A & R Scholarship

Congratulations to Melissa Frye (Reservoir High School, Howard County) and Jenny Street (River Hill High School, Howard County)!  They are the winners of the A & R Productions Scholarship, which provides their registration to attend the NECTFL conference - a wonderful opportunity for professional development! 

Check out the other scholarships available to MFLA members - due dates are April 25, 2012.

Mark the dates of this year’s NECTFL gathering: April 20-23, 2012. Think about how beautiful Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is going to look that weekend. Fresh off the wonderful experience we had last spring, the conference will again be at the Marriott Waterview on the edge of Fells Point.

At the conference, you’ll have access to over 150 sessions and workshops along with an exciting exhibit hall filled with resources for you and your students. The conference theme, “Global Identities” is going to be realized through a variety of activities throughout the conference. There will be immersion workshops, technology sessions, panel discussions, best practice explanations, plenty of resources, and LOTS more to allow you to reaffirm, reenergize, and renew your teaching and your classroom. All of it designed to highlight your global identity while expanding it at the same time.

Maryland is part of the Northeast Region and joins 13 other states in NECTFL, which is the largest regional language organization in the nation. As always, there will be excellent representation from our MFLA ranks as NECTFL presenters, but there will also be lots of others from a variety of school districts across the region including perennial favorites such as Greg Duncan, Marty Abbott, and John DeMado. Simply put, this is an event you don’t want to miss!

More information . . .

I'll Never Forget . . .      

Check out the NECTFL website for more details on how you can honor that teacher who inspired you!

Maryland Language Teacher of the Year Honored at NECTFL

Jodie Stugard-Hogan of Riva, who teaches Spanish part-time at Anne Arundel Community College, was named the Maryland Foreign Language Association (MFLA) Teacher of the Year and will compete in April for the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Language’s regional honor.  Read More . . .

MFLA Fall Conference Proposals Now Available!

MFLA is now accepting proposals for Friday 90-minute workshops and Saturday one-hour sessions for our annual fall conference on Friday, October 12, and Saturday, October 13, 2012, at Notre Dame of Maryland University in Baltimore, Maryland.  This year's conference theme is "World Languages: Are You Connected?"

Download the PROPOSAL FORM and submit it by June 1, 2012.

We encourage you to take advantage of this leadership opportunity and share with colleagues from across the state and region the great work you are doing in World Languages in your district/institution.