GWATFL stands in solidarity with the Black community

The Greater Washington Association of Teachers of Foreign Languages (GWATFL) stands in solidarity with the Black community against violence, social injustice, and systemic racism. As an organization dedicated to global competence and social justice, we condemn prejudiced and hateful actions against Black citizens.  We advocate for equity and justice to end the long history of systemic racism in the United States of America.

As world language educators, we are instrumental in guiding our students, modeling compassion, tolerance and courage. It is our responsibility to hold each other accountable by challenging bias.

We lament for those whose lives were unjustly cut short due to police brutality and systemic racism, including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and countless others. To our Black GWATFL community and the Black community at large: we see you and we stand with you.

Luis Deocares, GWATFL President,  and the Board.

GWATFL Spring Conference 2020 Cancelled

March 12, 2020

Dear GWATFL Community,

Due to the ongoing and increased challenges presented by COVID-19 and in accordance with health guidance from the CDC, WHO, and the state of emergency declared in Washington DC yesterday, the GWATFL Board has made the hard decision to cancel our 2020 GWATFL Spring Conference.  

GWATFL Board wants to reassure you that keeping our community protected and secure is our top priority. Registrants will receive their refund through Eventbrite.

We would like to recognize the hard work that our presenters and the GWATFL board have done to organize this conference.  In the meantime, the GWATFL Board is committed to continue planning the Fall 2020 conference on November 7th. Please mark your calendars!

Thank you for your support and patience as we move through this challenging time.

Sincerely,

Luis Deocares  

GWATFL President and the Board

Please help a NECTFL Mead Leadership Fellow winner

"Hello! My name is Michele Back and I am one of the NECTFL Mead Leadership Fellows for 2020-2021. As part of my project for this coming year I would like your assistance in completing a brief survey about any efforts you use or know about with respect to recruiting future world language teachers. Your responses will be completely anonymous, unless you decide that you would like to participate in the second stage of this project (and I hope you will!) Please feel free to contact me directly with any questions: michele.back@uconn.edu. Thank you for your participation!"

Click on the link below to begin the survey:

https://uconn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eQXhPuML4iGlS7z

Click here for full details on her project.