By Kerryn Frazier
I have been away from my page for awhile as I've been working with my department to complete our K-12 curriculum review. After a great deal of research, self-study, and professional development, we are working toward some new goals. As we continue our focus on students' conversational opportunities in the classroom, we will also be aiming for 90%+ target language use in all of our world language classes, at all grade levels. We have set proficiency targets for all levels in all languages according to ACTFL's national proficiency scale. We are working to implement ACTFL's Can Do Statements into our curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Perhaps most importantly, we are working to involve our students in setting their goals for proficiency and in understanding the steps they need to take to move to the next level of language proficiency.
As we embark on this exciting journey, I hope to share our experiences and strategies here. I am looking forward to seeing the benefits this work brings to our students, to our teachers, and to our classroom environments.
Later this week, I will share the Can Do Stamp Sheets I have been using with my Spanish 2 class so far this year. Stay tuned!
