1. Program Directors: Updates, Evaluations, and Reports

2. Overview of Session Revisiting Program Director Responsibilities Improving on STARTALK 2010 Closing 2010 Programs and Budgets

3. Contractual Requirements: NFLC NFLC Requirements concerning programs – Convene pre- and post-program conferences – Collect data on programs, outcomes, curricula, materials, and indicators of program impact – Collect end-of-program reports from awardees – Identify improvements and plan for program growth – Report to the government

4. Contractual Requirements: NFLC Collection of Data – Information on programs (languages offered, grade levels, enrollments, etc.) – Curriculum plans – Participant surveys – Final reports and reflections

5. Contractual Requirements: Programs Attend conferences Develop and use curriculum templates approved by Team Leader Collect Data – Consent forms – Registration data for student participants – Participant surveys – Program Director surveys – LinguaFolio Online in student programs, if technology is available – Materials for sharing

6. Contractual Requirements: Impact – Are there ways that your program has affected offerings or enrollments? – Has your program led to new approaches to teacher recruitment, training, or certification? – Are there opportunities for your program to have an influence in future? – Do you have ideas for ways in which STARTALK can have a greater impact?

7. Continuing to improve: Findings from 2010 Curriculum approval – First step in QA process at STARTALK Central – Improving the process

8. Continuing to improve: Findings from 2010 Participant Surveys – Response rate: 45% for teacher programss and 43% for student programs – Improving the process for 2011 Registration Data for students

9. Continuing to improve: Findings from 2010 LinguaFolio – Better communication on rationale – Improving the process

10. Continuing to improve: Findings from 2010 Site Visits – Proposal ≠ Curriculum ≠ Program Change in program goals or objectives Change in program design, duration, instructional staff Change in enrollment: 25% fewer or more than projected

11. Continuing to improve: Findings from 2010 Use of Consultants – To provide expertise in specific content areas But, – Lecture series ≠ effective teacher development program

12. Continuing to improve: Findings from 2010 STARTALK Central will work in the next months to improve our communications, processes, and resources for our program directors and instructors