GWATFL MAPs Updates!
Outreach Liaison, and Advocacy (OLA) Leader for DCPS
Chiara Monticelli Dabney
JOIN A COMMUNITY OF LIKE-MINDED TEACHERS:
The GWATFL DCPS Collaborative!
GWATFL MAP Outreach, Liaison, and Advocacy (OLA) for DCPS Initiative would like to bring together language educators from DCPS and beyond to share, co-create, and brainstorm ideas, initiatives, and opportunities for GWATFL to address the specific needs of DCPS language teachers.
In the Collaborative, we will meet, exchange perspectives and ideas on various topics, from proficiency to authentic resources, from racialized curriculum to equitable and just classrooms, from teacher burnout to self-care practices.
This session will focus on Ending the School Year with Joy: how to effectively use the energy and excitement of students to ease into the end of the school year and guide us into a summer of restoration.
Please, join us online on Thursday, May 19 at 5:30 pm.
Please consider filling this interest form
Hosted Online by Chiara Monticelli
You do not have to be a GWATFL member to attend. This event is free and open to all World Language Educators. Please share this invitation!
Early Language Leader
Glenda De Hoyos
Thank you to all Early Language teachers that came to the GWATFL Spring Conference on April 30, 2022. It was an excellent event that we all enjoyed. If you participated in the conference, remember to complete the feedback for all the sessions that you participated in and for the overall conference. Remember that you can also get access to the handouts and other resources at the SCHED website.
As the school year comes to an end, our minds and schedules are busy, so one thing that I keep reminding myself is to pause, breathe and enjoy the moment in the best way I can.
Here are 3 tools and or ideas that are helping me stay grounded and focus on the present with JOY:
1.Insight Timer App -This is an app with many free meditations.
- Morning - I love this 5 - Minute Morning Intention Setting by Liza Colpa
- Night - I also try to clear my mind before going to bed with meditations that help me finish my day with gratitude. This is one of many gratitude meditations available in the app: Sleep Gratitude by Hilary Lafone
2.Podcast - Listening to Inspiring and motivating episodes is a great way to stay focused and find joy in this busy season.
- I really enjoyed this World Language Classroom with Joshua Cabral episode about Strategies to Engage Early Language Learners with Carolina Goméz - Fun for Spanish Teachers.
- I also loved this Language Lounge Podcast with Michelle Olah in conversation with Claudia Elliot, Connection, Communication and Comprehensibility.
3.Respect sleep & rest - I started understanding the importance of sleep after reading the book Sleep Revolution by Arianna Huffington. It hasn’t been easy for me, but little by little, I’ve been making changes to respect my sleep time and also prioritize rest. This TED TALK is a summary of her wonderful book and the essence of it in 3 minutes: How to succeed? Get more sleep. Enjoy it and don’t forget to sleep!
If you would like to participate in a Summer PD that is targeted to the early language teachers, save the date for the NNELL Virtual Summer Summit: July 25 & 26, 2022. More information will be available soon at the NNELL Website.
I’m looking forward to keeping collaborating to support each of us in this adventure that is teaching. I would love to help, share, and facilitate more PD opportunities, resources, ideas for Early Language educators. If you have an idea, question or suggestion, feel free to email me: glendadehoyos@gmail.com • Twitter @glendadehoyos • Instagram @iLearn_iTeach
