Dear CCFLT Colleagues,
I hope you attended and enjoyed our recent conference. Big thanks go out to the CCFLT board and especially Anna Crocker for all the work that went into making it such a success. From the pre-conference sessions, to the luncheons, to the wide variety of workshops and exhibits on Friday and Saturday—everything was well done and served to better prepare us for excellence in our classrooms. Now is the time to build on what we learned and allow it to infuse us with enthusiasm for our languages and our students.
I would like to personally congratulate our new board members: Greg Breitbarth, Leslie Davison, Liliana Endicott, Elizabetta Kaufmann, Amber Navarre, Diana Noonan, Michael Verderaime and our president-elect, Rebecca Schwerdtfeger. I am so proud we have such great people willing to serve our organization voluntarily. Where would we be without them? I am looking forward to working with them during this special year. They are in for a wild ride!
Things will look a lot different this year at CCFLT. We are rolling up our sleeves and preparing to host a national conference in November. As I’m sure you know by now, ACTFL is coming to town! This amazing convention will take place November 17-20 at the convention center in downtown Denver. Many of you will be asked to help out in various ways. If you are interested, please contact me at codydebbie@hotmail.com, or Deborah.Cody@pueblocityschools. The more, the merrier!
CCFLT will be having a luncheon open to all Colorado attendees during the ACTFL conference. Please sign up for it when you register. It will be at this luncheon that the Colorado Teacher of the Year (TOY) is named. We will award the Fall Grants, Excellence in Teaching, Genevieve Overman winner and many more during this luncheon. Nominate someone this year, then be sure to join us! (Look for more details in this newsletter.)
Once we catch our breath from the ACTFL convention, CCFLT will be having a one day conference in February. After “Celebrating the Journey” and “Crossing Borders” we might be wondering “Are we there yet?” We’re going to find out, by looking into assessment. We have some Colorado experts ready to help us discover exactly where we are after implementing the new Colorado standards and DOK activities.
Just to reiterate a few things that go along with our “different year”: Board elections will be on-line and during the one-day spring conference, TOY and other awards will be announced at the CCFLT luncheon during ACTFL, awards for Program Leadership and Kris Wills’ Creativity will be given during the one-day spring conference.
World Languages in Colorado are on the move—don’t be left behind. Have a great rest of the school year. Come back in the fall rested and ready to rock and roll!!
Debbie Cody
CCFLT President
