® POSSIBILITIES FOR COLLABORATION: NCSSFL AND THE TITLE VI CENTERS Technical Assistance Workshop September 24, 2013 Washington, DC

® Who Are We? The NCSSFL is an organization of education agency personnel from all states of the United States who have responsibility for world language education at the state level.

® Our Mission Provide leadership in facilitating and promoting policies and best practices that support K-12 language education.

® What We Do identifying and advocating positions on key WL education issues; collaborating with other organizations to advance and support quality teaching, learning and leadership; communicating best practices across international boundaries; Nationally, we affect policy and practice in language education by:

® What We Do fostering and promoting the establishment, maintenance, and effectiveness of state-level positions in languages; and collaborating on the continuing development and dissemination of the LinguaFolio ® Student Self-Assessment Portfolio. Nationally, we affect policy and practice in language education by:

® Locally, we affect policy and practice in language education by: advocating for long sequences of K-12 language-learning; advising state education policy-makers and SEA officials of national trends and new innovations in WL and international education; overseeing the development and revision of state learning standards and curricular frameworks; What We Do

® Locally, we affect policy and practice in language education by: collaborating with post-secondary institutions to create a seamless articulation of K-16+ language learning; delivering high-quality PD to K-12 WL educators, administrators & specialists; providing support for new teacher evaluation models & credit flexibility plans; participating in efforts to recruit and retain WL teachers; What We Do

® Locally, we affect policy and practice in language education by: initiating and implementing MOUs with foreign ministries of education; providing a broad range of technical support to schools and districts; supporting the activities of the State Boards of Education; directing international education initiatives; attending and presenting at state, regional, national and international conferences; What We Do

® Locally, we affect policy and practice in language education by: writing & implementing federal/state grants; coordinating partnership activities on grants awarded to school districts, post- secondary institutions or others; researching best practices and sharing findings with a wide range of audiences; providing technical assistance to state legislatures; What We Do

® Locally, we affect policy and practice in language education by: acting in an advisory capacity for teacher licensure and certification; developing online WL courses and model curricula for statewide dissemination; serving on state textbook and advisory boards; and partnering with state, national and international WL organizations. What We Do

® Where We Are

® How can your Center support K-12 language learning? Collaboration

® ADVOCACY & SUPPORT …for K-12 language learning across all 5 standards …for communicative, proficiency-based programs …for an expansion of immersion programming …for less commonly taught languages …for the retention of some commonly taught languages …for seamless articulation from K-12 to college …for teacher recruitment & retention …for cyclical, high-quality PD for teachers …for state-level K-12 language supervisors …for K-12 language fundingCollaboration

® Technical Assistance & Resources …for building reserves of authentic texts and materials …for cultural learning and area studies …for immersion and less commonly taught language programs …for grant-writing and grant implementation …for connecting world language learning to other disciplines …for pre-service and in-service teachers …for connecting teachers and learners to communities within the target language culture(s)Collaboration

® What are your ideas? We’d like to hear from you! Please consider joining us as associate members. Collaboration

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