD Anne Elyse Foltz, Watertown CSD Joanne Telfer, Morris CS Ana Aguiar-Mady, North Shore HS Rosa Riccio Pietanza, NYU - Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development Program John Carlino, Buffalo State College

Program Cover Ken Hughes, Dir. of Technology

Hospitality Volunteers Françoise A. Piron, S. Jefferson CS, Co-Chair Joy Anne Cumming, S. Jefferson CS, Co-chair Barbara Allen, Vernon-Verona-Sherrill SD Sally Barnes, Pierre Van Cortlandt MS Susan Barnes, Sodus CSD, retired Abigail Cleary, Lansing HS Anna Collie, Amsterdam HS Carol Dean, Ed.D., SUNY Oneonta Jenny Delfini, New Paltz CSD Maria Fenton, Solvay UFSD Ann Elyse Foltz, Watertown CSD Susan Frost, Lake George CSD Mary Goetz, Argyle CSD Abbe Guillet, Baldwinsville CSD Stephanie Guillet-Gonzalez, Dobbs Ferry MS Brianna Jaspersohn, LaFargeville CS Roseann Lorefice, SUNY Cortland Suzanne Rayome, Burnt Hills-Ballston Spa CSD Rosa Riccio Pietanza, NYU - Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development Colleen Sheehan, Cobleskill-Richmondville HS Joanne Telfer, Morris CSD Alexis Thornton, Union-Endicott CSD

A/V Volunteers Michael Mitchell, Bethlehem CSD, Chair Brianna Jaspersohn, LaFargeville CS

CONFERENCE ETIQUETTE

• Please silence your cell phone.

• Please arrive at workshops on time and stay until the end of the session.

• Please take only one handout, unless the presenter offers multiple copies.

• Please save your questions until question/answer time, unless the presenter indicates that he or she does not mind interruptions.

• Please avoid side conversations. It is disturbing to the presenter as well as the other attendees.

Please remember that all our workshop presenters are volunteers and that they share their expertise without receiving monetary compensation. In fact, ALL of the helpers are volunteers – AV, hospitality, registration, even the officers. Please show your appreciation to the volunteers for their efforts!

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NYSAFLT REGIONS and Organizational Members

(by counties) Western NY Central NY Capital-East Alleghany Ontario Broome Madison Albany Rensselaer Cattaraugus Orleans Cayuga Oneida Clinton Saratoga Chautauqua Schuyler Chemung Onondaga Essex Schenectady Erie Seneca Chenango Otsego Franklin Schoharie Genesee Steuben Cortland Oswego Fulton Warren Livingston Wayne Herkimer St. Lawrence Hamilton Washington Monroe Wyoming Jefferson Tioga Montgomery Niagara Yates Lewis Tompkins

NYC/Long Island Organizational Members 2016 Mid-Hudson/Westchester Bronx Brooklyn

Queens Staten Island

AATF NY Metro AATF CNY

COLT FLACS Columbia

Delaware Putnam Rockland

(Kings) Manhattan

(Richmond) Suffolk

AATF Rochester AATF WNY ALOUD

LECNY NYCAFLT-UFT

PWRFL Dutchess

Greene Sullivan Ulster

Nassau WNYFLEC Orange Westchester

Have great ideas to share with your colleagues? Consider presenting at the 100th NYSAFLT Annual Conference

Harnessing the Power of Languages for the Next 100 Years

Elizabeth Slocum, Chairperson October 20-21, 2017 at the Niagara Falls Conference Center

Niagara Falls, NY Keynote speaker: Greta Lundgaard

Submit your proposal at http://conference.nysaflt.org!

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2016 Exhibitors – Alphabetical

AATF of CNY www.aatfcny.org 38 ACIS Educational Tours www.acis.com 39 ACTFL www.actfl.org 13 American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese www.aatsp.org 19 Cengage Learning/National Geographic Learning www.cengage.com/us/ 26 Chester Technical Services, Inc. www.ctslabs.com 41 CIEE www.ciee.org/high-school-summer-abroad/ 24 Cultural Connections Group Tours www.grouptoursinc.com 17 EMC School www.emcp.com 36 Language Testing International www.languagetesting.com 23 LECNY www.lecny.org 37 NECTFL www.nectfl.org 12 NNELL www.nnell.org 14 NYS United Teachers www.nysut.org 18 NYSAFLT Awards & Advocacy www.nysaflt.org 35 NYSAFLT Hospitality www.nysaflt.org 31-32 NYSAFLT Leaders of Tomorrow Program www.nysaflt.org 28 Pearson pearsonschool.com 21-22 Proficiency Press Co. www.proficiencypress.com 33-34 Robotel Inc. www.robotel.com 29 Santillana USA Publishing www.santillanausa.com 30 Students Love Travel www.studentslovetravel.com 20 Syracuse University's School of Education soe.syr.edu 25 Vista Higher Learning www.vistahigherlearning.com 40 WorldStrides www.worldstrides.com 27

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Exhibit Hall

 

 

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NYSAFLT 99th Annual Conference 2016 Co-sponsored by LECNY

Program Overview FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21

7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Conference Registration 7:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Coffee available at registration 8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. Orientation for New Attendees 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Three-hour Pre-conference Workshops 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. NYSAFLT Executive Committee Meeting 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lunch (all conference attendees) and

Recognition of Scholarship, Grant, and Award Winners 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Session A 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Conference Exhibit Viewing – Grand Opening 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. NYSAFLT Board of Directors Meeting 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Session B 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Conference Exhibit Viewing – Coffee Break 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Session C 4:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Conference Exhibit Viewing – Wine and Cheese 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Council of Member Organizations 6:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Reception 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Annual Awards Banquet (Ticketed – purchase with registration) 9:30 p.m. 11:00 p.m. DJ Dance Party

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22

7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Conference Registration 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Opening Session, Annual Business Meeting and Keynote Speaker

Joshua Cabral, Brookwood School, Manchester MA 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Conference Exhibit Viewing 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Session D 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Lunch (all conference attendees) and NYSAFLT Service Awards 12:45 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. NYSAFLT Committee Meetings 12:45 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Conference Exhibit Viewing 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Session E 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. NYSAFLT Committee Meetings 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Raffles (2:45) – Conference Exhibit Viewing 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Session F 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Session G

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Conference Schedule at a Glance

**NEW**

Three-hour Ticketed Workshops

This year – due to popular demand – three-hour workshops will no longer be scheduled at the same time as sessions. They will have their own time slot on Friday morning. Please note: There will once again be a separate fee for pre-conference workshops, BUT, our overall registration rates have been reduced by approximately the same amount. If you pay “extra” for a pre-conference workshop, the cost will be about the same as last year and you will receive over an hour more of quality PD time over the course of the conference.

Lunch is included for all attendees!

Our Annual Awards Banquet will be Friday evening. It is a ticketed event, usually attended by over 100 conference attendees and guests. Tickets may be purchased on your conference registration form.

Friday Saturday

Three-hour Ticketed

Pre-conference Workshops

Opening Session, Annual Business

Meeting and Keynote Address

Exhibit Break

Session D

Lunch and Recognitions

Lunch and Service Awards

Session A

Exhibit Break & Committee Meetings

Exhibit Break

Session E

Session B

Exhibit Break & Committee Meetings

Exhibit Break

Session F

Session C

Session G Exhibit Break

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Program of Events

FRIDAY OCTOBER 21

7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Conference Registration Hotel Lobby

7:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Coffee available at Registration

7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. Mentor Scholarship Breakfast (participants only) Cotillion

8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. Orientation for New Attendees Meet near registration

8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Pre-conference Workshops (Ticketed) See Program

9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. NYSAFLT Executive Committee Meeting Boardroom 1

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Coffee Break Hotel Lobby

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lunch (all conference attendees) and Recognition of Scholarship, Grant and Award Winners Cotillion

Charles Zimmerman Memorial Grant Olga Shydlonok, Student of Kate Stewart, Fayetteville-Manlius HS 2016 Summer Institute Scholarships Jane Hinckley, Indian Lake CSD NYSAFLT Cultural Awards Germany Ulrike  Stroszeck,  RIT

donated by the Goethe Institut New York Mexico John  Schepisi,  Haldane  CSD  

donated by the Cemanahuac Institute in Cuernavaca   South

America Marta Rizzo, Frontier HS donated by the Academia Latinoamericana de Español

Spain Karen  Martín  Sánchez,  South  Seneca  HS donated by ENFOREX – Don Quijote

Costa Rica

Heather Temple, Portchester MS donated by the Academia Tica

Sally G. Hahn FLES Teacher Scholarship Maureen Duffy, Blind Brook MS

Sally G. Hahn FLES Teacher Incentive Grant Kennedy Schultz, The Park School of Buffalo

Best of Conference 2015 Mary Goetz, Argyle CSD

Teacher Incentive Grant Susan Frost, Lake George HS

Virtual Video Contest High School Division: Francesca McAuliffe New Dorp HS Middle School Division: Barbara Wasil-Espinoza, Pine Grove MS Elementary Division: Tara Tassani West Side School

Leaders of Tomorrow 2016 Cohort Tracy Brady, Hastings HS Jenny Delfini, New Paltz CSD Mary Goetz, Argyle CSD Diane Tyminski, West Genesee HS Rose DiGennaro, East Irondequoit CSD Stewart Smith, Mexico MS

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12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Session A 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Conference Exhibit Viewing – Grand Opening Convention Center B-C-D 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. NYSAFLT Board of Directors Meeting Boardroom 4 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Session B See Program

3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Conference Exhibit Viewing and Refreshments Convention Center B-C-D 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Session C See Program 4:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Conference Exhibit Viewing – Wine and Cheese (Raffle) Convention Center B-C-D 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Council of Member Organizations Boardroom 1 6:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Banquet Reception (cash bar) Cotillion 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 pm Annual Awards Banquet (ticket required) Cotillion 2016 Award Winners

Ruth E. Wasley Distinguished Teacher Award K-12 Nunzia Manginelli, Esperanza Preparatory Academy

Dorothy Ludwig Memorial Award for Outstanding Service Carol Dean, Ed.D., SUNY Oneonta NYSAFLT Parent Advocate Award Brigitte Hale Anthony J. Papalia Award Jean LeLoup, Ph.D., U.S.A.F.A.

Barbara Schmidt-Rinehart, Ph.D., Ashland University

Outstanding Journalist/Media Presenter Award Donna Cohn Viertel, BlueStone Press

Sister Rose Caimano Distinguished Administrator Award Timothy Brunson, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central Schools

NYSAFLT Culture through the Arts Award

Eduardo Vilaro, Artistic Director and CEO, Ballet Hispánico

Remunda Cadoux Leadership in Foreign Language Supervision Award William Anderson, Massapequa Public Schools

NYSAFLT President’s Award

Ida C. Wilder, Greece CSD Joseph A. Tursi Distinguished Speaker Award Joshua Cabral, Brookwood School

Ferdinand DiBartolo Distinguished NYS Leadership Award Candace R. Black, Eastridge HS

9:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Chairperson’s and President’s Reception and DJ Dance Party (open to all)

Cotillion

Give the gift of NYSAFLT!

