Two world languages regional conferences set for March
It’s professional learning time for Kentucky world languages teachers. Look at these two upcoming regional professional learning opportunities.
It’s professional learning time for Kentucky world languages teachers. Look at these two upcoming regional professional learning opportunities.
Christine Hutchins, a teacher of Chinese at St. Francis School in Louisville, is the 2017 recipient of the Kentucky World Language Association’s Outstanding Teacher Award. She began her teaching career at DuPont Manual High School (Jefferson County).
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages' annual conference is set for Nov. 17-19 at the Music City Center, in Nashville, Tenn.
Students at Model Laboratory High School's Spanish Honors Society were tasked this year to create an original altar for the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian as part of the museum’s Dia de los Muertos activities.
Model Laboratory High School instructor Ernest McClees said that by building a traditional Day of the Dead altar, his Spanish Honors Society students gave them the unique opportunity to discover the Spanish language.
When the 8th annual Hopkinsville International Festival kicks off in March 2017, the world will come to Hopkinsville.
Pulaski County's Esther Lee Barron shares how she used her own multicultural life to help teachers think about the world in a broader way.
Western Kentucky University's Yertty VanderMolen shares how the university and local school districts joined together to give students a broader experience of other cultures.
The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese promotes the study and teaching of the Spanish and Portuguese languages and their corresponding literature and cultures at all levels of education.
Kentucky Educational Television is partnering with the Kentucky Department of Education to create and provide resources to meet the needs of Kentucky teachers and students.