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Common Core Workshop
Sponsored by the Modern and Classical Language Association of Southern California
Designing Learning. Integrating Common Core. Focusing Lenses.
April 5, 2014, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

With Toni Theisen, ACTFL 2009 Teacher of the Year, ACTFL 2013 President

Toni teaches French at Loveland High School in Loveland, Colorado where she is also the district WL Curriculum Representative. Theisen is a National Board Certified Teacher with a M.A. in Foreign Language Teaching and a M. A. in Education of Diverse Learners. She is also a Google Certified teacher.

Very active in the foreign language profession, Theisen has presented many workshops, keynotes and webinars for national, regional, and state conferences and has authored articles on Multiple Intelligences, Differentiated Instruction and Technology for the 21st century learner. Theisen presented “Activating Communication” as part of the first ACTFL Webinar series and also presented at the 2011 LARC STARTALK Institute at San Diego State University.

Most recently she chaired the ACTFL 21st Century Skills Map committee in collaboration with the Partnership for 21st Century Learning.

Our 21st century learners need a multi-sensory learning environment designed around authentic learning experiences that encourage collaboration, creativity and critical thinking, all essential 21st century skills.

So how can world language learning be designed to be meaningful and engaging?
How can focusing lenses be used to shape the instruction of a thematic unit?

Participants will explore and create learning activities, thematic units and assessments using the concepts of focusing lenses and the rigor and relevance framework. Participants will also experience strategies that integrate the language arts and math common core standards. Participants will finish by examining and experimenting with technology tools that can enhance communication in all three modes.

April 5, 2014, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Check-in and Continental Breakfast begin at 8:00 am.
Windward School, 11350 Palms Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90066
$50 for MCLASC members / $65 for non-members, Includes continental breakfast and lunch

Registration Postmark Deadline: March 20, 2014 NO on-site registration
Participants should bring their laptop or tablet.
Download information at http://www.iefla.org/theiseninformation.pdf
Download registration form at http://www.iefla.org/theisenregistration.pdf