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What’s up at AATG?
Fall 2012 Update
www.aatg.org
Newsletter
Journals
Webinars
Professional Development comes to you!
Musik im Deutschunterricht Mohamed EsaUsing 21st Century Tools in the German Classroom Mike ShaughnessyDeveloping Proficiencies in Interpersonal Communication Brandee MauAlternative Assessments Jim SheppardDesigning Thematic Instruction Angelika Becker
On Demand Webinars
And more!
ACTFL Convention and World Languages Expo
Join us in Philadelphia for the largest professional development event for language teachers!
•Over 70 sessions for German teachers!
•AATG Awards!
•Special Event with Cabaret artist Philipp Scharri!
Professional Development Travel Stipend
• member of AATG? • first-time attendee at an AATG Annual Meeting / ACTFL
Convention and World Languages Expo? • in your first three years of teaching? • K-12 teacher of German or graduate student teaching
assistant?
Application deadline: September 15
Summer Seminars
A wide variety of offerings•Kinder in deutschen Schulen•Salzburg intensiv•Tech and Language Kickstart•Der gemeinsame europäische Referenzrahmen und die ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
AATG Discussion Forum and Jobs List
The Discussion Forum connects you with colleagues and provides a venue for useful and helpful discourse on teaching German language and culture.
The Jobs List connects you with German teaching positions at all levels of instruction.
Awards
Outstanding German Educator Award recognizes excellence in teaching and outstanding contributions to the German teaching profession. Awards are presented to: an elementary, middle school or junior high school educator; a high school educator; and a post-secondary educator.
Friend of German Award recognizes exemplary leadership in the advocacy of German and German language education at the local, regional, or national level. Awards are presented to an individual or organization outside the German teaching profession, as well as to a German educator.
Goethe-Institut/AATG Certificate of Merit recognizes achievement in furthering the teaching of German in the US.
German Embassy Teacher of Excellence Award recognizes up-and-coming teachers who may have started a new program or revitalized an existing one, and contribute to their AATG chapter.
Nominations due May 15, 2013
National German Exam
November 1 Deadline for ordering exams for December testing
December 1 Deadline for ordering exams for January testing
December 2 to January 15 Late registration period for ordering exams
December 3 to February 1 Exam administration period
February 13 Exam scores sent electronically
February 27 Application deadline for AATG/PAD Study Trip Award
Important Dates
National German Exam
Recognizing Success!
German Summer Study Program
3 Week HomestayStudy at a German GymnasiumExcursionsChaperoned by AATG membersAATG Handles all Details
Application Deadline: April 1, 2013
Program costs = $3,595 Scholarships available!
National Honor Society for German
Delta Epsilon Phi for High School
Junior Delta Epsilon Phi for Middle and Junior High School
Epsilon Phi Delta for Community College
Recognizing Student Excellence
Great Items in the AATG Store
Materials for Teaching Austria
Show your Pride!
AATG Lapel Pins and Polo Shirts
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