Looking for a gift for a student teacher? A “hard-to-buy-for” colleague?

Purchase a gift membership at the registration desk!

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SATURDAY OCTOBER 22

7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Conference Registration Hotel Lobby

8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Coffee Hotel Lobby

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Opening Session Ballroom Welcome and Greetings

Michelle Shenton, First Vice President and Conference Chair Announcement of 2017 Annual Conference Theme Elizabeth Slocum, Second Vice President and Conference Chair

Announcement of 2017 Summer Institute Theme

Leslie Kudlack, In-coming Second Vice President and Summer Institute Chair Public Advocacy Committee Update

Diana Zuckerman and Barb Patterson, Co-chairs

NECTFL Update John Carlino, Executive Director

100K for 100 years

John Carlino & Marie Campanaro

Announcement of NYSAFLT Centennial

Marie Campanaro

NYSAFLT Annual Business Meeting Candace R. Black, Presiding Annual Business Meeting Agenda

1. President’s Report Candace R. Black 2. Headquarters Report J. Carlino 3. Financial Report and Budget Approval M. Geagan 4. Nominations Committee Report Colleen Sheehan

Keynote Speaker Joshua Cabral, Brookwood School, Manchester MA

10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Conference Exhibit Viewing Convention Center

10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Session D Workshops See Program 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Luncheon (all conference attendees) and NYSAFLT Service Awards Cotillion Awards Presentations 2016 NYSAFLT Regional Conference and Co-sponsorship Chairpersons Capital-East

(COLT) Susan Frost, Lake George CSD Melinda Barnes, Niskayuna CS Anna M. Collie, Amsterdam HS

Central NY Virginia Sobota, Mexico Academy and CS (LECNY) Marisol Marcin, Sidney CSD (“Southern Tier”)

Mid-Hudson/ Westchester

Leslie Kudlack, Greenville CSD (ALOUD) Roxanne Franquelli-Beras, Valhalla MS (PWRFL) Alexis Thornton, Putnam Valley HS (PWRFL)

NYC/Long Island Nunzia Manginelli,  Esperanza Preparatory Academy (NYCAFLT) Western NY

Marie Campanaro, Spencerport CSD Co-sponsor: WNYFLEC, Ellen Connell, WNYFLEC President, Oracle Charter School

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NYSAFLT Officers and Directors Completing their Term of Office

Maureen Geagan, Mohonasen CSD, Secretary-Treasurer, Susan Frost, Lake George CSD, Director, Capital-East Rosanne Perla, East Syracuse-Minoa HS, Director, Central New York Sally Barnes, Croton-Harmon Schools, Director, Mid-Hudson/Westchester Tara Tassani, Cold Spring Harbor CSD, Director, NYC/Long Island

NYSAFLT Service Awards

Michelle Shenton, Midlakes CS, Annual Conference Chair Marie J. Campanaro, Spencerport CSD, Spring Conference Chair Elizabeth Slocum, Genesee CC and Alexander CSD, Summer Institute Chair

12:45 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Past Presidents Advisory Council Boardroom 1

12:45 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Conference Exhibit Viewing (Raffle) Convention Center B-C-D

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Session E See Program

2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. NYSAFLT Committee Meetings 2

Post-secondary Committee Meeting Boardroom 1

Mentor Scholarship Program Debrief (participants only) Ballroom Center

2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Conference Exhibit Viewing (Basket Raffle) Convention Center B-C-D

3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Session F Workshops See Program

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Session G Workshops See Program

Please join us in the exhibit hall for refreshments, raffles, and

shopping!

Follow us on Twitter! Tweet about your experiences, workshops and interactions with other NYSAFLTers!

@NYSAFLT #nysaflt

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Friday, October 21, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Pre-conference Workshops

Three-hour Workshops (ticketed) Friday, October 21 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 1. Are You Game? Room: Convention Center A We all use different games in our classroom to help students learn the languages that we teach. However, what if the class itself were a game? We will share what we have done and the changes we have made to convert our French 2 class into a French 2 game. Game theory components are combined with technology, differentiation, and many "time-tested" activities to create a game that everyone plays everyday. Organizer/Presenter(s): Toni P. Johnson, Penn Yan CSD Erin Johnson, Penn Yan MS Host: Jane Hinckley, Indian Lake CSD Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle, High School Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: French and Spanish Applicable to: Any

2. Balancing High and Low Tech for WL Learning Room: Boardroom 4

Pencil, Chromebook, or smartphone? With 21st Century Learning Standards, Google, and social media, technology has become ubiquitous in our lives and in our schools. It has undeniably transformed WL teaching and learning. However, balance has never been more important to good pedagogy. Come learn from my Ed Tech successes and failures how and when to go high or low tech to keep student learning your priority. It's not just about being new and cool and flashy! Organizer/Presenter(s): Tracy Brady, Hastings on Hudson Host: Pamela Russell, North Syracuse CS Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: French and Italian and Spanish Applicable to: Any

3. Building Conversational Skills using Movie Making Room: Onondaga H

This is an activity that your students will always enjoy because they are the stars. Making a class movie can take a single class period or a week, depending on how much time YOU want to invest. Each step builds on Comprehensible Input strategies. This interactive workshop will demonstrate how you can co–develop a dialog-driven script with your students in the target language with limited vocabulary; lead a rehearsal process with lots of engaging repetition that aids language compre-hension for ALL students, whether performer, “techie” or member of the “production team;” and film the production with a Smartphone and easily edit it for playback. Participants need to be ready to move.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Mary G. Holmes, New Paltz CSD Host: Stewart Smith, Mexico CSD Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English Applicable to: Any

4. Creating a Culture of Confidence Room: Ballroom East A key element of a successful classroom environ-ment is the students’ belief that language acquisition is achievable. We want students to develop a “can do” mindset. Our goal is for students to approach the target language with the confidence and the ability to meet challenges. Students’ perceptions of their abili-ties are a powerful force in achieving (or not achiev-ing) that goal. Teachers can harness that power using Comprehensible Input-based strategies. Through demos and discussion, we will work together to develop a collection of ideas, strategies, and activi-ties that can open the minds and hearts of students at all levels. Bring your questions, your successes, and your “can do” attitude to this unique workshop!

Organizer/Presenter(s): Laurie A. Clarcq, Marcus Whitman HS, retired Host: Jessica Potter, Camden CS Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Several Applicable to: Any

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Friday, October 21, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Pre-conference Workshops

5. Language & Culture: The Path to Global Citizenship Room: Ballroom West

The world is becoming more interconnected each day requiring all of us to be Global Citizens. How can we teach Global Citizenship to our students? Learning cultural facts is a starting point; however, we also need to teach students how to engage with different cultures. Strong Cultural Intelligence (CQ) allows us to engage appropriately and respectfully with various cultures. We will explore the framework of the 10 dimensions of cultural value and learn how to reference them with students so that they are prepared to be global citizens with a strong CQ. It is best to imbed the study of culture into language proficiency goals. To achieve this we will explore the language students can use to gain a higher CQ.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Joshua Cabral, Brookwood School Host: Melinda Barnes, Tamarac MS Intended Audience(s): FLES, JH/Middle, High School Keyword: Culture Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English and French and Spanish Applicable to: Any

6. Spanish Art Anonymous Room: Ballroom Center You say you can't tell an El Greco from a Goya? Don't know a Picasso from a Dali? In this workshop, you will discover the major works and characteristics of eight important artists of the Spanish speaking world. Along the way, you will learn some ways to incorporate art works into communicative activities at Novice and Intermediate levels.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Bill Heller, SUNY Geneseo Host: Pamela Russell, North Syracuse CSD Intended Audience(s): FLES, JH/Middle, High School Keyword: Culture Language(s) spoken: English and Spanish Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Spanish

7. The Checkpoint C Tapestry: Teaching from the Heart Room: Boardroom 3

What a privilege it is to teach multiple levels and to see as each year our students gain proficiency. How can we best prepare them for the AP exam or their college language class, and what do we want them to remember once they have left our classroom? I will share some insights gained from grading the AP Exam and serving on the test development committee, as well as some of the techniques I have developed which have proven to be effective. I will help you find what speaks to you in the various methods and assessments, including the NYS syllabus and the AP Themes, which help you reach the goal that we have for all of our students: honest and kind adults with a life-long interest in and a positive view of a multicultural world.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Abbe Guillet, Baldwinsville CS Host: Stephanie Guillet Gonzalez, Dobbs Ferry MS Intended Audience(s): High School Keyword: Assessment Language(s) spoken: English and French Examples in: French Applicable to: French

8. Intercultural Competency and Transfer by Design Room: Boardroom 2

How do I design a thematic curriculum with Intercultural Competence and Transfer tasks driving the articulation? This workshop guides teachers through a model protocol, aligning backward design specifically with NYS and World Readiness Standards (5Cs) and the Intercultural Competency Can-Do Statements. Participants will learn how to design performance assessment tasks that crosswalk Checkpoints to Transfer in the three modes and develop Intercultural Competency Can-Dos aligned with those tasks. Participants leave with implementation tools to continue design work in their schools or for turn-key training of new teachers. This workshop is hands-on and interactive with presentation, examples, and discussion.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Jennifer Eddy, Ph.D., Queens College Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Curriculum Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English Applicable to: Any

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Friday, October 21, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Session A

Recognition Lunch Open to all Attendees 11:30 a.m.

