Calling all states to send a proposal to the 2015 CSCTFL Conference Workshop/Extension Workshop! Identify a representative now. Thursday, March 12, 2015 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Integrated Proficiency Based Assessment: Moving your state from performance to proficiency, the Ohio model Presenters: Kathy Shelton, Ohio Department of Education, Martha Pero Hudson City Schools and Ohio Foreign Language Association Professional Development Chair, Hudson Ohio How many times have people you met told you, I took four years of a language and I cant say a word!? Well, no longer.... When students are assessed for proficiency, they feel more successful, self-confident and able to tackle the 21st century curriculum. Students also have a higher rate of interest and retention in the program. This workshop is designed to help you change your state to a proficiency based state moving out of the endless worksheets of conjugation. This workshop will include material based on ACTFL research on designing integrated proficiency based assessments using authentic sources, grading with a rubric, and incorporating them into an established curriculum. You will leave with a plan for you, your district and even your state. Participants apply in advance to attend this daylong workshop; the proposal form can be found here or on the CSCTFL website, csctfl.org under Conference Workshop/Extension Workshop. Each year approximately twenty-five participants are selected to attend the Conference Workshop (CW) on Thursday during the annual meeting of Central States. Here they receive information and materials about recent trends in foreign language teaching. Participants are then asked to conduct a similar Extension Workshop (EW) in their local area in order to bring the Conference and its new and evolving ideas to a greater number of teachers. The CW is the training session during which participants learn to conduct their own workshops. Participants receive a set of materials from each of the presenters, giving them the content information that they can use for their own EWs. They also receive guidelines and ideas for organizing, publicizing, and presenting a workshop. The emphasis in the CW is on the practical application of the new ideas for the classroom. At the end of the six-hour CW, participants are ready to conduct one or more EWs for foreign language educators in their own states. They can adjust the format, time frame, and material selection for their needs. The ultimate goal of the CW/EW Program is to improve the quality of foreign language instruction by providing up-to-date information to teachers unable to attend the Central States Conference. The CW/EW program offers participants the opportunity to learn how to organize and present a workshop, to meet other foreign language educators throughout the CSCTFL region, to strengthen ties with teachers in their local area, and to serve as resource people in their foreign language community. Once participants have attended the CW training, presented their own EW(s), and filed a brief report, they will receive a small honorarium to help cover expenses. The Extension Workshop is open only to those whose proposals have been submitted and accepted, so apply early. Once accepted, the participant must register for the conference and pay a workshop fee that will be fully refunded when the report is filed. Participation in the CW/EW will not replace previous registration in another conference workshop. Questions should be directed to Julie Jezuit, CSCTFL CW/EW coordinator at juliejezuit@hotmail
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