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Francesco L. Fratto Director of World Languages & English as a Second Language

Advocacy, Public Relations, and Perceptions of World Language Programs. Francesco L. Fratto Director of World Languages & English as a Second Language Half Hollow Hills CSD August 09, 2012. ad·vo·ca·cy / NOUN.

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Francesco L. Fratto Director of World Languages & English as a Second Language

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  1. Advocacy, Public Relations, and Perceptions of World Language Programs Francesco L. Fratto Director of World Languages & English as a Second Language Half Hollow Hills CSD August 09, 2012

  2. ad·vo·ca·cy / NOUN : the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating something

  3. Questions………. Do you have a LOTE Chairperson? How is your department treated within your district? Who are your biggest advocates within the district? Does the department meet regularly? How would you describe the internal and external communication in your district?

  4. Interesting Facts….. United Kingdom: 71% (1997) / 44% (2008) - “National Crisis” - Agenda to increase enrollment 200 Million Chinese Schoolchildren studied English (2008) 60,000 U.S. Students studied Chinese (‘07-’08) U.S. lacks a national action plan

  5. Statistics 2004-2005 8,638,990* 47,983,788 18.00% 2007-2008 8,907,201** 48,112,069 18.51% Year FL Enrollment Overall Enrollment Percentage Foreign Language Enrollments in K-12 Public Schools: Are Students Prepared for a Global Society? (2010). Alexandria VA: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. 24states did not provide data ** 17 states did not provide data Enrollment data for those states that did not provide data was estimated

  6. New York State French 123,392 116,236 Spanish 507,480 559,432 Chinese 3,760 6,919 ASL* 41,579 66,887 Italian* 65,058 78,273 * National Data Language 2004-2005 2007-2008

  7. HHH World Language Retention Rates Freshmen - 99% Sophomores - 93% Juniors - 80% Seniors - 59%

  8. Do you know the enrollment numbers in your department?

  9. TO MAKE YOU THINK… Situation # 1: The Italian program will be phased out and eventually eliminated. You are at a Board of Education Meeting to defend your program. Situation # 2: Your students participated in a contest and won, now what?! Situation # 3: A member of the media asks you as question. Are you prepared to answer it?

  10. Index Card Question # 2 Question # 1 • Your response(s) • Colleagues’ responses • Your response(s) • Colleagues’ responses Question # 3 Question # 4 • Your response(s) • Colleagues’ responses • Your response(s) • Colleagues’ responses

  11. What are you advocating? Question # 1

  12. WHY DO YOU BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO ADVOCATE? Question # 2

  13. Who are you trying to reach? Question # 3

  14. HOW DO YOU INTEND TO REACH YOUR AUDIENCE? Question # 4

  15. Question # 4 is the toughest! Find out the following! District Website – who controls it? Newsletter(s)–Building? District? who accepts articles? Media – Know your district’s protocols when reaching out to the press! Best ways to reach parents? eBoard? Website? Are you a member of several language associations? If not, how do I join?

  16. How do you advocate on a daily basis? Raison d’etre Professionalism Words Handouts / materials Can you add to the list?

  17. Half Hollow Hills’ Department of World Languages Let’s take a tour…………………….

  18. NYSAFLT: Excellence in Advocacy Let’s visit NYSAFLT

  19. Will you be an advocate for the French/Spanish Language & Culture? If so, how?

  20. Do you tweet? Do you need a Linkedin account?

  21. Now, can you answer these questions? Situation # 1: The Italian program will be phased out and eventually eliminated. You are at a Board of Education Meeting to defend your program. Situation # 2: Your students participated in a contest and won, now what?! Situation # 3: A member of the media asks you as question. Are you prepared to answer it?

  22. Grazie!Merci!¡Gracias!XieXie!

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