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The Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages (OBEWL) of the Õý°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ (Õý°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ) presents this next webinar in its 2023 Professional Learning Series:ÌýÌýGetting Ready for Implementation for World Language Teachers.ÌýÌýThis webinar is offered free of charge for world language educators and administrators working and studying in New York State educational institutions.

Original webinar date:ÌýÌýTuesday, May 30th, 2023, 4:00—5:00 p.m.

Webinar description: ÌýWith September 2023 fast approaching, the time has come for world language teachers to prepare to implement the Revised NYS Learning Standards for World Languages. What steps can teachers take now to be ready and confident to enact the revised standards? What is the best starting place? In this session, presenters will offer practical advice, strategies, and resources that world language teachers at all levels can use to audit and align their curriculum and build capacity to confidently implement the revised learning standards.Ìý

Link to webinar flyer

Link to post-assessments

To receive a certificate of completion (including a CTLE certificate), NYS educators must view the recording of the webinar (see link above) in its entirety and then answer at least seven out of ten questions correctly on the post assessment.Ìý If the minimum required score (7 out of 10) is achieved, the educator will receive a certificate via emailÌýwithin an hour.Ìý For the convenience of our World Language educators, there are multiple versions of the post assessment available, should the required score not be achieved on the first attempt.Ìý Educators may take each version of the post assessmentÌýonce.

Important notes:

1. Educators may take each version of the post assessmentÌýonce.ÌýÌýCredit will not be given for taking a single version of the post assessment more than once.Ìý
2. Credit will not be given forÌýmore than one passing scoreÌýon any of the post assessments for a webinar (listed below)Ìýin a single academic year.ÌýÌý
3. Educators may receive credit for viewing the webinar recording and passing a post assessment once in each academic year and are encouraged to take a different version of the post assessment on a yearly basis to review and test their knowledge of the webinar's content.Ìý
4. It is the responsibility of the individual educator to keep track of the information on the professional learning they complete each year, including the number of CTLE hours.
5. Questions about this webinar or the post assessments, should be directed to Candace Black at (518) 473-7505 or atÌýcandace.black@nysed.gov(link sends e-mail).

Webinar Summary

# of attendees:Ìý 238
# of CTLE certificates issued:Ìý 165
# of certificates of attendance issued: 73
# of organizations represented by attendees:ÌýÌý

212 participants from district schools
8 participants from charter schools
4 participants from non-public schools
7 participants from colleges or universities
5 participants from BOCES or RBERNs
2 participant from a government agency

Dr. Lori Langer de Ramirez began her language teaching career as a teacher of Spanish, French and ESL. She holds a Master's Degree in Applied Linguistics and a Doctorate in Curriculum and Teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is currently the Director of World and Classical Languages & Global Language Initiatives at the Dalton School in New York City. Lori is the author of books, texts and articles about language teaching and learning and multicultural education. She presents workshops at local, regional and national conferences and works with teachers in schools throughout the U.S. and around the world. Her website () offers free materials for teaching Chinese, English, French, and Spanish.