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

2. ® 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.

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

4. ® 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:

5. ® 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:

6. ® 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

7. ® 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

8. ® 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

9. ® 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

10. ® 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

11. ® Where We Are

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

13. ® 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

14. ® 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

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

16. ® www.ncssfl.org Desa Dawson Acting President Desa.Dawson@sde.ok.gov Ryan Wertz President-Elect Ryan.Wertz@education.ohio.gov Contact Us