Session A 60-minute sessions Friday, October 21, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Activities For When the "Batteries" Die Room: Convention Center A Session: A These 10-minute engaging activities promote and encourage higher-level thinking, creativity, and enthusiasm for language learning. They can be adapted and modified to accommodate all levels and learning styles. Technology is not a requirement, but can be a component. Through our experience, we have found that although technology is a wonderful tool, there are times when it is not available. These activities were created to be used at times like these. We have used these activities for warm-up, review, and practicing the four skills of learning a language. We will engage our audience members in the activities being shared and they will leave with a sample packet of activities that were introduced during the session. This workshop is relevant to all World Language and ESL teachers, as all activities presented can be adapted to all levels. Organizer/Presenter(s): Lauren Reisner, Horace Greeley HS Vita Materasso, Horace Greeley HS Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle, High School,

Post-secondary Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English Applicable to: Any

Borderless Learning for Spontaneous Speaking Room: Ballroom East Session: A Do you find it difficult to listen to every student speak in the target language each day? Do you want to put your grading time to better use? Ditch the worksheets and get your students using the target language! Come find out how you can maximize your class time and prepare your students for spontaneous speaking. Participants will learn how Schoology can build students’ stamina and endurance for second language production while creating authentic and relevant learning environments for students to become productive thinkers, not docile learners. Come see how you can (re)connect your students and get them learning languages.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Stewart Smith, Mexico MS Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English and French Applicable to: Any

Enhance Student Output by Climbing the SAMR Ladder

Room: Onondaga F Session: A Explore the SAMR (Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition) ladder and how to climb to the different levels in the World Langauge classroom. The SAMR model will help you to evaluate how well you are incorporating technology in your teaching. Learn how to give your World Language lessons and activities a 21st century technology boost. Examples will be shown. Please bring a lesson idea or activity that you currently use to brainstorm ways to incorporate SAMR into your own curriculum. Organizer/Presenter(s): Meghan R. Chance, Queensbury UFSD Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle, High School,

Post-secondary Keyword: Technology Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English and French Applicable to: Any

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Friday, October 21, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Session A

FLES Games, Songs, and Physical Activities Room: Boardroom 3 Session: A Many FLES students have limited time for their lessons. Our youngest students are still learning how to "do school." In this session, participants will participate in and receive examples of physical activities, songs, and games for the short FLES lessons that actively engage all learners.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Rose K. DiGennaro, East Irondequoit CSD Intended Audience(s): FLES, JH/Middle Keyword: FLES Language(s) spoken: English and French and Spanish Examples in: French and Spanish Applicable to: Any MovieTalk: Boosting Listening Comprehension Room: Onondaga H Session: A Captivate your students’ attention by using engaging movie clips to boost their listening comprehension. Learn how to use movie shorts, trailers, and all kinds of video clips to drive a comprehensible student discussion session in the target language. Your students will walk away from class talking about how much fun they had (while acquiring language at an astounding rate!). The presentation will include a demonstration in French (no knowledge of French is necessary to participate, however), a simple planning guide to help you get started right away with your department’s current curriculum, and examples of extension activities. Bring excitement to your classroom while engaging even the most reluctant learner. Organizer/Presenter(s): Jessica Potter, Camden CS Host: Kristin York, Nevada HS Intended Audience(s): FLES, JH/Middle, High School Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English and French Examples in: English and French and Spanish Applicable to: Any

Read to Write in Spanish with Proficiency Press Proficiency Press (Exhibitor) Room: Ballroom Center Session: A Read to Write Tasks for the Novice Level, Aiming for Proficiency in Spanish, is the newest publication from Proficiency Press. Common Core expects students to synthesize the information they read and reference it in their writing assignments. Sample tasks, rubrics and techniques for developing your own tasks will be presented.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Nancy E. Wallace, Proficiency Press, retired Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle, High School Keyword: Instructional Materials/Textbooks Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: French and Spanish Service Learning for Language Students Room: Onondaga E Session: A Do you find yourself searching for compelling learning experiences for your students? Learn how a volunteer service component can transform student attitudes and perspectives. Participants will learn about two programs, one global and one local. In each case students participated in meaningful community service that led to greater cultural understanding and confidence with the target language. I will describe each project, lessons learned, and ideas for assessing student learning. Inspire and prepare your students for the future! Integrate service learning into your teaching! Organizer/Presenter(s): Theresa Baginski, Jamestown CC Intended Audience(s): High School, Post-secondary Keyword: Culture Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English and Spanish Applicable to: Any

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Friday, October 21, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Session A

Spanish Heritage Students: How Do they Fit In? Room: Onondaga G Session: A Have you ever found yourself with a group of students whose abilities are so disparate that you do not know how to best teach your class? Have you had Spanish heritage students that have not formally studied Spanish before and whose needs are completely different from your Spanish non-heritage students? If so, come to this workshop where we will talk about how that problem has been addressed in the past, what research there is about it, and how we can address it now. This workshop is intended to be a sharing of experiences with input from participants as to how we can better serve this growing population.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Patricia Martínez de la Vega Mansilla, SUNY Cortland Shena Salvato, SUNY Cortland Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Diversity/Learner Variables Language(s) spoken: English and Spanish Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Spanish

Twenty-first Century Thinking for the World Language Class

Room: Boardroom 2 Session: A Does real world application interest you as a way to engage kids and stimulate thought in a W.L. class? Would you like to develop a keen awareness of the world in which your students find themselves today? Come learn more about the 21st century thinking that the United Nations considers indispensable for every student on the planet. Participants will learn more about how the concept of sustainable development can be applied in our W.L. classes. Information on sustainable development themes will be explained and lessons created for the W.L. curriculum will be shared. Don't miss this opportunity to broaden our students' horizons by encouraging global awareness in our internationally-minded classes! Organizer/Presenter(s): Janiece L. Jackman, Wayne Central HS Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle, High School Keyword: Curriculum Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English Applicable to: Any

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Friday, October 21, 2:15-3:15 p.m. Session B

Session B 60-minute sessions Friday, October 21, 2:15-3:15 p.m. Cantando para Aprender Room: Onondaga G Session: B ¿Quiere que sus alumnos practiquen el vocabulario en una manera auténtica? En este taller vamos a hablar sobre el uso de canciones infantiles tradicionales en la clase. Vale para clases primarias y también secundarias. En unos segundos nuestros alumnos podrán aprender vocabulario y cultura mientras practican su pronunciación. Se proveerán algunos ejemplos de usos con unidades temáticas y gramaticales además de rúbricas de evaluación. La presentadora aprendió estas canciones mientras vivía en España. ¡Canta conmigo! Organizer/Presenter(s): Karen Martín Sánchez, South Seneca HS Host: Megan Nelsen, South Seneca MS Intended Audience(s): FLES, JH/Middle, High School Keyword: Culture Language(s) spoken: Spanish Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Spanish Dynamic Student-Centered Learning Room: Onondaga F Session: B Do you strive to create a classroom in which students are engaged, on-task, and actually use the target language? This workshop will give you strategies to make your language come alive while ensuring that all students speak, listen, write, and read multiple times each class. Participants in this dynamic, hands-on workshop will be true participants, not passive learners. All attendees will receive a packet filled with strategies for making their classroom a communication-based, student-centered learning environment. Organizer/Presenter(s): Kathryn C. Clinton, Syracuse University Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English Applicable to: Any

Increase Students' Speaking Profiency with Mobile Activities, Part I

Room: Onondaga H Session: B Discover many activities that will motivate your students to speak in their new world language using their mobile devices, their favorite devices. The activities promote world language conversational speaking, not isolated repetitions of words or grammar drills. Bring your mobile device and practice the activities. Discover these free mobile activities that your students can instantly use in your classroom.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Harry Grover Tuttle, Ed.D., Onondaga CC Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Technology Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English Applicable to: Any

It Takes A Village... to Create and Sustain a Successful Organization

Exhibitor: AATF of CNY Room: Boardroom 3 Session: B What makes a regional organization vibrant and successful? The Executive Board of the American Association of Teachers of French of Central New York will share ideas on recruitment, event planning, communication, awards and honors, and other aspects of running and expanding regional organizations. Members of any regional organization are welcome to attend to share ideas to make any regional event popular, meaningful, and professionally rewarding. Perhaps you are not a member of a regional organization because none exist in your area. The idea of starting a chapter may seem overwhelming… but it’s not impossible. WE can help! Come learn more.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Robin Brown, Marcellus HS Denise Mahns, Fayette-Manlius HS Sarah Woodward-Jones, Fayetteville-Manlius HS Jolene Bennett, Chittenango HS Jennifer Kostolecki, Whitesboro HS Host: Roseann Lorefice, SUNY Cortland Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Advocacy Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English Applicable to: Any

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Friday, October 21, 2:15-3:15 p.m. Session B

Latin: Clause Boundaries and Word Order Room: Boardroom 2 Session: B Are your students struggling with the word order and the complex sentences of classical authors? You will learn how to scaffold Latin text to help students feel successful. Using Caesar, Vergil, Catullus, and Ovid you will see how to create activities to lead students through thorny word order issues. In addition, there will be examples of when authors break the norms of clause boundaries and what to do to help students. Participants will have many opportunities to raise questions and issues of their own throughout. Plan to leave this workshop with access to the complete PowerPoint presentation with its abundant information. Let's bring the writings of the classical authors more effectively to Latin students and earlier in Latin instruction! Organizer/Presenter(s): David R. Pellegrino, Pittsford Mendon HS Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle, High School Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English and Latin Applicable to: Latin Poster Session for Preservice WL Teachers Room: Convention Center A Session: B This session will be a venue for world language education students at higher education institutions to present innovative lesson or unit plans. Through a poster or digital format, using laptops, students will describe their lesson plans in 5-10 minutes simultaneously during the session and provide a link to a digital folder with all instructional materials. Teachers in the audience will benefit from a variety of new ideas and available materials and students will benefit from the opportunity to network, present their materials at a professional conference, improve their CVs, and become involved with a professional organization early in their careers. Organizer/Presenter(s): Carolina Bustamante, SUNY Old Westbury Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Several Applicable to: Any

The Sabbatical Journey: From Planning to Practice Room: Ballroom East Session: B This presentation will incorporate planning, on-the-road advice and experiences, and ten critical tasks/techniques that I took from my sabbatical journey and brought into the classroom.I was granted a half-year sabbatical by my school. I spent October-December of 2015 and January-February of 2016 traveling the country, visiting peer schools (independent ones, in our case) and engaging with colleagues. What I learned about the process of arranging a sabbatical journey, observing classes and incorporating new techniques and tasks into my teaching, is something that I would like to share with my NYSAFLT colleagues. Organizer/Presenter(s): Ronald S. Montesano, Nichols School Host: Ashley Wodzinski, Nichols School Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Issues in the Profession Language(s) spoken: English and Spanish Examples in: English and Spanish Applicable to: Any Seeds of Proficiency in Elementary & Middle School Room: Ballroom West Session: B Can-Do Statements and speaking goals are not just for older language learners. Students are successful in the elementary and middle school classroom when instruction is aligned with principles of child development. Language learning is most productive and effective in a classroom community that makes learners feel safe, valued, and successful. In this workshop, you will learn activities that provide a supportive context for risk-taking, build community, focus on authentic communication, and follow language proficiency guidelines.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Joshua Cabral, Brookwood School Intended Audience(s): FLES, JH/Middle Keyword: FLES Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English and Spanish and French Applicable to: French and Spanish

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Friday, October 21, 2:15-3:15 p.m. Session B

Listing by KeywordAdvocacy It Takes A Village... to Create and Sustain a Successful Organization

B

Building a World Language Empire D Increasing French Enrollment F

Assessment

The Checkpoint C Tapestry: Teaching from the Heart PCW Exhibitor Session - AATSP D Standards Based Grading in the Language Classroom D Introduction to Proficiency Levels E Update on the FLACS Consortium Exams E Creative Concepts for Language Learning F

Culture

Language & Culture: The Path to Global Citizenship PCW

Spanish Art Anonymous PCW Service Learning for Language Students A Cantando para Aprender B Diverse Perspectives in the Spanish Language Classroom C Faites disparaître les murs de votre classe! D Don't Just Read About Culture, Live It E Study Abroad in Cusco, Peru E Il divario generazionale italiano: il cinema rivela le lotte contemporanee e le risposte positive

F

Au-delà de la France métropolitaine, les DOM-TOM G Cultural Engagement Levels: Where Are Your Students?

