This weekend, I indulged a guily pleasure of mine... Sonic. Not to worry: some good came of it! Had I not gone, I wouldn't have learned about a great program going on right now called Limeades for Learning that allows you to vote on your favorite funding proposals by teachers all over the nation. I went to the website and search for French and came across one. Needless to say, that's who got my vote! I hope they get yours, too! Next time you go to Sonic, get any drink, peel off the voting code, go to the website, and vote for the project of your choice (it's a joint venture between Sonic and DonorsChoose.Org). Hurry though... the program ends October 1.
www.limeadesforlearning.com
Vote For Learning
Hey, Check out the classroom project I just voted for at LimeadesForLearning.com.During September, when you head to Sonic for any drink*, you can vote online for your favorite classroom project that needs funding. Then Sonic will donate more than half a million dollars to the projects that receive the most votes. I hope you vote for this project too.
lundi 28 septembre 2009
Qui sommes-nous?
We are the Houston Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF-Houston). The American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) was founded in 1927 and is the largest national association of French teachers in the world with nearly 10,000 members. Our members are French teachers at all levels and include approximately 3/4 secondary teachers and 1/4 post-secondary. We also have a growing number of French teachers in immersion settings and in the elementary grades. As a professional association, we seek to address the concerns of our members which include: promoting the study of languages in general and French in particular; facilitating the implementation of national and state standards in the classroom; improving the training of French teachers by encouraging minimum levels of language and cultural proficiency, and exposure to the French-speaking world through study abroad opportunities; creating opportunities and finding resources for practicing teachers to update their skills and improve their teaching; and, finally, encouraging the use of new technologies in the teaching of French and actively developing materials to support this use. Our regional representative to the national office is Dr. Jacqueline Thomas of Texas A&M University at Kingsville.
Officers of AATF-Houston
Roya Razavipour MCARTHUR, President
rrazavipour@gmail.com
Dore Sulistyo, Vice President
GUNDORE@sbcglobal.net
Johan P. Vergult, Grand Concours Director
Johan.Vergult@springbranchisd.com
Kathy KOCH, Secretary
Gerri MANLOVE, Treasurer
gembus@earthlink.net
Claude BOUTIN, Destination France Program Administrator
cgboutin@yahoo.com
Marci Pampe, Webmaster
mpampe@sbcglobal.net
rrazavipour@gmail.com
Dore Sulistyo, Vice President
GUNDORE@sbcglobal.net
Johan P. Vergult, Grand Concours Director
Johan.Vergult@springbranchisd.com
Kathy KOCH, Secretary
Gerri MANLOVE, Treasurer
gembus@earthlink.net
Claude BOUTIN, Destination France Program Administrator
cgboutin@yahoo.com
Marci Pampe, Webmaster
mpampe@sbcglobal.net
