*Resources+&+Conferences

=Foreign Language Conferences:= Although Individual Professional Development Projects have been suspended by the District through 2013 due to budget cuts, I encourage you to work to find alternative funding to allow you to continue your professional learning through conferences and workshops. Teachers are looking to businesses and civic organizations for funding and finding success. Your Site PDC or principal may be able to provide some help as well. Where there's a will, there's a way.


 * OFLA** (Ozarks Foreign Language Association) TBA, typically in March at Missouri State University


 * CSCTFL** ([|Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages]) in Milwaukee, WI, on March 8-10, 2012


 * AATF** ([|American Association of Teachers of French]) in Chicago, IL on July 5-8, 2012


 * AATSP** ([|American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese]) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on July 7-10, 2012


 * FLAM** ([|Foreign Language Association of Missouri]) in St. Louis, Oct. 19-20, 2012


 * ACTFL** ([|American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages]) in Philadelphia, PA Nov. 16-18, 2012

**Scholarship Opportunities available through the Central States Conference**
CSC offers 5 scholarships for summer, 2012. Criteria has been changed--applicant does not have to have attended a CSC conference in order to be selected. Applicant would present at CSC the year following the experience. [|CSC Scholarship Information]

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