G

Teaching French Culture through Literature G

Curriculum

Intercultural Competency and Transfer by Design PCW 21st Century Thinking for the World Language Class A Building Listening Skills with Authentic Sources E Cuba: A Context for Learning and Teaching Spanish F AP from Day One: Building Skills from the Ground Up G

Diversity/Learner Variables

Spanish Heritage Students: How Do they Fit In? A

FLES

FLES Games, Songs, and Physical Activities A Seeds of Proficiency in Elementary & Middle School B A Medley of Spanish FLES K to 5 Lessons & More C FLES: Best Practices From Around the State D

Instructional Materials/Textbooks

Read to Write in Spanish with Proficiency Press A

Issues in the Profession

The Sabbatical Journey: From Planning to Practice B International Professional Development & Voluntourism C The New York State Seal of Biliteracy C WL Methodologists Roundtable E

The Vision of Modern Languages for Communication F Leaders of Tomorrow G

Methods/Techniques

Are You Game? PCW Balancing High and Low Tech for WL Learning PCW Building Conversational Skills Using Movie Making PCW

Creating a Culture of Confidence PCW Activities For When the "Batteries" Die A Borderless Learning for Spontaneous Speaking A MovieTalk: Boosting Listening Comprehension A Dynamic Student-Centered Learning B Latin: Clause Boundaries and Word Order B Poster Session for Preservice WL Teachers B Tried and True: Proven Strategies for Student Success B Graphic Organizers: Scaffolds to the Standards C Learners with varying linguistic background C Music and Memory in the WL Classroom C Top 10 Activities to Liven up Your Language Class C Crafts in Context D Creating Effective and Engaging Embedded Readings D Giochiamo all’AP? Gamifying the AP Italian Classroom

D

Inspire Novice Learners to Speak and Write D Creating a Language Playground E Exploring the World of Socratic Seminars E Introduction to the AIM E An Italian Tool Box - Una Borsetta Italiana E Student Tested, Teacher Approved E 90% TL through Comprehensible Input F Crack the Case! Using Mystery in the WL Classroom F Literacy Support and Assessment in a WL Classroom F Making Connections, Engaging Students, Part I F Movie Talk: Add more CI to your Classroom F Best Practices in the WL Middle School Classroom G Go on an Adventure with Gallery Walks G Literacy Support and Assessment in a WL Classroom G Making Connections, Engaging Students, Part II G You'll FLIP Over this Technique! G

Technology

Enhance Student Output by Climbing the SAMR Ladder A Increase Students' Speaking Profiency with Mobile Activities, Part I

B

Increase Students' Speaking Profiency with Mobile Activities, Part II

C

Analysis of "Cajas de cartón" Using Web 2.0 D Storytelling: Building Community, Bridging Culture D Personalized children's book in Spanish & English F Enhance Student Output by Climbing the SAMR Ladder A

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Workshop and Session Overview

Friday, October 21 Pre-conference Workshops 8:30-11:30 a.m. 1. Are You Game? Johnson Convention Center A

2. Balancing High and Low Tech for WL Learning Brady Boardroom 4 3. Building Conversational Skills using Movie Making Holmes Onondaga H 4. Creating a Culture of Confidence Clarcq Ballroom East 5. Language & Culture: The Path to Global Citizenship Cabral Ballroom West 6. Spanish Art Anonymous Heller Ballroom Center 7. The Checkpoint C Tapestry: Teaching from the Heart Guillet Boardroom 3 8. Intercultural Competency and Transfer by Design Eddy Boardroom 2

Friday, October 21 Session A 12:30-1:30 p.m. Activities For When the "Batteries" Die Reisner Convention Center A Borderless Learning for Spontaneous Speaking Smith Ballroom East Enhance Student Output by Climbing the SAMR Ladder Chance Onondaga F FLES Games, Songs, and Physical Activities DiGennaro Boardroom 3 MovieTalk: Boosting Listening Comprehension Potter Onondaga H Read to Write in Spanish with Proficiency Press Wallace Ballroom Center Service Learning for Language Students Baginski Onondaga E Spanish Heritage Students: How Do they Fit In? Martínez de la Vega Mansilla Onondaga G Twenty-first Century Thinking for the World Language Class Jackman Boardroom 2

Friday, October 21 Session B 2:15-3:15 p.m. Cantando para Aprender Martín Sánchez Onondaga G Dynamic Student-Centered Learning Clinton Onondaga F Increase Students' Speaking Profiency with Mobile Activities, Part I Tuttle Onondaga H It Takes A Village... to Create and Sustain a Successful Organization Brown Boardroom 3 Latin: Clause Boundaries and Word Order Pellegrino Boardroom 2 Poster Session for Preservice WL Teachers Bustamante Convention Center A THe Sabbatical Journey: From Planning to Practice Montesano Ballroom East Seeds of Proficiency in Elementary & Middle School Cabral Ballroom West Tried and True: Proven Strategies for Student Success Fry Onondaga E

Friday, October 21 Session C 3:45-4:45 p.m. Diverse Perspectives in the Spanish Language Classroom Perez Ballroom West Graphic Organizers: Scaffolds to the Standards O'Toole Onondaga G Increase Students' Speaking Profiency with Mobile Activities, Part II Tuttle Onondaga H International Professional Development & Voluntourism Telfer Boardroom 2 Learners with varying linguistic background Sakellariou Ballroom Center Medley of Spanish FLES K to 5 Lessons & More, A Meng Onondaga F Music and Memory in the WL Classroom Brady Boardroom 3 The New York State Seal of Biliteracy Constantino Convention Center A Top 10 Activities to Liven up Your Language Class Greer Ballroom East

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Workshop and Session Overview

Saturday, October 22 Session D 10:45-11:45 a.m. Building a World Language Empire Zuckerman Ballroom West Crafts in Context O'Toole Convention Center A Creating Effective and Engaging Embedded Readings Moller Ballroom Center Creative Concepts for Language Learning Slocum Ballroom East Exhibitor Session - AATSP Muffoletto Boardroom 4 Faites disparaître les murs de votre classe! Ponterio Onondaga H FLES: Best Practices From Around the State Delfini Onondaga E Giochiamo all’AP? Gamifying the AP Italian Classroom Di Pietro Onondaga F Inspire Novice Learners to Speak and Write Sirlin Boardroom 2 Standards Based Grading in the Language Classroom Brady Onondaga G Storytelling: Building Community, Bridging Culture Carter Grosso Boardroom 3

Saturday, October 22 Session E 1:30-2:30 p.m. Building Listening Skills with Authentic Sources Cartwright Onondaga E Creating a Language Playground Kincaid Ballroom East Don't Just Read About Culture, Live It Fuller Ballroom West Exploring the World of Socratic Seminars Sheehan Onondaga G Introduction to Proficiency Levels Thomas Convention Center A Introduction to the AIM Galea Boardroom 3 An Italian Tool Box - Una Borsetta Italiana Perla Onondaga F Student Tested, Teacher Approved Russell Ballroom Center Study Abroad in Cusco, Peru Rizzo Boardroom 4 Update on the FLACS Consortium Exams Fratto Onondaga H WL Methodologists Roundtable Levine Boardroom 1

Saturday, October 22 Session F 3:15-4:15 p.m. 90% TL through Comprehensible Input York Boardroom 2 Analysis of "Cajas de cartón" Using Web 2.0 Bustamante Ballroom East Crack the Case! Using Mystery in the WL Classroom Tyminski Onondaga E Cuba: A Context for Learning and Teaching Spanish Cleary Boardroom 4 Il divario generazionale italiano: il cinema rivela le lotte contemporanee e le risposte positive

Sanino D'Amanda Ballroom Center

Increasing French Enrollment Mahar Convention Center A Literacy Support and Assessment in a WL Classroom Rouse Ballroom West Making Connections, Engaging Students, Part I Labroo Onondaga H Movie Talk: Add more CI to your Classroom Moller Onondaga F Personalized children's book in Spanish & English Cortazar Boardroom 3 The Vision of Modern Languages for Communication Heller Onondaga G

Saturday, October 22 Session G 4:30-5:30 p.m. AP from Day One: Building Skills from the Ground Up Bauerlein Boardroom 3 Au-delà de la France métropolitaine, les DOM-TOM Piron Ballroom Center Best Practices in the WL Middle School Classroom Campanaro Boardroom 2 Cultural Engagement Levels: Where Are Your Students? Tuttle Ballroom East Go on an Adventure with Gallery Walks Mongold Convention Center A Leaders of Tomorrow Slocum Onondaga E Literacy Support and Assessment in a WL Classroom Rouse Ballroom West Making Connections, Engaging Students, Part II Labroo Onondaga H Teaching French Culture through Literature Ponterio Onondaga G You'll FLIP Over this Technique! Delwiche Boardroom 4

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List of Conference Presenters (alphabetical)

Amidon,  Kimberly   C  Baginski, Theresa A Bauerlein, Katrina G Bennett, Jolene B Black, Candace F Brady, Tracy C, D, G, PCW Brown, Robin B Bustamante, Carolina B, D Cabral, Joshua PCW Cabral, Joshua B Campanaro, Marie J. G Carter Grosso, Erika D Cartwright, Anna E Chance, Meghan R. A Clarcq, Laurie A. PCW Cleary, Abigail D. F Clinton, Kathryn C. B Constantino, Ricardo C Cortazar, Ivan F Cumming, Joy A. G Dean, Ed.D, Carol C, E Delfini, Jenny D, G Delwiche, Michelle G Di PietroPh.D., Antonietta D DiGennaro, Rose K. A, G Eddy, Ph.D., Jennifer PCW Fratto, Francesco L. E Fry, Rosemary B Fuller, Jennifer E Galea, Pauline E Goetz, Mary G Greer, Valerie C Guillet, Abbe PCW Heller, Bill PCW, F Holmes, Mary G. PCW Jackman, Janiece L. A Johnson, Erin PCW Johnson, Toni P. PCW Kincaid, Cheryl L. E Kostolecki, Jennifer B Labroo, Janis F, G Levine, Ph.D., Virginia B. E Mahar, Mary Pat F Mahns, Denise B Marshall-Lauria, Lauria E Martín Sánchez, Karen B Martínez de la Vega Mansilla, Patricia A Massenzio, Nicole F Materasso, MA, Vita A Meng, Claire-Louise C Mercado, Wendy C Moller, Patricia D, F Mongold, Jennifer G Montesano, Ronald S. B Muffoletto, Salvatore D O'Toole, Ph.D., Joanne C, D, E, F

Paderon, Rebecca G Patterson, Barbara D Pellegrino, David R. B Perez, Diana C. C Perla, Rosanne E Piron, Françoise A. G Ponterio, Marie D Ponterio, Robert G Potter, Jessica A Reisner, Lauren A Rizzo, Marta E Rouse, Laura A. F, G Russell, Pamela E Sakellariou, Amy C Salvato, Shena A Sanino D'Amanda, Elisabetta F Serafini-Alonzi, Lisa E Sheehan, Colleen E Sirlin, Charlene D Slocum, Beth F, G Smith, Stewart A, G Stock, Anne D Tassani, Tara D Telfer, Joanne C Thomas, Melanie E Tuttle, Ed.D., Harry Grover B, C, G Tyminski, Diane F, G Wallace, Nancy E. A Woodward-Jones, Sarah B York, Kristin F Zuckerman, Diana D

Please join us in extending a

special thank you to all of our

presenters for giving of their

valuable time and energy!

