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Topic

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Introductions

• Introduce myself: Michele Anciaux Aoki

• Spanish: 13
  French: 5
  Japanese: 2

Visualization:
Students arriving at the beginning of the year. Now through the year, then in June. What do they know and what are they able to do? Write these things down on the post-it notes.

World Languages PowerPoint

Post-it notes and pens

Round robin sharing

• Set the context...

For over ten years you've been hearing about the importance of standards in education. All around you teachers have been studying the Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs) and figuring out how to help students pass the WASL. Ironically, in this most trade-dependent state of ours, Foreign or World Languages were left behind. Our state did not create EALRs or WASLs for languages other than English.

Fortunately, in the information age, we don't have to just sit there and wait for our state to take action. A number of states, notably the tiny state of New Jersey and the large Midwestern state of Nebraska, have created robust world language frameworks based on work at the national level by ACTFL, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. And, last December, our State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Terry Bergeson, agreed to adopt the National Standards as "voluntary" World Language Standards in Washington state.

The purpose of today's workshop is to explore just what that might mean in terms of how you all teach your languages in the classroom.

So, what do we mean by "standards" anyway? Pair up and take a few minutes to consider:

• What does it mean to have standards?
• What are examples from the real world of how standards can help?
• What are my concerns when I think of adopting World Language standards?

Pair & Share

Desired results from the training

Regardless of whether you think having standards is a good idea or not, I would invite you today to be open to the possibilities. World Language Standards DO exist. Now it is up to you all to decide whether making use of them in your district and your classrooms would be helpful or not. However, just as I wouldn't expect you to buy a used car without looking under the hood, I don't expect you to buy into WL Standards until you've had a closer look. And that's the purpose of today's workshop:

• Review PPT Slide on Purpose & Objectives

PPT
#2 Purpose
#3 Objectives

• Review examples from the Sandrock paper.

What are the different types of Standards?

• One of the most confusing issues ("standards" can mean so many things)

HO 1: Sandrock paper

#6 What are different types

• Review brief history
• Context of Goals 2000
• Large effort nationally and involving specific languages
• Review the 5'Cs
• Spend extra time on Communication modes

HO 2: ACTFL Exec Summary
National Standards book

#8-12 5 C's

• Take your post-its and post them on the "C" where they best fit (or on Other if there is no fit)
• It's OK if there are duplicates and it's OK to add items if you didn't think of them till now
• Debrief what they found

Easel paper with 5 C's

Post-its

• Give background
• Remind that OSPI has adopted Content Standards only
• Discussion about possible meetings to develop Performance Standards (e.g., Progress Indicators)
• Intention is to build on what other states have done

HO 3: OSPI Voluntary WL Stds

• Key is to begin impacting the quality of learning opportunities in the classroom
• Consider that many textbooks are aligned with the National Standards (are theirs?)

HO 4: A Guide to Aligning...
HO 5: Bringing the Standards into the Classroom
 

• Meeting with your language group (several groups for Spanish), find the section of the National Standards book that pertains to your language
• Look through what is there
• What questions do you have?
• Do you agree with these standards for your language?

National Standards book

• Point out the wealth of resources in these other state standards
• We'll be reviewing them more in depth

HO 6: Nebraska
HO 7: New Jersey

• In pairs, take one of the folders with the Nebraska Standards, Progress Indicators, & Classroom Examples
• After about 5-8 minutes reviewing that folder, share out to the large group (just one or two things you noticed)
• Shift so that each group gets to review each of the folders

HO: Supplements page

Folders 1-7

• Emphasize that the only thing that Washington has adopted is the Content Standards (the 5 C's)
• But, Washington intentionally aligned with the National Standards, so they should feel comfortable using those as the standards for their language classes
• Using the National Standards opens doors to other great resources (like Nebraska K-12 FL Framework)

• Introduce the NJ Standards
• Review the other topics covered in NJ and Nebraska
• Identify who would like to explore each topic and form small groups
• Take a few minutes to peruse the resources and then report back to the large group
• Which resources look useful to you? How would you use them?

Folders 8-11, 15-19

• Introduce the concept of Scenarios as a way to align curriculum to standards
• Hand out packet from NJ
• Introduce concept of Thematic Units
• Show handout with examples they can order (or download for free)

PPT
#17 New Ways of Teaching

HO 8: NFLC Thematic Units

HO: NJ Scenarios packet

• Review the NJ Scenarios (5-8, 9-12)
• Which ones do they like? (Mark on Scenarios packet)
• What do they see that they could use?

Folders 12, 13, 14, 20, 21

• Show them another approach to incorporating standards into their curriculum
• Explain about iEARN projects
• Show easy it is to "plan ahead" to incorporate the 5 C's

• Talk about the SOPA and COPE assessments from CAL and the rating profile
• Show them the FBI scale (for older learners)
• Introduce LinguaFolia from NCSSFL

Connection to EALRs

• Explain the connection and context. Make folder 25 available for next activity for those who are interested

• Review the LinguaFolia examples
• Would these be usable for your students?

Folders 22, 23, 24, 25

• Touch on these briefly

• Reflect on what you've learned and what you'd like to take back.
• What do you need next?

Let’s go back and review our Objectives for the Day.

• Hand out Evaluation forms

PPT
#3 Objectives

HO: Workshop Evaluation