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October 2023
We want to highlight two opportunities to take advantage of early this month: our Oral Communicative Tasks course (application due October 9th) and our 2023-2024 Learning Community on Assessment (sessions start October 16th - submit your interest form ASAP!) See more details below.
We are also excited to announce that the NLRC has funding available that could help support YOUR LCTL professional development event! Check out details below!
New to our newsletter? Explore all eleven of our projects in our three core areas of professional development, open resources, and strategic collaboration on our website!
Professional Learning Community: Proficiency-Based Assessments
The NLRC Learning Community is a professional development opportunity open to LCTL instructors (K-16) nationwide. The learning community will provide relevant accessible readings, hands-on activities, and opportunities for sustained pedagogical discussion.
This year, the learning community will focus on assessment. Starting from proficiency-based language objectives or can-do statements, the learning community will develop task-based, proficiency-based formative and summative assessments that fit your course or program.
Find out more information on the Professional Learning Community page.
Meet Us in Person!
The NLRC plans to attend a number of conferences this year. In Fall 2023, come see the NLRC:
Michigan World Language Association (MIWLA) Conference (October 19-20)
- Learn more about the Teach-a-LCTL project at a presentation by Mary Ellen Rutemeyer, Sandhya Shanker, and Mitchell Ernst
- Meet us at our exhibitor table (and get some of the new NLRC swag!)
ACTFL 2023 (November 17-19)
- Learn more about the strategic coordination project at an electronic poster presentation by Felix Kronenberg and Emily Heidrich Uebel
- Try out LCTL DOORs and learn more about the project at a presentation by Danielle Steider and Elena Gorshkova
- Meet us at our exhibitor table with the other Language Resource Centers (and get some of the new NLRC swag!)
Funding for YOUR LCTL Event!
The NLRC is proud to announce funding for LCTL professional development events as part of its Collaborative Professional Development initiative.
We expect funding for events to be in the $200-500 range per award. There are three anticipated application periods each academic year.
Money can be used for speaker fees or for general sponsorship of an event like a webinar, workshop, or conference.
The first application deadline for this academic year is December 15th!
Find out more information on the Collaborative Professional Development page.
NLRC Social Media Highlight
There are a number of celebrations throughout the year that celebrate diverse cultures and languages. This month we featured Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month from September 15th all the way to October 15th on our social media. The NLRC acknowledges and recognizes the beautiful cultures and languages as well as diasporas of Hispanic and Latinx communities all over the world. We also featured International Translation Day, on September 30th! This day was founded in recognition of all those who participate in translating languages from one to another to promote language and culture exposure! Follow our social media to find out more in coming months about World Teacher’s Day, Native American Heritage Month, and more!
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OLT OPPORTUNITIES
Learn more about our upcoming Fall 2023 Online Language Teaching courses!
Oral Communicative Tasks
Engage in best practices for designing and facilitating synchronous and asynchronous oral communicative tasks for both presentational and interpersonal modes of instruction. Design scaffolded task progressions in order to meet all your language objectives in rigorous fashion.
Fall Dates: October 23 – November 17
Upcoming deadlines for fall course applications:
- Oral Communicative Tasks: October 9th
Many of our fellow Language Resource Centers and National Resource Centers as well as some of our collaborative partners have their own professional development opportunities. This section highlights some of those opportunities.
- CARLA has a series of online presentations for Fall 2023 covering diversity, technology, and general professional development.
- CERCLL is holding the International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence in February 2024.
- CERCLL posted recordings of the Multiliteracies Takes on Language Teaching webinar series that was held in AY 2022-2023
- The Coalition of Community-Based Heritage Language Schools will hold a hybrid conference October 13-14, 2023, featuring the NLRC's own Felix Kronenberg as a plenary speaker! Registration is now open.
- The NFLRC has expanded their in-person Teacher Portfolio & Preparation Series (TiPPS) into an 8-module self-study collection of free TED-Ed lessons. TiPPS is specifically geared for graduate students in language departments at U.S. universities, who are interested in building a teacher portfolio and learning strategies for their current or future job applications.
- The Language Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has several professional development events online this fall, including topics on AI and language ideologies. Check out the link above for more information!