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Tried and True: Proven Strategies for Student Success Room: Onondaga E Session: B I will share best practices from an exciting 40-year career in the classroom. These are time-tested, student-approved lessons, strategies, songs, games, and routines, as well as motivational techniques that make class fun while delivering solid learning.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Rosemary Fry, Red Jacket HS Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle, High School Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Any

Board of Directors Meeting Room: Boardroom 4 2:00-5:00 p.m. This is a closed meeting of the NYSAFLT Board of Directors.

Don’t forget to purchase your

raffle tickets from the NYSAFLT

Hospitality Booth!

The 100th NYSAFLT Annual Conference will be held October 20 – 21 in Niagara Falls, NY with a gala reunion banquet to be held Thursday evening, October 19 at the Niagara Falls Conference Center Cataract

Ballroom. Details to follow as we get closer!

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Friday, October 21, 3:45-4:45 p.m. Session C

Session C 60-minute sessions Friday, October 21, 3:45-4:45 p.m. Diverse Perspectives in the Spanish Language

Classroom Room: Ballroom West Session: C This election cycle in the U.S. has proven that negative images and opinions of Latinos are still prevalent in our culture. But there is also a strong and growing counter-narrative, and it is driven by Latinos themselves. How do we bring this to our students in meaningful ways that engage them in the target language and help them develop their own viewpoints? Questions we will tackle: What are Latino voices saying today in response to politics, current events, etc.? What are Latinos doing to empower themselves and others to create change? How are they using music, social media, and art? This presentation will include ideas for helping students access and evaluate information on diverse perspectives through the Spanish language and its cultures (WRS 3.2).

Organizer/Presenter(s): Diana C. Perez, Syracuse City SD Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Culture Language(s) spoken: Spanish Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Spanish Graphic Organizers: Scaffolds to the Standards Room: Onondaga G Session: C Although graphic organizers are a staple in most classrooms, few teachers know the range that exists and how to maximize their potential for promoting standards-based learning. In this workshop, participants will examine a wide range of graphic organizers and learn how they can support and scaffold students’ achievement of the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages. Organizer/Presenter(s): Joanne E. O'Toole, Ph.D., SUNY Oswego Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Any

Increase Students' Speaking Profiency with Mobile Activities, Part II

Room: Onondaga H Session: C Discover many activities that will motivate your students to speak in their new world language using their mobile devices, their favorite devices. The activities promote world language conversational speaking, not isolated repetitions of words or grammar drills. Bring your mobile device and practice the activities. Discover these free mobile activities that your students can instantly use in your classroom. Organizer/Presenter(s): Harry Grover Tuttle, Ed.D., Onondaga CC Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Technology Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English Applicable to: Any International Professional Development &

Voluntourism Room: Boardroom 2 Session: C As a world language teacher, are you interested in a professional development program that is different, exciting, and offers something for everyone? Then, this session is for you. We will share the development of an international professional development program in a small K-7 bilingual school in Ecuador. Educators, education majors, undergrad and high school students alike intern in classrooms and the school’s teachers learn best teaching practices from college professors. Examples will be provided of the influences on teaching practices and student learning at the school in Ecuador and on those who volunteer from the U.S. Organizer/Presenter(s): Joanne Telfer, Morris CSD Carol Dean, Ed.D, SUNY Oneonta Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle, High School,

Post-secondary Keyword: Issues in the Profession Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English and Spanish Applicable to: Any

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Friday, October 21, 3:45-4:45 p.m. Session C

Learners with Varying Linguistic Backgrounds Room: Ballroom Center Session: C Language is not only about communicating but making connections with our students. Getting to know our students is an essential part of our language teaching. It enables us to engage our students on a deeper level and promote language development. As educators, how does this apply when our students are Deaf or hard of hearing? This workshop is presented in both American Sign Language and English and will explore methods for teaching students who are Deaf and hard of hearing. Participants will learn how to sign phrases in ASL while learning about the cultural and linguistic backgrounds of Deaf students. This workshop will provide handouts and resources for teachers to utilize after the conference. Organizer/Presenter(s): Amy Sakellariou, SUNY Cortland Kimberly Amidon, SUNY Cortland Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: Other Examples in: ASL Applicable to: Any A Medley of Spanish FLES K to 5 Lessons & More Room: Onondaga F Session: C How is a FLES lesson taught, learned, facilitated, and evaluated in a class of monolingual English speakers, and English Language Learners? Consider viewing a medley of standards-based lessons and activities collected in grades K to 5. A copy of the unit lesson plan will outline how these students learn during a push-in Spanish class once a week that is less than 50 minutes. A video recording will evidence the process and student accomplishments during FLES Spanish classes. See how rubrics and Can-Do Statements encourage novice learners to acquire fluency. The presentation will include time for audience questions and discussions. Come share your thoughts and questions. Organizer/Presenter(s): Claire-Louise Meng, Uniondale UFSD Intended Audience(s): FLES Keyword: FLES Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Any

Music and Memory in the WL Classroom Room: Boardroom 3 Session: C The ways in which music can be used to enhance learning and comprehension in the WL classroom are innumerable. Research shows the positive impact of music on linguistic memory. Come learn and share practical and culturally authentic classroom applications of music at all levels.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Tracy Brady, Hastings on Hudson Host: Rose DiGennaro, East Irondequoit CSD Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: French and Italian and Spanish Applicable to: Any The New York State Seal of Biliteracy Room: Convention Center A Session: C If you are interested in offering the New York State Seal of Biliteracy in your district, the NYS Board of Regents has recently approved the program and it is now available to students in your district. This presentation will give you a background on the program and the criteria necessary for students to earn the NYS Seal along with links for guidance documents and forms. We will also go over some of the steps you will need to take in order to set up the program in your school district which would include communications to students, advisement, and end of year activities. Organizer/Presenter(s): Ricardo Constantino, NYSED Intended Audience(s): High School Keyword: Issues in the Profession Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English Applicable to: Any

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Friday, October 21, 3:45-4:45 p.m. Session C

Top 10 Activities to Liven up Your Language Class

Room: Ballroom East Session: C Increase the level of enthusiasm and participation in your class with games, cooperative activities, and technology. Make the students feel like your class is fun and games when it’s actually a valuable learning environment that fosters all skills. Games and activities presented will include demonstrations and audience participation. Teachers will leave with materials and links that can be implemented with any language, at any level. All participants should bring a device (laptop, tablet, smart phone) in order to get the full experience. Bring more life into your classroom. Your students will beg for more!

Organizer/Presenter(s): Valerie Greer, Bay Shore MS Wendy Mercado, Bay Shore MS Intended Audience(s): FLES, JH/Middle, High School Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English and French and Spanish Applicable to: Any

Council of Member Organizations Room: Boadroom 1 5-6:00 p.m.

This is a closed meeting of the NYSAFLT Council of Member Organizations.

Please join us in the exhibit hall

for wine, cheese, and our first

raffle of exhibitor prizes!

Congratulations  to  our  2016  award  winners!    

NYSAFLT  Awards  Banquet  (ticket  required)  

7-­‐9:30  p.m.      

DJ  Dance  Party  9:30-­‐11:00  p.m.  

(All  are  welcome!)

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General Session Saturday, October 22 8:30 – 10:00 am

Please join us in the Holiday Inn Ballroom for our Opening

Session, Annual Business Meeting and Keynote

Speaker, Joshua Cabral.

Joshua Cabral, Brookwood School

Manchester, MA

Joshua Cabral has a BA in French and an MA in Applied Linguistics, specializing in psycholinguistics and second language acquisition. He has been teaching French and Spanish at the elementary, middle and high school levels for 20 years and regularly presents workshops on language proficiency and cultural competence at state, regional and national conferences. Joshua is passionate about access to education in developing countries and works closely with schools in Haiti and Nicaragua where he often travels to work with teachers and students.

Exhibits and Coffee Break

10:00 - 10:45 a.m.

Call for Proposals For the 100th

NYSAFLT Annual Conference

Harnessing the Power of Languages for the

Next 100 Years

October 20-21, 2017 Niagara Falls

Conference Center and Sheraton Hotel

Proposal due date:

March 3, 2017

Please visit our website for details.

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Saturday, October 22, 10:45-11:45 a.m. Session D

Session D 60-minute sessions Saturday, October 22, 10:45-11:45 a.m. Building a World Language Empire Room: Ballroom West Session: D We will share ideas, used by districts throughout the state, on how to make your program a prominent feature of your school. You will travel through stations to learn how to boost recruitment at the lower and upper levels, get parents on your side, expand your program into lower and higher grades, and promote world languages within your school and community. Participants will leave with an action plan, ready to build their world language empire. Organizer/Presenter(s): Diana Zuckerman, Rondout Valley CSD Barbara Patterson, Liverpool MS Tara Tassani, West Side School Nancy Ketz, Holland-Patent SD, retired Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Advocacy Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English Applicable to: Any Crafts in Context Room: Convention Center A Session: D In standards-based world language classrooms, there does not appear to be the time or place for having students create crafts. Yet, the kinesthetic, cognitive, and creative processes involved in making crafts can be very motivating to learners. This workshop explains and models ways to integrate craft-making into meaningful contexts to promote students’ standards-based learning.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Joanne E. O'Toole, Ph.D., SUNY Oswego Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle, High School Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Any

Creating Effective and Engaging Embedded Readings

Room: Ballroom Center Session: D Engaging readings are crucial to assisting our students in second language acquisition. In this session you will learn how to create embedded readings that will be interesting to your class and help them to acquire more target language. Create diverse activities to accompany each level of reading. Remember that the brain craves variety! This is an effective tool for any level language classroom.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Patricia Moller, Pine Bush HS Host: Kristin Raucci, Pine Bush HS Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: French and Spanish Applicable to: Any Analysis of "Cajas de cartón" Using Web 2.0 Room: Ballroom East Session: D This session will present a variety of web-based projects for the Spanish classroom to analyze the novels Cajas de cartón and Senderos fronterizos by Francisco Jimenez. Specifically, free Web 2.0 tools can be used to analyze the various parts of a story, such as multimedia mind mapping to discriminate characters, main facts, time, and places; timelines to develop a chronology of the story; blogs to describe the reactions of the reader to the story; podcasts to describe the reactions of the reader to contemporary issues related to the story; ava-tars to give a voice to the characters; and word clouds to synthesize the information of a section of the story will be presented. Examples will be provided in Spanish.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Carolina Bustamante, SUNY Old Westbury Intended Audience(s): High School, Post-secondary Keyword: Technology Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Spanish

