Director of Multilingual Learning, M.Ed. in TESOL, World traveler, Lifelong learner. OFLTA Past-President 2022-23, Okla WL TOY 2020

Lawton, OK
Joined July 2014
Hey Wolf Pack - a message from Dr. James! ‼️ #GoWolves #ShawneeStrong
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Being bilingual is a powerful gift! Let’s help kids unwrap their linguistic gifts and use them at young ages. #bilinguismo #bilingue #hispanicheritagemonth #teachingideas #teachingresources #teachingkids #languages #languagelearning
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Yes! 👏🏼 🎉🌎 Education is the key to changing the world….it doesn’t matter the language of the message. #BackToSchool #EDS #OklaEd #CPSReds
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Thanks to the Amazing Sponsors at our Back to School event with the Multilingual Data support company EduSkills 🎉👏🏼 #cpsreds #EDS #MultilingualLearners #oklaed
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When society no longer respects teachers, students won't respect them, and soon there will be no teachers, leaving a void in education that will compromise the very future of society.
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This is not a new graphic but it shows the difference between the terms used to describe the students v the programs they might participate in. ♥️ English learner has a heavy emphasis on a singular language and what students are unable to do to which some feel is deficit based. Multilingual learner focuses on all of the languages students have and are acquiring and some feel it is more asset based.
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Krista Steiner retweeted
This is important! 🙌 🌐 teachergoals.com
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Congrats Claudia & Olga. They both won a copy of Klett World Languages's book "Honing Our Craft" at the @ofltaok Spring Conference. This amazing book is written FOR educators BY educators with practical applications for World Language teachers. THANKS @KlettWL for your support.
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Thanks so much @KlettWL We GREATLY appreciate your generous ongoing support towards all of our World Language Educators! @ofltaok #HoningOurCraft #WorldLanguages
Last weekend, we proudly donated two copies of “Honing Our Craft” to the OFLTA Spring Conference raffle. Congratulations to the lucky winners, Claudia and Olga! @ofltaok
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Congratulations to Angel McMahan!! She won a license to @AvantAssessment ADVANCE program. An Online Teacher Training Tool on the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines at our Oklahoma World Language Teacher Conference. @ofltaok #WorldLanguageTeacher #Multilingual #oklaed
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Thank You!!! Klett World Languages @KlettWL donated 2 copies of their amazing book "Honing Our Craft" for our #OFLTA Conference Raffle. We appreciate your continued support toward #WLTeachers #OFLTA
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Oklahoma World Language Teachers at our @ofltaok Spring Conference will have an opportunity to WIN a copy of @Seidlitz_Ed book "7 Steps to a Language-Rich, Interactive Foreign Language Classroom" today at our Conference Raffle. Thanks #Seidlitz for your support! #ACTFL #OFLTA
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A BIG Thanks to @AvantAssessment for your generous donation of a FREE one-year license to Avant ADVANCE, their online training tool on the proficiency guidelines for our @ofltaok Conference Raffle. #WorldLanguages #ACTFL #OFLTA
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Want to know which instructional method has a NEGATIVE impact on student learning? 👇🏽
The ONLY instructional strategy with a NEGATIVE effect size: Lecturing. -0.26 or 1/2 a year's loss Why? It's passive. There's no room for engagement or interaction necessary for deep understanding & skill development. Just a lot of one person talking.
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Oklahoma has an AMAZING educator representing our World Language teachers in Hawaii. #oflta @ofltaok
Congratulations to Whitney Stafford-Najibi, SWCOLT Regional Teacher of the Year candidate from Oklahoma. The SWCOLT Teacher of the Year will be named on Mar 1 at SWCOLT-HALT in Hawaii. Read more about Whitney at swcolt.org/awards. @jraught @langchatPLN @ofltaok @AATFrench
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Krista Steiner retweeted
A student’s English proficiency does not limit what they can do or what they can achieve. Sketchnote: @ValentinaESL
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Interested in making an impact on the world with a career in education? Explore paths to credentialing, scholarships, and resources for future language teachers at: bit.ly/3wBJH2l
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People who speak two languages may be better at shifting their attention from one thing to another compared to those who speak one, according to a study published this month in the journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. ow.ly/9T9750Qa7Ls
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