American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2000
Saturday, November 18

New Visions Forum in Foreign Language Education
10:00-11:15 a.m.
Convention Center: 210

Presenter(s): Myriam Met (Chair), National Foreign Language Center, Washington, DC; Marcia Rosenbusch (Chair), Iowa State University, National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, Ames, IA; Emily Spinelli (Chair), University of Michigan, Dearborn; Theresa Austin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Anita Bruce, Hawaii Department of Education, Honolulu; Gordon S. Hale, Clark High School, Las Vegas, NV; Nancy Hernandez, Connecticut COLT, Hebron; Isabelle Kaplan, R.C.L.C./Bennington College, VA; Mary Ann Lyman-Hager, San Diego State University, CA; Cynthia Ning, University of Hawaii, Honolulu; Sharon Rapp, Conway High School, AR; Lee Wilberschied, University of Cincinnati, OH; Cathy Wilson, Prentice Hall, Glenview, IL

In 1998, ACTFL and the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center at Iowa State University, Ames, initiated the New Visions Project, a series of activities and meetings that brought together leaders in foreign language education to discuss the future of the foreign language profession. In June 2000, some 164 participants gathered for a working retreat that culminated in the initial draft of an action plan for the profession. Participants in this open forum receive information about this draft plan and will have the opportunity to react to it and provide additional ideas.
Architecture (Bruce, Hale)
CIAA (Kaplan, Wilson)
Research (Austin, Lyman-Hager)
Teacher Development (Ning, Rapp)
Teacher Recruitment (Hernandez, Wilberschied)

Sponsors: ACTFL and the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, Iowa State University, Ames

[Policy/Issues]
Session Language: English
Applicable Languages: All
Applicable Levels: All

Friday, November 17
2:45-4:00 p.m.,
Commonwealth Room  

116 Roundtable Discussion: Architecture of the Profession
Presenter(s): Martha Abbott, Fairfax County Public Schools, Falls Church, VA
Helene Zimmer-Loew, American Association of Teachers of German, Cherry Hill, NJ

This is one of five Roundtable Discussions that have been scheduled during ACTFL 2000 on the topics that were discussed during the June 15-18, 2000 New Visions retreat: Architecture of the Profession; Curriculum, Instruction, Articulation and Assessment; Research; Teacher Development and Teacher Recruitment. The Roundtable Discussions have two purposes: (1) to give participants in New Visions 2000 an opportunity to share with each other their progress since the June retreat; and (2) to provide an opportunity for other ACTFL 2000 attendees to learn about the work that has been undertaken by each group.

Sponsors: ACTFL and the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, Iowa State University, Ames

157 Roundtable Discussion: Curriculum, Instruction, Articulation and Assessment
Presenter(s): Mari Haas, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY

Rita Oleksak, High School of Science and Technology, Springfield, MA

This is one of five Roundtable Discussions that have been scheduled during ACTFL 2000 on the topics that were discussed during the June 15-18, 2000 New Visions retreat: Architecture of the Profession; Curriculum, Instruction, Articulation and Assessment; Research; Teacher Development and Teacher Recruitment. The Roundtable Discussions have two purposes: (1) to give participants in New Visions 2000 an opportunity to share with each other their progress since the June retreat; and (2) to provide an opportunity for other ACTFL 2000 attendees to learn about the work that has been undertaken by each group.

Sponsors: ACTFL and the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, Iowa State University, Ames

Saturday, November 18
10:00-11:15 a.m.,
Commonwealth Room  

295 Roundtable Discussion: Research
Presenter(s): June Phillips, Weber State University, Ogden, UT

Carmen Chaves Tesser, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

This is one of five Roundtable Discussions that have been scheduled during ACTFL 2000 on the topics that were discussed during the June 15-18, 2000 New Visions retreat: Architecture of the Profession; Curriculum, Instruction, Articulation and Assessment; Research; Teacher Development and Teacher Recruitment. The Roundtable Discussions have two purposes: (1) to give participants in New Visions 2000 an opportunity to share with each other their progress since the June retreat; and (2) to provide an opportunity for other ACTFL 2000 attendees to learn about the work that has been undertaken by each group.

Sponsors: ACTFL and the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, Iowa State University, Ames

Saturday, November 18
1:30-2:45 p.m.
Commonwealth Room  

338 Roundtable Discussion: Teacher Development
Presenter(s): Eileen Glisan, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
Myriam Met, National Foreign Language Center, Washington, DC

This is one of five Roundtable Discussions that have been scheduled during ACTFL 2000 on the topics that were discussed during the June 15-18, 2000 New Visions retreat: Architecture of the Profession; Curriculum, Instruction, Articulation and Assessment; Research; Teacher Development and Teacher Recruitment. The Roundtable Discussions have two purposes: (1) to give participants in New Visions 2000 an opportunity to share with each other their progress since the June retreat; and (2) to provide an opportunity for other ACTFL 2000 attendees to learn about the work that has been undertaken by each group.

Sponsors: ACTFL and the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, Iowa State University, Ames

Saturday, November 18
4:30-5:45 p.m.,
Commonwealth Room

381 Roundtable Discussion: Teacher Recruitment
Presenter(s): Audrey Heining-Boynton, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Duarte Silva, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

This is one of five Roundtable Discussions that have been scheduled during ACTFL 2000 on the topics that were discussed during the June 15-18, 2000 New Visions retreat: Architecture of the Profession; Curriculum, Instruction, Articulation and Assessment; Research; Teacher Development and Teacher Recruitment. The Roundtable Discussions have two purposes: (1) to give participants in New Visions 2000 an opportunity to share with each other their progress since the June retreat; and (2) to provide an opportunity for other ACTFL 2000 attendees to learn about the work that has been undertaken by each group.

Sponsors: ACTFL and the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, Iowa State University, Ames