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Saturday, October 22, 10:45-11:45 a.m. Session D

AATSP (Exhibitor) Room: Boardroom 4 Session: D This session will focus on the content and administration of the AATSP's National Spanish Examinations (NSE). We will discuss exam content, how the NSE measures both performance and content standards, online test administration procedures, and how the exams can be used as formative and summative assessments.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Salvatore Muffoletto, National Spanish Exam Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle, High School, Keyword: Assessment Language(s) spoken: English and Spanish Examples in: English and Spanish Applicable to: Spanish Faites disparaître les murs de votre classe! Room: Onondaga H Session: D Dans cette présentation, nous verrons comment la culture peut être intégrée dans votre curriculum avec des activités rapides à préparer qui faciliteront votre tâche tout en permettant à vos élèves d'apprendre la culture française en la comparant à la leur. Je présenterai également mon site web, Civilisation française, qui a obtenu plusieurs prix, afin de vous montrer comment il peut être utilisé pour enseigner à différents niveaux, le vocabulaire, la grammaire et la culture en classe et en dehors de la classe. Les sujets incluront la vie familiale, la cuisine, les vacances, les changements dans la société etc. Cette présentation sera en français. Organizer/Presenter(s): Marie Ponterio, SUNY Cortland Host: Robert Ponterio, SUNY Cortand Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Culture Language(s) spoken: French Examples in: French Applicable to: French

FLES: Best Practices From Around the State Room: Onondaga E Session: D In this workshop, FLES teachers will share their best practices with participants. We will present our scheduling options and how our programs run on a daily basis. We will also share resources for planning activities that address language and culture, as well as assessments and technology resources that are age appropriate. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions, share their own best practices, and build on each others’ ideas. A wonderful way to see your program from a new perspective and adapt new changes and additions. Organizer/Presenter(s): Jenny Delfini, New Paltz CSD Intended Audience(s): FLES Keyword: FLES Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Any Giochiamo all’AP? Gamifying the AP Italian

Classroom Room: Onondaga F Session: D How does one apply game mechanics to the teaching of the AP Italian Language and Culture course to increase student engagement and motivation? In this session, I will share a unit that I developed in which students took a virtual trip to Italy for a “summer abroad program.” They become involved in the mystery and conspiracy surrounding the disappearance of an important painting from a museum. This unit requires students to move in virtual Italian settings in order to investigate and explore language, cultural traditions, and social customs to help their “leader” (language instructor) to retrieve the lost painting. This activity lends itself to the exploration of the six themes indicated in the AP Italian Language and Culture curriculum. Organizer/Presenter(s): Antonietta Di Pietro, Ph.D., G.W. Carver IS; FIU Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English and Italian Examples in: Italian Applicable to: Italian

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Saturday, October 22, 10:45-11:45 a.m. Session D

Inspire Novice Learners to Speak and Write Room: Boardroom 2 Session: D How can we encourage early language learners and novice-level students to speak in class? These activities, apps, and websites will encourage speaking. Novice learners will expand their vocabulary and inspire and capture their new skills with the writing of poems, cartoons, comics, story maps, story boards, stories, and short videos. Writings and recordings may be saved and shared or linked with the class or community via a web page, class newspaper, a blog, in Edmodo, or Google Drive or Classroom. All of these activities will encourage personal expression and creativity. Organizer/Presenter(s): Charlene Sirlin, Pierre Van Cortlandt MS Host: Sally Barnes, Pierre Van Cortlandt MS Intended Audience(s): FLES, JH/Middle Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Several Applicable to: Any Standards Based Grading in the Language Classroom Room: Onondaga G Session: D More than just a fad, Standards Based Grading (SBG) is a common sense philosophy that impacts planning, instruction, learning, as well as formative and summative assessment. The intent of this session is to provide an overview of SBG and how it can be implemented in Novice to Advanced courses. Sample rubrics, grading policies, formative assessment strategies, and summative assessments will be provided.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Tracy Brady, Hastings on Hudson Anne Stock, East Syracuse Minoa CSD Host: Pamela Russell, North Syracuse CS Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Assessment Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: French and Latin and Spanish Applicable to: Any

Storytelling: Building Community, Bridging Culture

Room: Boardroom 3 Session: D Storytelling, as the oldest form of teaching, is present in most every culture across the world. In this interactive workshop, participants will explore storytelling within the 5 components of a language-learning classroom: listening, reading, speaking, writing, and culture. Participants will have the opportunity to create their own digital stories using digital storytelling apps such as Steller, 30 Hands, and Periscope. We will also interact with a variety of storytelling websites and models. Hands-on smartphone and/or tablet use is encouraged. Participants will leave this workshop motivated and inspired, with a variety of practical ideas to incorporate storytelling into their own classrooms, in their own way.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Erika Carter Grosso, Syracuse University Host: Pamela Russell, North Syracuse JHS Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Technology Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English and Spanish Applicable to: Any

Please join us for our annual

Service Awards Luncheon 11:45 a.m.

followed by

Exhibit Viewing 12:45-1:30

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Saturday, October 22, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Session E

Past Presidents Advisory Council Room: Boadroom 1 12:45-1:30 p.m. 1 This is a closed meeting of the Past Presidents Advisory Council.

Session E 60-minute sessions Saturday, October 22, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Building Listening Skills with Authentic Sources Room: Onondaga E Session: E A plethora of authentic listening materials are available to French teachers thanks to the internet. But how do we find and adapt materials to best suit our students' needs? This workshop will explore the challenges that students face when listening to authentic sources. I will show attendees how to use Youtube, iTunes, and other web-based sources to find sources intended for native speakers and create listening comprehension activities that are appropriate for non-native speakers. Examples will be provided for middle school through AP French.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Anna Cartwright, Orchard Park HS Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle, High School Keyword: Curriculum Language(s) spoken: English and French Examples in: French Applicable to: French

Creating a Language Playground Exhibitor: Vista Higher Learning Room: Ballroom East Session: E Students learn by taking risks. They are willing to take these risks in a safe environment once they have been engaged through personalized fun activities. Participants will experience and reflect on approaches to engage students, provide fun personalized opportunities to play and practice, and maintain a safe motivating environment for the learner. Participants will receive a packet of materials and have the opportunity to share examples and ideas.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Cheryl L. Kincaid, Vista Higher Learning Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Several Applicable to: Any

Don't Just Read About Culture, Live It Room: Ballroom West Session: E Do you wish you had more time for culture in the classroom? Why not make it a key integrated component of your unit? Learn how to plan units around cultural experiences that simulate real life in the target culture, from a quinceañera celebration, to a virtual trip to Santiago, Chile. Students will feel like they are just playing, while they develop their communication skills in a cultural context and create memories they'll want to write about. Participants of this workshop will receive handouts with sample unit plans and then brainstorm ideas to implement in their own classrooms. Organizer/Presenter(s): Jennifer Fuller, Homer CSD Intended Audience(s): FLES, JH/Middle Keyword: Culture Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Any Exploring the World of Socratic Seminars Room: Onondaga G Session: E Are you looking for a great way to get students engaged and communicating? Are you looking for a new Common Core lesson plan to add to your tool box of lessons? Socratic seminars can work in the upper level classroom! Students listen, read, and speak in the target language throughout the seminar. Come find out how to create a lesson that will have your students interacting with a text and with each other. Organizer/Presenter(s): Colleen Sheehan, Cobleskill-Richmondville HS Intended Audience(s): High School Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Any

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Saturday, October 22, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Session E

Introduction to Proficiency Levels Room: Convention Center A Session: E In this session, I will share an overview of the ACTFL Performance and Proficiency levels. Being familiar with the descriptors develops a foundational understanding of how language learners naturally progress. Using the common jargon identifies individual performance levels and helps your students focus on appropriate strategies to move to the next level. The feedback is powerful as students assess their individual strengths and are motivated to achieve higher levels of proficiency. Organizer/Presenter(s): Melanie Thomas, Spencerport CSD Host: Jenn Mongold, Cosgrove MS Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Assessment Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English and Spanish Applicable to: Any Introduction to the AIM Exhibitor: AIM Language Learning Room: Boardroom 3 Session: E Have you ever wondered what it would be like if your students could speak in the target language from day one of class? Join us to learn how the AIM (Accelerative Integrated Methodology) blends the best of language acquisition theory and brain-based research with systematized and engaging classroom practice, creating astounding results. Through a literacy-based approach to language, in less than 100 hours of instruction, students will be engaging in conversations, exchanging opinions and providing and obtaining information. Their proficiency levels will be beyond your highest expectations! Pick up a free “See AIM in Action" DVD, a music CD, and a correlation to the ACTFL guidelines.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Pauline Galea, AIM Language Learning Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English and French Examples in: English and French Applicable to: French, Spanish

An Italian Tool Box - Una Borsetta Italiana Room: Onondaga F Session: E Struggling to find good materials for the Italian classroom? This workshop will give you a range of activities and resources from websites and technology to pen and paper interactive notebooks. Internet links and handouts will be provided. Unpack speaking, listening, reading, and writing tools to motivate students.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Rosanne Perla, East Syracuse-Minoa HS Lisa Serafini-Alonzi, Troy CSD Intended Audience(s): High School Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English and Italian Examples in: English and Italian Applicable to: Any, Italian Student Tested, Teacher Approved Room: Ballroom Center Session: E Creating purposeful and engaging activities that require the use of the target language is important to the success of our students. Through the incorporation of these activities students are engaged, accountable, excited to participate and come back asking for more. Our focus will change from vocabulary acquisition to enhancing communication in the target language. The activities are structured and engaging so that all learners can actively participate and be successful. Organizer/Presenter(s): Pamela Russell, North Syracuse JRHS Host: Erika Carter-Grosso, Central Square CSD Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle, High School Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Any

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Saturday, October 22, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Session E

Study Abroad in Cusco, Peru Room: Boardroom 4 Session: E This workshop will be about the study abroad I will do (did) in Peru in the summer of 2016 through the scholarship offered through NYSAFLT. I will explain the process of applying, preparing for the trip and the experience of the program itself at the Academia Latinoamericana de Español in Cusco. it will include information on the classes, living with a family and traveling around the area.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Marta Rizzo, Frontier HS Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Culture Language(s) spoken: English and Spanish Examples in: English and Spanish Applicable to: Spanish

Update on the FLACS Consortium Exams Room: Onondaga H Session: E This session will provide participants with updates and information regarding the FLACS Consortium Exams. The most recent changes will be reviewed as well as how to join the consortium and submit items. Participants will receive copies of items from past exams and they will have an opportunity to write items together. Bring your own devices! This session will target Spanish teachers only.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Francesco L. Fratto, Herricks UFSD Lauria Marshall-Lauria, FLACS Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle, High School Keyword: Assessment Language(s) spoken: English and Spanish Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Spanish

WL Methodologists Roundtable Room: Boardroom 1 Session: E This session will address issues relevant to teacher preparation programs such as edTPA, teacher certification changes, Common Core, recruitment, curriculum, assessment, standards, articulation, CAEP, NYSED updates, World Languages methodology, pre-service teacher preparation and more. Open to all who are interested, especially full-time and adjunct faculty in higher education, this roundtable provides an opportunity to brainstorm ideas, share best practices, and to continue important dialog following the conference. Organizer/Presenter(s): Virginia B. Levine, Ph.D., SUNY Cortland Joanne O'Toole, Ph.D., SUNY Oswego Carol Dean, Ed.D., SUNY Oneonta Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Issues in the Profession Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Several Applicable to: Any Mentor Scholarship Debrief Meeting Room: Ballroom Center 2:30-3:15 p.m. This is a closed meeting for participants of the Mentor Scholarship Program.

