PK-12 Content Area Presentation

1. PK-12 Content Area Presentation Modern Languages Middle School and High School

2. Vocabulary Building in Spanish II

6. Content

7. Instruction, Technology, Differentiation: Exploratory – Honors AP French Concerns

8. Instruction, Technology, Differentiation: Exploratory – Honors AP German • Concerns • Workbooks for each student • Deutsch Aktuell does not offer online activities, message/speaking boards like the Spanish program • Creating SmartBoard ready lessons • May need to change German textbook and program to meet the demands of computer-based language instruction

9. Instruction, Technology, Differentiation: Exploratory – Honors AP Spanish Concerns

10. Future Modern Language Instructional Needs • An interactive computer lab dedicated solely to the modern language department and designed for language learning, practice and assessment would allow for maximum authentic language input and output. • BMS needs a computer lab with the capacity for a full class, and for multiple sections of that class during any given day at least once a week. • Each BHS modern language student needs his/her own copy of the workbook to use in and out of class and for reviewing purpose.

11. Assessment(Common syllabi and grading scales apply to all high school modern language courses )

12. Level I and Level II Writing Samples

13. Lower Level Vocabulary Practice

14. Assessment

15. Upper Level Oral and Written Assessments

16. Progressive Assessment Artifcats in German

17. Cooperative Learning Group Rubric21st Century Skills

20. Payoffs: GAPP, Costa Rica, France Trip, Recent Alumni, Career, German Club, French Club, Spanish Club

21. Professional Development & PK-12 Articulation • Weekly content area meetings to discuss testing, assessments and course/level goals • District-wide content/area meetings • Iowa World Language Association • Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers • American Association of Teachers of German • AP Conferences • AP Certified Reader • International Conference in Leipzig, Germany • American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages • Café Latino: A teacher driven networking meeting held once a month to practice Spanish and to share concerns and successes. • AEA Workshops - all world language programs in AEA 9 would benefit from a world language specialist to assist in communication, staff development, Iowa Core Curriculum expectations, and other curricular and instructional needs. Currently there is no one with sufficient expertise in world language acquisition. • American Association of French Teachers

22. Modern Language Vision Statement We see the addition of an interactive computer lab dedicated to the modern language department. This lab would have the capacity to record speech produced by the students and by the teachers. It would allow the teachers to monitor live speech produced by the students. It would have a “quiet” room where speaking assessments could be video taped, rather than using our hallways. It would have full computer functions and internet access.

23. Modern Language Vision Statement We see ourselves in the next few years incorporating French, German and Spanish into the elementary grades (FLES) as a means of recognizing the importance of early second language acquisition as well as continuing to grow and strengthen our current programs.

24. Modern Language Vision Statement We see a revised textbook adoption cycle in which all languages would collaborate in selecting texts that incorporate technology in a common level sequence, i.e. all level 1 classes adopt at the same time, etc.

25. Modern Language Vision Statement All BHS modern language classrooms will be in the same area of the building to maximize collaboration and technology use. BMS will be equipped with a computer lab accessible to a complete class and multiple sections during a given day.