Post-secondary Committee Meeting Room: Boadroom 1 2:30-3:15 p.m. This is an open meeting of the NSYAFLT Post-secondary Committee.

Final Exhibit Viewing, Refreshments, and Basket Raffle

2:30 – 3:15 p.m.

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Saturday, October 22, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Session F

Session F 60-minute sessions Saturday, October 22, 3:15-4:15 p.m.

90% TL through Comprehensible Input Room: Boardroom 2 Session: F From the exploratory or level 1 class, the ACTFL recommendation of 90% use of the target language is an achievable goal through the implementation of CI (Comprehensible Input) and TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling) methods. But how? Participants will learn the basics of PQA (Personalized Questions and Answers) and storytelling, as well as how to use them starting from day one of class. Participants will leave with specific strategies for any level class to hit the 90% TL goal in a way that is understandable and compelling to students, as well as meeting the specific needs of the school’s curriculum goals.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Kristin York Host: Jessica Potter, Camden MS Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Any

Creative Concepts for Language Learning Room: Ballroom East Session: F Language + Art = Communication! It is time to unplug and let your creative spirit soar! Did you know that you can use the power of art to release stress AND grammar in context? In this session, participants will experience creative note-taking strategies to enhance language acquisition. Create meaningful contexts for language learning with the power of a pencil. Inspired by Mike Rohde’s Sketchnote Handbook and Austin Kleon’s Steal Like an Artist, I will share techniques for enhancing communicative competence for all levels. Participants will practice research-based strategies to complement the classroom experience. Come with an open mind and a sense of adventure. No artistic ability required. Take the CORE 6 to a whole new level.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Beth Slocum, Genesee CC and Alexander CSD Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Assessment Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English and French and Spanish Applicable to: Any

Crack the Case! Using Mystery in the WL Classroom Room: Onondaga E Session: F Are you looking for a new activity to promote 21st century skills of learning, literacy, and life skills in your language classroom? In this workshop, participants will work together to solve two mysteries based in Spanish culture and reflect on how to create similar activities for their own classroom. Inspired by experiences such as Escape Room and 5 Wits, these activities require students to collaborate and think creatively in order to solve a mystery . . . all while using the target language and learning about the target culture. See how you can take thematic vocabulary and culturally relevant material to create a memorable and interactive experience for your students. Organizer/Presenter(s): Diane Tyminski, West Genesee HS Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle, High School Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Any Cuba: A Context for Learning and Teaching Spanish Room: Boardroom 4 Session: F As US-Cuba relations begin to change, and travel opportunities to Cuba increase, students are looking with new interest at this island 90 miles from Florida. They want to know about Cuban life, past and present. I have been traveling to and teaching about Cuba in my Spanish classes for the past 17 years. I have developed Spanish language units for my high school students about Cuban indigenous peoples, José Martí and the Independence Movement, the Cuban Revolution, Cuban street art and music, syncretism, and present day life. These topics serve as contexts for language instruction and acquisition. I also have lessons for middle and elementary classes using authentic Cuban songs, stories, and art. Materials will be shared. Organizer/Presenter(s): Abigail D. Cleary, Lansing HS Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Curriculum Language(s) spoken: English and Spanish Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Spanish

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Saturday, October 22, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Session F

Il divario generazionale italiano: il cinema rivela le lotte contemporanee e le risposte positive

Room: Ballroom Center Session: F In questa sessione presenterò estratti di film contemporanei per discutere la natura dei problemi attuali in Italia e come i registi stanno dimostrando la resistenza delle nuove generazioni alle difficoltà nel presente del paese.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Elisabetta Sanino D'Amanda, R.I.T. Host: Ida Wilder, Greece Athena HS Intended Audience(s): High School, Post-secondary Keyword: Culture Language(s) spoken: Italian Examples in: English and Italian Applicable to: Italian Increasing French Enrollment Room: Convention Center A Session: F In this world of ever-decreasing French enrollment, this workshop explores various ideas for increasing those numbers. We will discuss ways to grab students’ attention in the elementary school and keep their excitement and motivation high in middle school with French Club ideas, trips, and “outside the box” motivation builders. We’ll even discuss some fun formative assessments that students LOVE to do (who knew?!). Organizer/Presenter(s): Mary Pat Mahar, Liverpool MS Nicole Massenzio, Soule Road MS Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Advocacy Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English and French Applicable to: French

Literacy Support and Assessment in a WL Classroom Room: Ballroom West Session: F What does literacy in a world language classroom look like? How do we promote literacy in a world language classroom using informational text? The following workshop will focus on how to support literacy in a world language classroom through strategies that empower students to work through complex texts on every level. In part II of this workshop, we will focus how to use information to focus on data driven discussions that support a Professional Learning Community platform. In addition, there will be a literacy data approach for analyzing student assessment in order to improve and support literacy and differentiated instruction for all learners. Organizer/Presenter(s): Laura A. Rouse, Vernon-Verona-Sherrill CS Host: Julia Sullivan, Vernon-Verona-Sherrill MS Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English and French Applicable to: Any Making Connections, Engaging Students, Part I Room: Onondaga H Session: F Are you troubled about the lack of engagement in your class? In this session, we will take another look at enriching our environments using the five senses to enhance the learning process. Attendees will participate in activities as well as discuss best practices to get even reluctant students connected with the material and to each other. All participants will receive a packet. In part II of this workshop, participants will be introduced to even more ideas to get students connected with the language and to each other. All participants will receive a packet. Organizer/Presenter(s): Janis Labroo, Oneonta HS Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle, High School,

Post-secondary Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English and French Examples in: French Applicable to: Any

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Saturday, October 22, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Session F

Movie Talk: Add more CI to your Classroom Room: Onondaga F Session: F If you have never used Movie Talk, you will find that it is a very effective and interesting method to add a large amount of comprehensible input to your lessons at any level. In this presentation you will learn how to choose movie clips and then plan a lesson, short or long, around it. Classes will enjoy them and be exposed to that CI that is so vital to acquiring the target language.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Patricia Moller, Pine Bush HS Host: Kristin Raucci, Pine Bush HS Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Any Personalized Children's Book in Spanish & English Sponsored Session – RBE-RN at NYU Room: Boardroom 3 Session: F How can you motivate young children to read in Spanish? Iván Cortázar will tell you how he does it. Ivan was born in Spain and is raising his two children in a trilingual family (Spanish, English and Korean) in NYC. He’s an award-winning filmmaker that recently created the innovative, multi-lingual children’s book apps “Yuri and The Flying Squid”. Participants will learn how to use the story apps to foster dialogue, and language learning. It will also show real life examples that Iván has used during reading sessions in New York City Schools (K-1 grade). The presentation will be inspiring, enriching and will provide great tools for the attendants that want to share great cultural content in Spanish.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Ivan Cortazar, The Flying Squid Host: Juan Recaman, The Flying Squid Intended Audience(s): FLES Keyword: Technology Language(s) spoken: English and Spanish Examples in: English and Spanish Applicable to: Spanish

The Vision of Modern Languages for Communication Room: Onondaga G Session: F This plenary session will begin with an brief overview of the vision of second language proficiency for all learners begun with the publication in 1986 of the ground-breaking, visionary document, Modern Languages for Communication. Panelists will outline significant developments that have occurred in the field since that time and then will suggest ways to build on those developments to shape the future of world language learning in New York State to realize the original vision of this seminal document. The session will conclude with a question and answer period. Organizer/Presenter(s): Bill Heller, SUNY Geneseo Joanne O'Toole, Ph.D., SUNY Oswego Candace Black, East Irondequoit CSD Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Issues in the Profession Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English Applicable to: Any

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Saturday, October 22, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Session G

Session G 60-minute sessions Saturday, October 22, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

AP from Day One: Building Skills from the Ground Up Room: Boardroom 3 Session: G Can novice language students build AP-oriented skills? Absolutely! In this session, we’ll explore how all language teachers can design authentic activities and assessments which incorporate the skills necessary for success on the College Board AP Language and Culture Exams in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Following a brief overview of the exam’s four free response tasks, participants will see sample activities for various levels and then brainstorm how to tweak our existing lessons to hone our students’ AP- skills. Conducted in English, with resources in German, this session is designed for those new to the AP Exam and veteran AP teachers alike. Every novice language student is a potential AP student. Organizer/Presenter(s): Katrina Bauerlein, Mahopac CS Host: Yvonne Viebrock, Mahopac CSD Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle, High School Keyword: Curriculum Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: German Applicable to: French, German, Italian and Spanish

Au-delà de la France métropolitaine, les DOM-TOM Room: Ballroom Center Session: G En tant que profs de français, nous négligeons trop souvent les départements et territoires d’outre-mer au profit de la mère-patrie. Leur situation géographique et leur dispersion sur plusieurs continents en font de petits paradis tropicaux qui donnent à la francophonie un parfum d’exotisme. Venez explorer avec nous la musique, la cuisine et les traditions des Antilles, des îles du Pacifique-sud et d’autres régions du monde. Cette présentation thématique vous permettra d’étoffer ce que vous faites déjà dans d’autres chapitres (voyages, météo, repas etc.) ainsi que de découvrir certains outils pédagogiques interactifs que nous utilisons en classe quotidiennement, quel que soit le thème abordé. Organizer/Presenter(s): Françoise A. Piron, South Jefferson CS Joy A. Cumming, South Jefferson CS Intended Audience(s): HS, Post-secondary Keyword: Culture Language(s) spoken: French Examples in: French Applicable to: French

Best Practices in the WL Middle School Classroom Room: Boardroom 2 Session: G The presenter will serve as moderator as participants share activities which foster better target language communication for all students. We will address tasks and strategies for speaking, listening, reading, and writing to help even the weakest student perform confidently. A summary of the group’s discussion will be uploaded to the conference page.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Marie J. Campanaro, Cosgrove MS Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Several Applicable to: Any Cultural Engagement Levels: Where Are Your

Students? Room: Ballroom East Session: G Discover various ways in which your students can learn about and connect with another culture. See numerous examples at each of the three levels of cultural engagement. Learn how to help your students climb the levels to make them global citizens.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Harry Grover Tuttle, Ed.D., Onondaga CC Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Culture Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English Applicable to: Any

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Saturday, October 22, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Session G

Go on an Adventure with Gallery Walks Room: Convention Center A Session: G Looking for a way to get your kids up and moving, while still being productive and engaged? Gallery Walks might be just the strategy you’re looking for. Come to this workshop to experience a Gallery Walk for yourself and see the flexibility they can offer in your own classroom. The world of authentic text is literally at our fingertips with the Internet. Gallery walks offer a way to make it usable and appropriate for kids. Participants will also have the opportunity to explore examples that are used to present information and also to enhance cultural understandings. Get ready to get up and move! Organizer/Presenter(s): Jennifer Mongold, Spencerport Schools Host: Melanie Thomas, Spencerport HS Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: French, Italian and Spanish Applicable to: Any

Leaders of Tomorrow Room: Onondaga E Session: G Meet the 2016 Leaders of Tomorrow! This NYSAFLT scholarship program provides mentor opportunities for the selected applicants. Program participants attend the major NYSAFLT conferences, participate in a group book discussion, act as facilitators for Summer Institute and much, much more. Learn about the Leaders’ Research projects and program initiatives. This is a dynamic group that brings great things to the NYSAFLT membership. Find out how you can apply to be a part of this important initiative. Just ask us! We are ready to share our ideas and share DWYSYWD!

Organizer/Presenter(s): Tracy Brady, Hastings HS Jenny Delfini, New Paltz CSD Mary Goetz, Argyle CSD Diane Tyminski, West Genesee HS Rose DiGennaro, East Irondequoit CSD Stewart Smith, Mexico MS Host: Beth Slocum, Genesee CC Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Issues in the Profession Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Several Applicable to: Any

Literacy Support and Assessment in a WL Classroom Room: Ballroom West Session: G What does literacy in a world language classroom look like? How do we promote literacy in a world language classroom using informational text? The following workshop will focus on how to support literacy in a world language classroom through strategies that empower students to work through complex texts on every level. In part II of this workshop, we will focus how to use information to focus on data driven discussions that support a Professional Learning Community platform. In addition, there will be a literacy data approach for analyzing student assessment in order to improve and support literacy and differentiated instruction for all learners. Organizer/Presenter(s): Laura A. Rouse, Vernon-Verona-Sherrill CS Host: Julia Sullivan, Vernon-Verona-Sherrill MS Intended Audience(s): All Levels Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: English and French Applicable to: Any Making Connections, Engaging Students, Part II Room: Onondaga H Session: G Are you troubled about the lack of engagement in your class? In this session, we will take another look at enriching our environments using the five senses to enhance the learning process. Attendees will participate in activities as well as discuss best practices to get even reluctant students connected with the material and to each other. All participants will receive a packet. In part II of this workshop, participants will be introduced to even more ideas to get students connected with the language and to each other. All participants will receive a packet. Organizer/Presenter(s): Janis Labroo, Oneonta HS Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle, High School,

Post-secondary Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English and French Examples in: French Applicable to: Any

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Saturday, October 22, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Session G

Teaching French Culture through Literature Room: Onondaga G Session: G Literature in the French classroom can and should emphasize the cultural context of the work and how it relates to and connects to French culture in the present day. We will examine a series of short French texts from the middle ages to the present day, exploring their cultural background and seeking their ties to current music, events, and cultural products and practices. Copies of appropriate excerpts will be made available along with the perspectives that are our main focus. Items are selected from my own Elementary French and Survey of Literature classes with an effort to design instruction for a variety of levels.

Organizer/Presenter(s): Robert Ponterio, SUNY Cortland Host: Marie Ponterio, SUNY Cortland Intended Audience(s): HS,Post-secondary Keyword: Culture Language(s) spoken: English and French Examples in: French Applicable to: French

You'll FLIP Over this Technique! Room: Boardroom 4 Session: G Would you like the opportunity to work one on one with each of your language students in a class period? In this “Flipped Classroom” presentation you will learn how to engage, excite, support and work with every student in your classroom. This concept is a role change for teachers, who give up their “front-of-the-class” position in favor of a more collaborative and cooperative contribution to the teaching process. The participants will gain an understanding of this student driven instruction, learn how to create materials for any language class, as well as develop activities to bring “flipping” to life. Participants will receive a packet of materials. Come learn how to bring authentic & technological learning to life! Organizer/Presenter(s): Michelle Delwiche, Shenendehowa CSD Rebecca Paderon, Shenendehowa CSD Host: Rachel Stead, Shenendehowa CSD Intended Audience(s): JH/Middle, High School Keyword: Methods/Techniques Language(s) spoken: English Examples in: Spanish Applicable to: Any

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A special thank you to…

The NYS Regional Bil ingual Education Resource Network

and the NYU Steinhardt Metropol itan Center for

Urban Education

for sponsoring our 2016-17 webinar series!

and for its special sponsorship of ten new teachers and ten

mentors to attend the conference!

Chester Technical Services

for sponsoring our website!

Profic iency Press for sponsoring our

iPad raffle!

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Save the Dates!

2017 NYSAFLT/ALOUD Spring Conference

Michelle Shenton, Chair

Midlakes CSD

World Languages: “S.T.E.A.M.”ing Ahead

April 1, 2017

Marist College Poughkeepsie, New York

2017 Summer Institute

Leslie Kudlack, Chair

Greenville CSD

"Theme TBD"

August 8-11, 2017

SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, New York

2017 Annual Conference

Beth Slocum, Chair

Genesee CC and Alexander CSD

Harnessing the Power of Languages for the Next 100 Years

October 20-21, 2017

Niagara Falls Conference Center Niagara Falls, NY

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A page from our history:

59th Annual Meeting – October 17-19, 1976 at the Concord Hotel, Kiamesha Lake

Theme: No One Way: To Learn and Teach, To Retain and Expand, To Articulate, To Develop the Whole Child

Chair: Marcella DeMuth President: Warren C. Born

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A page from our history:

69th Annual Meeting – October 17-19, 1986 at the Concord Hotel, Kiamesha Lake

Theme: Teaching Our Students in a Proficiency-Based Classroom

Chair: Brenda Benzin President: Shirley Sherburne

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A page from our history:

79th Annual Meeting – October 4-6, 1996 at the Concord Hotel, Kiamesha Lake

Theme: Reaching Out to the Communities We Serve

Chair: David Graham President: Elizabeth Bossong

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A page from our history:

89th Annual Meeting – October 6-8, 2006 at the Saratoga Hotel and Conference Center

Theme: Diversify, Differentiate, Discover the Power of Language

Chair: Susan Barnes President: Lou Baskinger

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NYSAFLT Award Histories

The Sister Rose Aquin Caimano Distinguished Administrator Award was named in honor of a former President of NYSAFLT who embodied all of the characteristics of a distinguished administrator. A teacher of Spanish at the Dominican College in Blauvelt, New York, she was a respected and well-loved leader as well as a delightful and brilliant person. The first Sr. Rose Aquin Caimano Distinguished Administrator Award was presented in 1971 to Sr. Natalie Casey of Blauvelt College.

The Ferdinand DiBartolo NYS Distinguished Foreign Language Leadership Award is presented annually to the President of NYSAFLT in recognition of his/her dedication and service to our organization and to the profession. Ferdinand DiBartolo was a pioneer in the establishment of what was then called “The New York State Federation of Foreign Language Teachers.” He was a foreign language leader and an officer of the federation. In l967, he received the "50th Anniversary Award" of our organization. He was at the forefront of the effort of our organization to ensure the continuance of the Modern Language Journal when ACTFL was formed. The first recipient of this award was Joseph A. Tursi, in 1973.

The Dorothy Ludwig Memorial Award for Service to the Profession was named after the wife of Robert J. Ludwig, former Executive Director of NYSAFLT. Dorothy Ludwig was a math teacher and guidance counselor who was an enthusiastic supporter of foreign language education. For twenty-three years, she tirelessly devoted her time to assisting NYSAFLT in numerous ways. This award was created in her memory in 1986 to honor those who have followed in her path. The first Dorothy Ludwig Memorial Award was presented in 1988 to Peter Hughes of Rochester, NY.

The Anthony J. Papalia Award is given annually to a NYSAFLT member who has published an outstanding article in a state or national foreign language education publication. This award memorializes a distinguished past president of NYSAFLT whose writings have had a great influence in both New York State and in the nation for their contribution to research and practice in the foreign language field. Dr. Papalia is also honored by an ACTFL award given by NYSAFLT in his memory for his contribution to teacher training. Anthony Papalia was President of NYSAFLT in 1983.

The President’s Award is presented annually to an individual or individuals whom the President of NYSAFLT wishes to recognize for outstanding and continuous service to NYSAFLT and to the foreign language community.

The Senator Paul Simon Friend of Foreign Language Award is given to a person who is not a teacher of a foreign language, but who has been a champion of our cause. This award title was altered in 2004 to include one of our greatest supporters, the late Senator Paul Simon.

The Ruth E. Wasley Distinguished Teacher Award was named after a former secretary of NYSAFLT and a professor and teacher/trainer of foreign language methodology at SUNY Albany. Extremely innovative and creative, and known for her sense of humor, Dr. Wasley was a methodologist par excellence and an outstanding role model for her students. In 1969, Dorothy Rivers Shoudy was the first recipient of the Ruth E. Wasley Distinguished Teacher Award.

The Robert J. Ludwig Distinguished Leadership Award is presented to a keynote speaker who has been recognized nationally as a leader in our profession. The first National Distinguished Leadership Award was presented to Nelson Brooks of Yale University in 1969. This award is named after Robert J. Ludwig, President of NYSAFLT 1963-1969, later Administrative Assistant, and finally Executive Director through 2003.

As the name suggests, the NYSAFLT Culture through the Arts Award honors a person who has spread the message of language and culture through the arts. The first Culture through the Arts Award was presented in 1967 to George Balanchine.

The Outstanding Journalist/Media Presenter Award is presented to a journalist or media presenter who has done an exceptional job showcasing the cause of foreign language teaching and/or learning. NYSAFLT is extremely grateful to those in the media who understand the importance of foreign language education and take on the daunting task of bringing this message to the public.

The Remunda Cadoux Leadership in Foreign Language Supervision Award was named for Remunda Cadoux, Chairperson of the Foreign Language Department at Christopher Columbus High School in New York City and a former member of the NYSAFLT Board of Directors. Author of one of the early State syllabi for foreign language education, she was the first woman to pass the eligibility examination for Director of Foreign Languages in New York City. The first Remunda Cadoux Award for Leadership in Foreign Language Supervision was presented in 1985 to Robert J. Ludwig. The Parent Advocate Award was created in 2015 in memory of Luigi Fratto. This award is intended to honor a dedicated parent advocate of world language learning.

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Congratulations NYSAFLT

2016 Annual Conference

FROM

The New York State Statewide Language RBE-RN

Supporting Biliteracy through

World Languages Native Language Arts Bilingual Education

English as a New Language New York State Seal of Biliteracy

NYS STATEWIDE LANGUAGE BILINGUAL/ESL RESOURCE NETWORK @ NYU

726 BROADWAY, FIFTH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10003 E-MAIL: NYSLANGUAGERBERN@NYU.EDU

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